Greek Myths: Supplemental Guide 8B | Other Adventures of Hercules 165- The Native Americans hunted using a bow and arrow.
- The soldier put the arrow into the bow and was ready to
shoot. - The bow on the gift box is shiny.
Syntactic Awareness Activity^5 minutes
Adjectives that Show Feeling and Appearance
Note: The purpose of these syntactic activities is to help students
understand the direct connection between grammatical structures
and the meaning of text. These syntactic activities should be used
in conjunction with the complex text presented in the read-alouds.
There may be variations in the sentences created by your class.
Allow for these variations and restate students’ sentences so that
they are grammatical.
Directions: We have learned that we use adjectives when we
speak and write to give more information about a noun. Adjectives
help what we say and write come to life. We have learned about
adjectives that show feeling and describe the way someone or
something looks.
[Refer to the Syntactic Awareness Activity in Lessons 3 and 4 for
lists of adjectives that show feeling and describe appearance. You
may wish to review opposites at this time.]
Show image 7A-3: Hercules in exile- Today we will use the adjectives that you have learned to
describe Hercules. With your partner describe Hercules in this
part of the myth. [You may wish to write this sentence frame
on the board: “Hercules looks. He feels .”
Show image 8A-13: Hercules happy again - With your partner describe Hercules in this part of the myth.
[You may wish to write this sentence frame on the board:
“Hercules looks. He feels .” - [Show additional images from the myths about Hercules and
have students describe what they see using adjectives that
show feeling and describe appearance.]