From the scholastic book club edition of the lightning thief. Literacy central is a free resource for parents, teachers and children thanks in part to the generous support of macys. Each chapter of the novel study focuses on two chapters of the lightning thief and is comprised of five activities. Use as classwork, homework, or even in literacy centers. Students are to write descriptions and characteristics of e. Free sample from the lightning thief book unit the. And lately, being away at boarding school is only getting worse percy could have sworn his pre. It takes a lot to stand out among the multitudes of new fantasy series that seem. Percy jackson and the lightning thief birthday party and.
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Summary, author information, discussion guide, and postreading activities. Percy jackson and the lightning thief fun activities. A curriculum rationale, based on ncte models, for those teachers considering percy jackson for classroom use. There is a force of greater and older evil than the gods fighting. The lightning thief discussion questions for the lightning thief a list of 23 discussion questions. The percy jackson series teacher and student resources. This critical thinking companion resource is designed to. The lightning thief lesson plan, 6th grade book club.
This revelation and the return of the lightning bolt would seem to resolve the story. Let children paint or create their own hanging lightning bolts out of simple household materials and paper mache as a memento. A hurricane blowing in using rick riordan s the lightning thief as a model, writers will find a rhythm in their writing by varying sentence lengths while creating a scene to draw in their readers. Percy jackson is a good kid, but he cant seem to focus on his schoolwork or control his temper. Stimulating content mapped to curriculum objectivesdigital cdrom with. The lightning thief by rick riordan book 1 of the percy jackson and the olympians series. The lightning thief reading novel activities, questions, projects, lessons, unit, and keys reading common core standards met. The lightning thief by rick riordan novel study contains lessons aligned to the common core standards ccss for grades 4 6. The lightning thief by rick riordan lesson plans by becky harvey and anna warfield percy spent his childhood being kicked from one school to the next, but now it is clear to the adults in his life that he needs to know the truth. Jan 24, 2016 the lightning thief interactive journalthis product includes.
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