“Smart Start”
Place homework on the top right hand
corner of your desk.
 Grab a “Smart Start” off the front table.
 Complete the “Smart Start” SILENTLY.
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“Smart Start” Answers
1. Tobacco and alcohol are injurious to health. (Two or more singular
nouns connected by and usually take a plural verb.)
2. Age and experience brings wisdom. (Age alone doesn’t bring
wisdom. Here the two nouns together express the same idea and
hence we use a singular verb.)
3. My father and my guardian want me to study law.
4. Oil and water do not mix.
5. Each man and each woman has a vote.
6. Neither John nor Peter has any right to the property.
7. Either Jack or his brother is responsible for this.
8. A thousand dollars were distributed among the prize winners.
9. One of my friends works in Paris.
10. A committee was appointed to assess the gravity of the situation.
(A collective noun takes a singular verb when the group is thought of
as a single unit.)
Announcements
 Red
Raffle Ticket
drawing Friday.
 Week 11 Vocabulary
Quiz 11/17.
 Book Fair all this
week!
 As a class, we will go to
the book fair on Friday.
Homework
◦ Week 11 Vocabulary Sentences.
◦ 1 sentence per vocabulary word for a total of
5 sentences.
◦ Due 11/12.
Week 11 Vocab Sentence Examples
Large pieces of primeval pottery were
found buried under an old building.
2. In Greek mythology, Athena, is considered
to be a progeny or descendent of Zeus.
3. During the holidays, the shelter received
superfluous donations.
4. When walking home alone, it is important
to be very careful and vigilant of your
surroundings.
5. The growing teenage boys had voracious
appetites and ate everything in sight!
1.
Week 11 Vocab Sentence Examples
(Pre-AP)
Carl had a fervent desire to be a star
NBA player.
2. Many Oklahoma Sooners fan have great
enmity toward UT Austin. 
3. The divergent high school friends all
matured and grew apart from one another.
4. Tiera, a crony of mine, was the first
person I met at the University of
Oklahoma.
5. If you feel strongly about a belief, stand up
for it and do not waver.
1.
Objective
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SWBAT analyze the myth "How the
Seasons Came".
Mythology Review
What is mythology? Why is it used?
 With your partner, use your notes to
review the following mythological
characters:
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◦ Hades
◦ Persophone
◦ Demeter
“How the Seasons Came”
Based on this title, what can you predict?
 Do you think this will be a fictional story?
Why or why not?
 What, if any, mythological characters do
you believe will be in the text?
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“How the Seasons Came”
As a class, we will read “How the Seasons
Came”.
 THIS IS A CLASS SET, PLEASE DO NOT
WRITE ON THEM.
 Purpose: To analyze the myth, draw
conclusions, and make connections to the
text.
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Exit Ticket
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Write a 4-5 sentence summary of "How
the Seasons Came". What were the
important events that happened?