Our next topic in Literacy is 'Myths and Legends.' Your homework is to read the myth below and answer the questions in full sentences.
A Greek Myth – Apollo and the Chimera
Long ago in Ancient Greece there was a strong and muscular
soldier called Apollo. Apollo had a wonderful wife called Athena, who had been
kidnapped by an ancient king called Minos. Apollo was devastated and vowed to
rescue Athena. He knew that the king would have taken her to his palace in
Crete but a monster called the Chimera guarded this palace.
The Chimera was a ferocious monster
with the head of a lion, the body of a goat and a long serpent as a tail. Many heroic people had travelled to his cave
and tried to beat the Chimera, but had been burnt to death by his fiery flame
breath. Although Apollo was a brave man, he did not know how to kill this
menacing monster. His father told him to go to Mount Olympus and ask the great
God Zeus for advice.
Apollo set off immediately and soon
reached the great mountain, where the twelve gods lived. Apollo called for Zeus
and begged for his advice. Zeus appeared before him and explained that although
the Chimera was fierce and strong, his heart was full of poisoned blood. If
Apollo could pierce his heart, the blood would leak into his body and the
monster would die an agonising death. Zeus then gave Apollo a shield to keep
the Chimera’s flames away, a sharp sword to pierce the evil heart and a pair of
shoes. These shoes were shoes of swiftness that made the wearer as fast as the
speed of light. Apollo thanked Zeus and set off on the long journey to Crete.
Apollo walked on dry roads, climbed
mountains and sailed the great sea until at last he reached the palace of King
Minos. He entered the cave that was home
to the monster and could hear his blood-chilling roar. Apollo crept through the
tunnels and edged closer to the monster’s lair. When he was close enough to
hear the serpents hissing, he put on the shoes of swiftness and got his sword
and shield ready. With a deep breath he ran towards the Chimera with his sword
in the air.
The Chimera roared and flames
surrounded Apollo. He held up his shield and ran in every direction trying to
confuse the monster. The serpent hissed, the lion’s head roared and the flames
soared into the air. He kept darting around and soon the Chimera was dizzy.
Apollo ran forward and plunged his sword into the monster’s heart. The Chimera
let out a furious roar and fell to the floor. Finally, the monster was dead!
Apollo
ran past the body and found his way to the tower where Athena was being held.
He knocked down the door and saw her chained up. Quickly, he cut the chains and
with the help of the shoes of swiftness, Apollo whisked Athena off to his
kingdom and there they lived together happily for the rest of their lives.
Apollo and the
Chimera
Read the given text
carefully, then answer the questions in full sentences.
1.
What was Apollo’s main job before he found the Chimera?
2.
a) What verb helps us to understand how Apollo must have felt when he found out that
Athena was gone?
2.
b) Can you think of another word meaning the same thing?
3.
Describe the way the Chimera killed the heroic men who travelled to kill
it.
4.
Three gifts were given to Apollo by Zeus. What were they and how would
they help him?
5.
Zeus told Apollo how to kill the Chimera. Identify the part of the sentence
that told him how to kill it.
6.
In what way did Apollo confuse the Chimera as he fought it?
7.
Describe how the Chimera died.
8. Pretend
you were Athena in the tower. Describe what you heard and how you felt.
1. Apollo's main job before he found the chimera was to go to mount Olympus and ask great god Zeus for advice.
ReplyDelete2. The verb that describes how Apollo was feeling when he found out that Athena was gone is vowed.
2. Another word meaning the same feeling is commit.
3. Fiercely,savagely,passionately,severely,vehemently,viciously
,wildly,forcibly.
4.A sword,to cut the chimera's heart,shoes,to run quickly,and a shield,to aviod the chimera's breath.
5.If Apollo could pierce his heart, the blood would leak into his body and the monster would die an agonising death.
6.Apollo was confusing the chimera by going round and round to make the chimera dizzy.
7.Expired,perished,succumbed.
8.I would feel afraid,fearful and petrified.
1.Apollo's main job before he found Chimera was as a soldier.
ReplyDelete2a.Apollo was devastated when he found out Athena was gone.
2b.A similar word to devastated with the same meaning is shattered.
3.Herioc men who travelled to kill Chimera were burnt to death by his fiery flame breath.
4. Zeus gave Apollo a shield, to keep the Chimera's flames away, a sharp sword to pierce his evil heart and a pair of shoes. These shoes were shoes of swiftness that made the the wearer as fast as light.
5.Zeus told Apollo to pierce the Chimera's heart and its poisoned blood would leak into its body and the Chimera would die an agonising death.
6.Apollo ran in every direction to confuse the Chimera and soon the Chimera was dizzy.
7.Apollo plunged his sword into the monster's heart, The Chimera let out a furious roar and fell dead on the floor.
8.I would have heard the blood chilling roars of the monster and the hisses of the serpents. I would have felt alone and petrified wondering what would become of me.
1. Apollo's job is to be a soldier before he found Chimera.
ReplyDelete2. Apollo felt devastated.
3. Chimera killed all of the heroic people with his flames.
4. Zeus gave Apollo a shield to protect him from the flames that comes from Chimera's mouth a pointy sward to break Chimera's heart and a pear of some fast shoes to run from Chimera's attack's.
5. Zeus told Apollo to break his heart to kill him.
6. Apollo confused Chimera by running around him with his super fast shoes.
7. Chimera died when Apollo breaked his heart.
8. I felt sad and scared because Apollo might die and burnt by the Chimera and scared because i might stay there forever and die with out food.
Yash
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1. Before Apollo found Chimera, Apollo was a soldier.
2. When Athena was gone Apollo felt devastated and vowed.
3. Devastated - Desperate Vowed - Challenging
4. Zeus gave Apollo a sheiled to protect himself from
Chimera's flames, sword to kill Chimera's evil heart and
shoes to swift as fast as light.
5. If Apollo could pierce Chimera's heart the blood would
leak in Chimera's body and the monster would die an
agonising death.
6. Apollo held up his shield and ran in every direction and
trying to confuse the monster.
7. Aopollo kept darting around and soon Chimera was dizzy.
Apollo ran towards him and plunged his sword into the
monster's heart. Chimera let out a furious roar and fell
to the floor, Finally the monster died.
8. I will be petrified because I will be chained and I will
feel very happy because someone would defeat Chimera.
Apollo and the Chimera
ReplyDelete1. What was Apollo’s main job before he found the Chimera?
His job was to first go to Mount Olympus and ask great God Zeus for advice.
2. a) What verb helps us to understand how Apollo must have felt when he found out that Athena was gone?
Apollo felt devastated.
2 b) Can you think of another word meaning the same thing?
Extremely shocked and upset.
3 Describe the way the Chimera killed the heroic men who travelled to kill it.
The heroic men had been burnt to death by his fiery flame breath.
4 Three gifts were given to Apollo by Zeus. What were they and how would they help him?
Apollo had got a shield to protect himself from the Chimera, a sword to pierce the evil heart and
a pair of boots to run at the speed of light and confuse the Chimera.
5 Zeus told Apollo how to kill the Chimera. Identify the part of the sentence that told him how to kill it.
Chimera’s heart was full of poisoned blood. If Apollo could pierce the evil heart, the blood would leak into his body and the monster would die.
6 In what way did Apollo confuse the Chimera as he fought it?
He kept darting around until the Chimera got dizzy.
7 Describe how the Chimera died.
The Chimera let out a furious roar and fell to the floor.
8 Pretend you were Athena in the tower. Describe what you heard and how you felt.
I could hear the sound of the Chimera roaring and hissing. I felt petrified.
1. Apolo was a strong and muscular soldier.
ReplyDelete2. Apolo was devastated and vowed.
2. Apolo was upset and curios.
3. Chimera killed soldiers using fire and flames.
4. Zeus gave Apolo a shield to deflect the fire sword to pierce the evil heart and boots to run as fast as lightning.
5. If Apolo could pierce his heart the blood would leak into its body and the chimera would die in a agonising way.
6.He would held his shield and ran all direction to confuseing it
7. Apolo ran for word and plug his sword into chimera's heart,led about a furious roar and die.
8.I would feel screaming and shouting like crazy.
1. Apollo's was a solider.
ReplyDelete2a. He felt devastated.
2b. We can also say he was shattered.
3. He killed the heroic men with his fiery breath.
4. He gave a sword to pierce a evil heart, a shield to keep chimera flames away. Also shoes the shoes are very special. The are the shoes of swiftness.
5. Apollo said to Zeus ''you have to piece his heart to get
poison blood from his heart.''
6. He ran everywhere because he wanted to confuse him.
7. The chimera died with a furious roar and fell on the floor quickly.
8. I would hear swords hitting each other. I will feel scared and after the battle I will feel happy.
Jasmeet
24.11.17
ReplyDeleteApollo and the Chimera
1. What was Apollo’s main job before he found the Chimera?
Apollo was a strong muscular solider.
2. a) What verb helps us to understand how Apollo must have felt when he found out that Athena was gone?
The word devastated was used.
2. b) Can you think of another word meaning the same thing?
Shock would be a good word to describe a similar feeling.
3. Describe the way the Chimera killed the heroic men who travelled to kill it?
The Chimera’s fiery flame breath burnt the men to death.
4. Three gifts were given to Apollo by Zeus. What were they and how would they help him?
The shield would keep the flames away.
The shoes would make Apollo super duper fast.
The sword would pierce the Chimera’s heart.
5. Zeus told Apollo how to kill the Chimera. Identify the part of the sentence that told him how to kill it?
If Apollo could pierce his heart, the blood would leak into his body and the monster would die an agonising death.
6. In what way did Apollo confuse the Chimera as he fought it?
Wearing his swiftness shoes, he ran in every direction trying to confuse the Chimera until it was dizzy.
7. Describe how the Chimera died?
Apollo plunged his sword into the monster as the Chimera let out a furious roar and fell to the ground.
8. Pretend you were Athena in the tower. Describe what you heard and how you felt?
I could hear the squeaking sound of a mouse, the scurrying legs of beetles and the buzzing noise of some flies. This made me feel scared, lonely, bored, I was tired, dirty, upset and really distressed.
1. Apollo was a soldier before he found the Chimera.
ReplyDelete2. The word ‘devastated’ describes how Apollo was feeling.
3. Another word meaning the same feeling is ‘distraught’.
4. The Chimera killed the heroic men by burning them to death by his fiery flame breath.
5. Zeus gave Apollo a shield to keep the Chimera’s flames away, a sharp sword to pierce its heart and a pair of shoes that made Apollo run at the speed of light.
6. The sentence that tells Apollo how to kill the Chimera is ‘if Apollo could pierce his heart, the blood would leak into his body and the monster would die an agonizing death’.
7. Apollo confused the Chimera by darting around making him dizzy.
8. The Chimera died because Apollo stabbed it in the heart, then the Chimera let out a furious roar and fell to the floor.
9. If I was Athena in the tower I would have felt sad, scared, petrified and terrified and I would have heard echoes, whispers, the deafening roar of the Chimera and its growls.
By Elliott
Apollo and the Chimera
ReplyDelete1) Apollo’s main job was a soldier before he found the Chimera.
2) The word ‘devastated’ described how Apollo felt when he found out Athena was gone.
3) ‘Shocked’ is another word to describe how Apollo felt when he found out Athena was gone.
4) ‘Burnt to death’ was how they described how the Chimera killed the heroic men.
5) Zeus gave Apollo; boots that made him run fast, a shield to protect him from Chimera’s fire breath and a sword to pierce through the beast’s heart.
6) Zeus appeared before Apollo and explained that although the Chimera was fierce and strong, his heart was full of poisoned blood. If Apollo could pierce his heart, the blood would leak into his body and the monster would die an agonising death.
7) Apollo ran around in every direction with his shield in the air to confuse the Chimera.
8) The Chimera first roared a furious roar and then fell to the floor.
9) If I was Athena I would feel frightened by the hissing serpents and the terrifying roar from the Chimera. Hence, I would feel quite hopeless as I knew everyone that tried to defeat the Chimera had died.
Apollo and the Chimera
ReplyDelete1) Apollo’s main job was a soldier before he found the Chimera.
2) The word ‘devastated’ described how Apollo felt when he found out Athena was gone.
3) ‘Shocked’ is another word to describe how Apollo felt when he found out Athena was gone.
4) ‘Burnt to death’ was how they described how the Chimera killed the heroic men.
5) Zeus gave Apollo; boots that made him run fast, a shield to protect him from Chimera’s fire breath and a sword to pierce through the beast’s heart.
6) Zeus appeared before Apollo and explained that although the Chimera was fierce and strong, his heart was full of poisoned blood. If Apollo could pierce his heart, the blood would leak into his body and the monster would die an agonising death.
7) Apollo ran around in every direction with his shield in the air to confuse the Chimera.
8) The Chimera first roared a furious roar and then fell to the floor.
9) If I was Athena I would feel frightened by the hissing serpents and the terrifying roar from the Chimera. Hence, I would feel quite hopeless as I knew everyone that tried to defeat the Chimera had died.
--Darsh--
1. Apollo was a mighty soldier.
ReplyDelete2.The word devastated was used.
3.Terrified is another word that he felt.
4.Burnt to death was how they described how the chimera killed the
heroic men.
5.zeus gave Apollo new Boots which made him run as fast as the
fastest runner in the world and a shield which will protect
him from the flames.
6.He wore his super fast shoes and ran every wear until it fell
down.
7.Apollo plunged his sword into the monster as the chimera let
out the terrifying beast.
8.The chimera first roared a terrifying roar and then fell to
the hard and dusty ground.
9.If I was Athena I would .... from the strong chimera.
1.Apollo's Job was a soldier before he found chimera
ReplyDelete2. The word destivated described how Apollo felt when Athena was gone
3.shocked is another how to describe Apollo when Athena was gone
4. Burnt to death was how they described chimera
5.zeus brought him a sword a shield and boots
6)Zeus appears before apolloand explained how chimera is fierce and strong
7)Apollo ran in every direction to confuse chimera
8)The chimera used a loud roar and fell to the ground