Lesson 18

 Hercules' Quest

   retold by Martina Melendez

Essential Question: What makes a character memorable?

Judges 14:6 The Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon him so that he tore the lion apart with his bare hands as he might have torn a young goat. But he told neither his father nor his mother what he had done.

This week we'll ask the question "What makes a character memorable?" First we'll read the myth Hercules'Quest, an dlearn about a legendary hero's life and adventures. We'll also read the folktale Zomo's Friends, about making a friend by being a friend.

Spelling

unused

refresh

dislike

replace

unpaid

redo

disorder

unplanned

distrust

rewind

untrue

unload

recall

displease

uneven

rebuild

restart

uncover

untidy

discolor

Vocabulary

acquire

unfortunate

coerce

boasted

beamed

glared

ceased

declared

devised

resourceful

Target Skill

Story Structure

Theme

Target Strategy

Question

Grammar

Prepositions and Prepostional Phrases