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DOMINOES Two
Dominoes two

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BEFORE READING Activity pages 20–21
Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers READING CHECK

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now. They will find out as they read that the answers are: 1 b Ariadne secretly tells Dedalus about her plans to escape.
1 1f 2a 3e 4b 5d 6c c Dedalus gives Ariadne a sword for Theseus. She hides it
2 a3 b4 c5 d2 e6 f1

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under her cloak.
d Theseus doesn’t know that Ariadne is coming to help him.
Activity pages 6–7 e At the harbour, Ariadne must find a boat with a black sail.
READING CHECK f Ariadne takes some thread into the Labyrinth to help her find
a False (she is the daughter of King Minos of Crete) her way back.
b True g The secret door into the Labyrinth is next to the bed in the
c True king’s bedroom.
d False (it has the head of a bull and the body of a man) h Ariadne leaves a message for her father on his desk.
e False (he teaches boys and girls) WORD WORK
f True a thread…tie
g True b promise
h False (Phedra tells a servant about Ariadne’s secret) c save
WORD WORK d handle
1 e argue
f lift
m e s s a g e s i b g midday
h passage
x j e k q o n p y r i winked
d p r i e s t a r a GUESS WHAT
Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answer
t c v z w p c l g v now. They will find out as they read that the answer is:
r o a r s s f a o e c

m o n b c q y c d j Activity pages 26–27

g l t e m p l e l q READING CHECK
a4 b1 c6 d2 e3 f7 g5
a x s k y r u l e s WORD WORK
1 ghost/whisper/face/rescue/earthquake/footstep/compliment/
m p k i n g d o m v goddess/trick/barefoot/towards
e l o o k a f t e r 2 b footstep g earthquake
c rescue h compliment
2 a messages…game d barefoot i goddess
b rules…kingdom e whisper j towards
c priest…temple…god f ghost k trick
d palace…cool GUESS WHAT
e roars Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers
f servants…look after now. They will find out as they read that the answers are:
g brave c and d
GUESS WHAT
Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answer Activity pages 32–33
now. They will find out as they read that the answer is: READING CHECK
b b1 c3 d2 e3 f1 g1 h3
WORD WORK
Activity pages 12–13 b waves e land
READING CHECK c idea f howl
a7 b2 c5 d1 e4 f6 g3 d inventors
WORD WORK GUESS WHAT
1 a dream f map Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers
b horns g obey now. They will find out as they read that the answers are:
c ordinary h wave a2 b2 c2
d bow i meeting
e cage j heart Activity pages 38–39
2 b obey g wave READING CHECK
c meeting h bow 1 b talking quietly f doesn’t tell
d cage i horns c sea g isn’t
e heart j ordinary d dead h hours
f map e to Athens i talk to
GUESS WHAT
Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers
now. They will find out as they read that the answers are:
b, d and e

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2 a 3 (gold necklace) WORD WORK
b 5 (the sail) 1 b reach

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c 6 (cloak) c horizon
d 2 (chicken and bread) d truth
e 7 (boat) e homeland

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f 2 (Labyrinth) f deserves
g 4 (land) g pregnant
WORD WORK h solid
b clung e almost i beyond
c share f necklace
d secretive
a p o i n t s
GUESS WHAT b r e a c h
Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answer
now. They will find out as they read that the answer is: c h o r i z o n
She finds b on Naxos. d t r u t h
Activity pages 46–47 e h o m e l a n d
READING CHECK f d e s e r v e s
1 b P g A
c E h E g p r e g n a n t
d P i P
e T j T h s o l i d
f T k A
2 When Theseus, Phedra and Ariadne arrive on the island of Naxos,
i b e y o n d
Theseus goes to buy a new white sail. Ariadne starts to look for
2 The Parthenon.
Enarus and takes Phedra with her to the temple of Dionysus. They
find Enarus sitting alone under an orange tree in the garden.
Project A pages 54–55
Ariadne, Phedra and Enarus walk down the hill to the harbour to
meet Theseus and his friends. Enarus invites them to eat with the WRITING A NOTE
priests that evening at the temple. 1 Dear Ariadne
I’m not sure if this note will reach you, but I really wanted to
The next morning Ariadne decides to stay on the island of Naxos write immediately. I’m waiting for you on the island of Naxos.
and become just an ordinary woman. Phedra asks to go to It’s a very small island – and there’s not much to do here. I’m
Athens with Theseus on his boat and he agrees. Phedra waves working as a priest in the temple of Dionysus. The other priests
goodbye as they sail away from the island. are friendly. The journey here was very long. I’m having a terrible
WORD WORK time without you. Please come soon.
b nod e disappeared With lots of love
c certainly f clear Enarus
d allow 2 Dear Ariadne
GUESS WHAT I’m not sure if this note will reach you but I wanted to tell you my
Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers news! I’m getting married next month to Theseus in his capital
now. They will find out as they read that the answers are: Athens. It’s a very big city – and there’s lots to do here. I’m really
a1 b1 enjoying myself. Theseus’s stepson Hippolytus is very nice. The
journey here was long and tiring. I’m writing to ask you to the
Activity pages 52–53 wedding. Please come if you can.
With lots of love
READING CHECK Phedra
a False (he forgets to puts the white sail up on his boat) 3 Open answer.
b True
c False (She changes her name to Sofia)
d False (Nobody on Naxos knows who Ariadne really is) Project B pages 56–58
e True TEllING A STORy
f True 1 a When g because
g False (Artemisia is a wild girl who runs barefoot into the b at once h Then
fields to play with the animals) c soon i until
h False (Phedra is married to Theseus for only some years, and d But j suddenly
she kills herself after she argues with him) e while k In the end
i True f so
j False (Ariadne leads a happy life on Naxos with her husband 2 1a 2d 3h 4b 5g 6c 7f 8e
and children.) 3 a Every night King Midas counted all the gold in his palace. But
he wasn’t happy because he dreamed of having more.
b One night a hungry satyr – Silenus – came to his palace, so
Midas gave him dinner.
c The god Dionysus arrived while Midas and Silenus were
eating. / While Midas and Silenus were eating, the god
Dionysus arrived.
d Dionysus was pleased with Midas because Silenus was
his friend./ Because Silenus was his friend, Dionysus was
pleased with Midas.

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e The god smiled at Midas. Then he said, ‘Ask me for anything.
I’ll give it to you as a present.’/ The god smiled at Midas.

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He then said, ‘Ask me for anything. I’ll give it to you as a
present.’/ Then the god smiled at Midas. He said, ‘Ask me for
anything. I’ll give it to you as a present.’/ The god then smiled

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at Midas. He said, ‘Ask me for anything. I’ll give it to you as
a present.’/ The god smiled at Midas. He said, ‘Ask me for
anything. Then I’ll give it to you as a present.’/The god smiled
at Midas. He said, ‘Ask me for anything. I’ll then give it to you
as a present.’
f King Midas suddenly remembered his dream. ‘I want
everything that I touch to change into gold!’ he said at
once./ King Midas suddenly remembered his dream. ‘I
want everything that I touch to change at once into gold!’
he said./ Suddenly King Midas remembered his dream. ‘I
want everything that I touch to change into gold!’ he said
at once./ Suddenly King Midas remembered his dream. ‘I
want everything that I touch to change at once into gold!’
he said./ At once King Midas remembered his dream. ‘I
want everything that I touch to change into gold!’ he said
suddenly./ King Midas at once remembered his dream. ‘I want
everything that I touch to change into gold!’ he suddenly said.
g Midas was happy with his present until he touched his
daughter and she changed into gold. / Until he touched his
daughter and she changed into gold, Midas was happy with
his present.
h In the end Midas asked Dionysus for help. The god told him to
wash in the river. When he did this, ‘the Golden Touch’ soon
left him./ In the end Midas asked Dionysus for help. When
the god told him to wash in the river, he did this. ‘The Golden
Touch’ soon left him./ Midas asked Dionysus for help. In the
end the god told him to wash in the river. When he did this,
‘the Golden Touch’ soon left him./ In the end Midas asked
Dionysus for help. The god told him to wash in the river.
When he did this, ‘the Golden Touch’ soon left him./ Midas
soon asked Dionysus for help. In the end the god told him to
wash in the river. When he did this, ‘the Golden Touch’ left
him./ When Midas asked Dionysus for help, the god told him
to wash in the river. In the end he did this. ‘The Golden Touch’
soon left him.]
4 Open answers.

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