As you review the sentences and cartoons, determine the meaning of the word “mutual”.

Read each of the sentences on the screen. On your WoW handout, highlight the context clues in each sentence and guess the meaning of the word.  Although Mrs. Valenza lives in China, as she talked to her new neighbor, they realized that they both actually had mutual friends back in Minnesota.  Mrs. Falk and some of her students have mutual interests because they both like horses.  As the cat and dog eyed each other warily, the mutual distrust was obvious.  My nephew and large animals have an intensely mutual hatred for one another.

 Yay or nay: Would two friends with mutual interests be doing the same activity or different activities?  Yay or nay: If the presidential candidates had a mutual respect for one another, would they have mud-slinging campaigns?  Yay or nay: If a parent and a child had a mutual checking account, do they both have access to the funds?

 One-sided  Two-sided  Returned  Detached  Interdependent  Independent  Give-and-take

 Random story time :  We all know the story of the three little pigs, but not many of us know the after-story. The third little pig was more than happy to protect his brothers from the Big Bad Wolf, but their laziness was really annoying, so they came up with a mutual plan. The brothers with houses of sticks and straw would put forth a mutual effort to build their own house of bricks. It was pretty expensive, especially since straw and sticks were so cheap, but they created a mutual bank account so they could pool their money. After coming to a mutual understanding that they would both contribute equally since they were working for a mutual cause, which hopefully would allow them to experience mutual success.  Unfortunately, the brothers did not have mutual interests. The first one was learning Mongolian throat singing (like Sheldon) that sounded more like a dying cow than anything. The second little pig believed he was a great chef, although his concoctions smelled more like a dying cow than anything. Although bonded together by their mutual fear of the Big Bad Wolf, their annoying habits might soon lead to mutual destruction.  One day while they were fighting because of their mutual hatred of each others’ hobbies, the Big Bad Wolf came along and ate them both.  The End  P.S. The third little pig inherited their mutual account. Since this is a fairy tale, someone has to live happily ever after!