Hercules, DBH 1

                                             

  Grade 5:                        ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE:

                                                 ASSESSMENT TASK 1 – ACTIVITY 1

                                         REFLECTS ON TEXT READ INDEPENDENTLY                                          

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vRead through the extract below and answer the questions that follow.

From The Legend of Hercules

 

Thousands of years ago in Greece, in the city of Thebes, there lived a beautiful queen. She was so beautiful that the great god, Zeus fell in love with her – a mortal – and they had a baby son and named him Hercules. All the gods and goddesses came to see the baby and decided to grant him strength and courage. One day, two serpents slipped into the cradle where the baby slept. They wound themselves around his throat but the baby awoke, seized a serpent in each hand and strangled them both.

Years later, after slaying a ferocious lion, Hercules was faced with the task of killing the Lernean hydra! From the murky waters of the swamps near a place called Lerna, the hydra would rise up and terrorise the countryside. A monstrous serpent with nine heads, the hydra attacked with poisonous venom. This ferocious beast was no easy prey, for one of the nine heads was immortal and therefore indestructible. Hercules set off to hunt the nine-headed menace with his trusty nephew Iolaus, by his side. By the springs of Amymone, they discovered the lair of the loathsome hydra.

How was Hercules to fight the cruel beast? First, he lured the coily creature from the safety of its den by shooting flaming arrows at it. Then, as the hydra emerged, Hercules seized it! In a flash, it wound one of its coils around Hercules’ foot making it impossible for the hero to escape. With his club, Hercules attacked the many heads of the hydra. As soon as he smashed one head, two more would burst forth in its place! How was he to defeat this creature? Hercules called Iolaus to help him.

Question 1: Vocabulary extension:

Based on the context in which the words are used in the text, match the word (in Column A) with its meaning (in Column B).  

Write your answer (the correct word found in Column A) in Column C.

Column A Word	Column B Meaning	Column C Answer
courage	thoroughly unpleasant, offensive
ferocious	a substance secreted by animals that can cause damage to the body
murky	not easily destroyed
venom	marked by extreme and violent energy
indestructible	a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger of pain without showing fear	courage
loathsome	clouded as with sediment or dirt

                  (5 x 1 = 5)

Question 2:  Use full sentences to answer the following questions relating to the text.

2.1    Who is the main character in the legend?

                                                                                                      (1)

2.2             Who was Hercules’ father?

                                                                                                      (1)

2.3             Why was the hydra particularly difficult to defeat?

                                                                                                                                                                                                                (2)

2.4             Who did Hercules ask to help defeat the hydra?

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    (2)

2.5             Do you think Hercules managed to win his battle with the hydra? Give a reason for your 

  answer.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                (2)

Question 3:  Circle the letter of the correct answer.

3.1  Which of the following would you say is the main idea in the first paragraph?                 (2)

a.    Zeus loved a mortal woman

b.    Zeus and a mortal woman had a baby

c.    The baby was given superhuman strength

DBH 4, My English speaking experience

I study English for 11 years, since I was 5 years old. I remember my first Englis teacher- his name was teacher Ainhoa. She was half Spanish and half English, but she born in USA. She speak better English than Spanish.

I never went to England o USA … But I want to go because my friends say that is amazing! My teacher organized an exchange trip to Alemania. My penfriend's name is Lena , but I don't know yet. I think it going to be fantastic and a very good experience.

Now I'm studing English to be better than yesterday. We always have three hours English every week.

DAIRA !

Learning English

I have learned English since I was born my father is English and I always speak in English with him.

My first English teacher was teacher Ainhoa now she isn't at my school now I have got a new taecher well she's here for 4 years.

My new teacher has made an exchange with the German people.

I love English it's a nice language but sometimes i don't understand my dad when he speaks.

BY: Daniel Garnett

Learning English

I've study English for four year, sine I was 11 years old.

I remember my first English teacher her name was: Ainhoa.

Last year I went to Germany for the first time. I had to speack English with the shopping people.

Now I study English in my school.

I like learning english because I love learning new lenguages!!

By: Nicu Zatinga

Learning English

      I’ve studied English for nine years, since I was 7 years old. I remember my first English teacher- she’s name was Mrs Ling. She was China and she spoke English very well.

      I never have been on English-speaking country, but I have met an English-speaking person. She’s name is Abby and she’s from American. Abby was an exchange student of my friend’s school and she had American English accent. I learnt English while I was staying with her.

      Now I’m studying English at school, we usually have there hours of English every week.

      I like learning English because you can talk to people when you go abroad on holiday and it will be useful for your job.

BY: Xueyi Yang

    I've studied English for 9 years, since I was 7 years old. I remember my first Spanish teacher - her name was Ainhoa. She was Spanish but she spoke English because she had lived in the USA. She had a strong american accent.

    Last year I went to Ireland for the first time. I was living there for 3 weeks with other people from Spain. I spoke a lot of English because it was the only way to communicate with the other people and with the teachers. I met a lot of great people and I had a great time! 

    Now I'm studying English in the school and in an academy for the first certyficate of English. We usually have 3 hours of Englihs every week. I like studying a foreign language because I  love to travell and visit different countries.

BY: Georgiana Cocuz

Learning English.
I've studied English for 12 years, since was 3 years old. I remember my first English teacher- his name was Ainhoa.He was American but he spoke Spanish fluently because she lived in Gernika. He had quite a strong Spanish accent!
The next year she came to my house one people of Germany and then I going to her house to practise English.
Now I'm studying English in the same school, we usually have three hours of English every week. Yes, I like English because you can talk to people when you go abroad on holiday.

BY:Leire Aranzabal

Learning English

I´ve studied English when I born bcause I born in Australia and my father he speak my.I remember my first English teacher his name was ainhoa . He was a perfect teacher because she knows a lot of English because here father was from the USA and her too.

My teacher this year organized an exchange trip to Alemania but I’m not going to go because I didn’t have any penfriend.

Now I’m studing for my English in the school la merced y the curs dbh4.We have three hours of English every week .I like learning English because you can talk to people when you go abroand on holiday.

Janire guarrochena.

   

ENGLISH

The first time I have given English was last year, my first English teacher was Maite.

I've never met someone who only speaks English and I have never been country where only speak English

English is actually very good language is supposed to be the best language in the world. If I like it great if you could say more but I would like to speak and understand it if I knew well

In fact I would love to speak and understand perfectly and I can communicate with anyone in the world and understand her perfectly

  BY: Tutu Mohammed

DBH 1, My city / Town

     BILBAO
                                          by Alaia Ituño
I live in Muxika but in Bilbao live my family.I usually go to visit and they give me the pocket money.There are a lot of shopping centres and bigs parks.I usually go to Bilbao to buy cloths and to the shopping centres too, but sometimes I go to see films.Is very fun to go there which the family when you are bored, because you have a lot things to do, for example: bowling alleys, malingerers, nice shops, good restaurant, txikiparks, etc. I recommend.
BY: Alaia Ituño

                 MACEIO´
Ilive in the bask country but I an from Maseio´ Alagoas /Brasil.It´s a very big city and I love it.Always is someting tu do there.Maceio´ has got nice shops,to many cinemas,very god restaurants and very interesting things to visit.My parents in the past went to samba institute every dayIn the cinemas almost always It´s in 3D;and  there are funn feres every days it´s the greitest city in the world.
     THE  END. BY: Wyllhrana Menezes

             

whashington

Is a cyty in the USA.is very popular countrye .there are manny shopings cinemas

ect......there live very important persones of the world .may favorite place is the wide

wouse .I love this cyti.and i thing that is a very good place to live
BY: Tina Moreanu

I live in Rumania,Bucarest is a very big cyty. In bucarest is have a lot of things shopping centre restaorants etc....my parets they go in saturdays in cinema because is very barato y love rumania bucarest because is beatufuli country
BY: Cosmin Zatanga

   GERNIKA
                                  by iker musatadi
My country is gernika,there are two museums:the peace museum and the Euskal Herria museum.There is a cinema and there is a disco:the revolution.
             There are five schools called san fidel,mertxede,seber altube,aiende and barrutia.There are a funfair,in the parties of gernika.

     GERNIKA-LUMO

                              By Lander Rodriguez
I live in Gernika.It is a small town an I love it.There are interesting things to do here.Gernika has got a cinema,interesting museums,nice restaurants and some parks.I usually go out with mi friends everi Friday and some Saturday.It has got many Bars and lot of people go there.My friends and I usually go too the cinema and we get a great time!Gernika is a great place to live.

PARISBy Naroa
     I have been in Paris once and I love it.It is my favourite city.There are a lot of interesting museums to visit there.It has got very nice restaurants with delicious croissants.I went to Paris with my uncle and my cousin and they love the "Catedral De Notredam"but my favourite place was the "Torre Eiffel".I like it because you can see almost all Paris from there.  You can also visit many shops and cinemas there.If you visit Paris,you will see a lot of people selling in the streets.
    GERNIKA
                                  By Aitor Jauregi
I live in Gernika,in the Basque Country.It is a medium size town and I love it.There are always interesting things to do here.Gernika hasn´t got very big shops and cinemas,but it has very good restaurants and two museums(the Peace Museum and the Euskal Herria museum).My parents and I,we like to go to the Mila Azul restaurant(a new place in the town).I also like playing with the friends in Urbieta,a football field,there we play football and talk with us.
Gernika is a great place to live!

VILLARCAYO

I previously lived in villarcayo (villages) with my family. I have many friends there and usually get them used to the skatepark and on the football field and in general we watched both deportes.Tambien summer we usually go to the river called Rio Nela.en Villarcayo many restaurants, shops, .... There is also a large industrial estate.

BY: Marcos González

  BOISE

I lived in Boise,Idaho in the USA.It's a big city and I love it ,evan though I dont live there any more.Boise has got very interesting activities and places to visit, such as the Idaho State Museum, the famous Pioneer Village, the Rose Garden or evan the State Capitol Building.But my favourite place in Boise is the known Botanical Garden.In the Garden there are many activies for children and people of all ages,for example:they can rent binoculars to investigate plants or evan the smaill insects that soround them;it's great fun!Boise is a great place to live.
BY: Sara Iturriarte

DBH 3, a letter

Hi Moises,

I am writing this letter to tell you that I visited the Museum of Fine Arts in Madrid and loved me very much to be ahy and see the beautiful picture he had. For me it is a fabulous experience of my life and I will never forget. Before i was several days in Madrid visiting thousands of shops with my parents and I finally got bored and left me at the hotel. I spent a week on vacation and then I fall in time to see all Madrid, on Friday, my parents told me they had bought tickets to go to the museum of fine arts, at first I did not care much, but when we were at the door of the museum any change and I started to get interested. Well since then I like pictures and I would like to paint some, and I would like to put him more at the museum

Well, that's what's important for my visit Madrid and that's what I wanted to tell you dear friend.

Bye, take care.

 

BY: Sebastián Fernández

 

Hi Elisabeth:

   I'm very excited about your coming to my home. We will visit a lot of places.

Saturday and Sundays you will stay with me and my family and the other days of the week you will stay with my teachers of school the most of the time.

On Saturday we will go shoping and then we will go bowling. Then on Sunday we will visit beautiful places of Vasque Country.

  I beleave that we will have a very good time together. See you soon.

BY.MIRIAM

Hi every one!
This year is coming a person called Adrian, that he is from Koln (Germany). He will like to visit lot of places in Gernika or Bizkaia, I planed to show him the Tree of Gernika, Parque Europa and a lot of places. But the most important thing is that I want to show him our gastronomy, because its very good our gastronomy , it has a high quality . Also I will show beautiful places to take a good photo. But what I really want to do Is that Adrian feel delighted and happy like me going to Germany.
BY: Aitor Basterretxea

 

 

DBH 4, continue the horror story....

The mist was moving all around me.  Where was the house?  Was I going the right way? I felt very afraid.
And then I heard the pony and trap.  Thank God!  Keckwick was coming back of me.  I stopped and waited. But now the sounds of the pony and trap were going away from me.  Now the sound was coming from somewhere on the marshes. What was wrong?  Had Keckwick gone off the path?
I stood very still. For a moment, there was complete silence.
Suddenly a pony shrieked with fear. Then I heard a sound I shall never forget...


I imagine that is going to happen...
 
     Then he heard a sound  he shall never forget , it was terrible shriek of a woman, it make he scared. But fortunately , he arrived at the house . But! The house is old and dirty. It looks like a house of  70 century .
    The house is strange , he could heard the shriek of the woman every night. And one night , he couldn't wait . He wanted to find  out where the voices coming from. He was holding a lamp , cushiomed toe, and ho gone to the end of the corridor's room. There was nobody , except a ghost...
     He finally saw her , and then , she spoken somethings to him and he fainted. When he awaked , there wasn't nobody ...
BY: Xueyi Yang

1. mist; felt afraid; marshes; shriked with fear; hear a sound I shall never forget.

2. [...] Then I heard a sound I shall never forget. It was like a howl, but suddenly I started to hear a woman crying with fear. I was afraid and I just wanted to go home. Where was Keckwick? I started to walk trough the path but the fog didn't let me saw anything. There was a strange light on one side of the road. I went to it slowly. I saw something like a graveyard when the fog dissapeared. I was more and more frightened. Where was Keckwick and where was the house? The cry again... getting closer... someone touched my shoulder... I turned and I saw Keckwick's  pony and on it was a woman with a bloody face, looking at me with his red eyes full of fury... I started running as quickly as possible. It was my end.

 BY: Georgiana Cocuz

DBH 3, Famous siblings

DAKOTA AND ELLE FANNING 

     Dakota begun doin commercials being very small , with five years made an announcement very popular detergent in te US and got an intervention i the ER  series that opened the doors of her career detting involved in several series of early 2000. In 2001 she made her debut as te protagonist of the film My name is Sam wich lead him to be the joungest actress to be nominated for a Screen Actors Guilt award. 

   Ellie is four years jounger than her sister and she started acting very joung. In 2003 starred in Daddy Day Camp with Eddie Murphy and she also act in films in the years 2005, 2008, 2009 and 2011. Her last film is Malefica (2014) were she acts with Angelina Joile.

BY: Miriam Nita

Julia ROberts and Walter Grady Roberts

Julia Fiona Roberts never dreamed she would become the most popular actress in America. She was born in Smyrna, Georgia, to Betty Lou (Bredemus) and Walter Grady Roberts, one-time actors and playwrights, and is of English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, German, and Swedish descent. As a child, due to her love of animals...
BY: Valentin Iosif