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Word Study is used to help students look for context clues or breaking the word down into smaller known root words, and applying prior knowledge of prefixes, affixes and suffixes. This prior knowledge is then applied to the unfamiliar word to better understand the meaning.

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Lightning Thief Vocabulary Activity. This 4-page vocabulary resource (1-page Student Handout and 3-page Answer Key) is specifically created for the book Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief. Included are over 100 words from the story broken down by chapter.

Also included is a teacher ANSWER KEY with all the correct definitions of the words. You can use the vocabulary words for word studies, spelling, or vocabulary building.

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Lightning Thief Vocabulary Activity. This 4-page vocabulary resource (1-page Student Handout and 3-page Answer Key) is specifically created for the book Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief. Included are over 100 words from the story broken down by chapter. Also included is a tea...

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Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.5.4.A
Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.5.4.B
Read grade-level prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.

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Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.

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This is a cooperative learning strategy that allows students to think out loud while using notes to highlight and identify key information and vocabulary. This is one method for teaching annotation.

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The Lightning Thief Literature Circle Activity. This resource includes everything you need to conduct literature circles for Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan.

Included in this resource is:
- Teacher Tips Handout (2-pages)
- Literature Circles Jobs (1-page)
- Artistic Artist Job Card (1-page; 2 per page)
- Character Captain Job Card (1-page; 2 per page)
- Clever Connector Job Card (1-page; 2 per page)
- Quality Questioner Job Card (1-page; 2 per page)
- Literature Leader Job Card (1-page; 2 per page)
- Word Watcher Job Card (1-page; 2 per page)
- Literature Circles Daily Assignments Handout (2-pages)
- Literature Circles Rubric (1-page)
- The Lightning Thief Project Choices (1-page)
- The Lightning Thief Key Vocabulary & Answer Key (4-pages)

Your students will love the book and the literature circles!

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The Lightning Thief Literature Circle Activity. This resource includes everything you need to conduct literature circles for Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan. Included in this resource is: - Teacher Tips Handout (2-pages) - Literature Circles Jobs (1-page) - ...

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This strategy is used to help build reading fluency with a focus on expression.

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An adaptation from Rick Riordan's The Lightning Thief
By Mary G. Milligan
Approximately 5 minutes.

Staging: The narrators stand behind the characters, preferably on risers.

Narrator 1 - Mr. Brunner

Narrator 2 - Percy Jackson

Narrator 3 - Nancy Bobofit

Narrator 4 - Mrs. Dodds

Narrator 5 - Grover

NARRATOR 1: This scene from Rick Riordan's The Lightning Thief is taken from Chapter 1, "I Accidentally Vaporize My Pre-Algebra Teacher." Percy Jackson is a twelve-year-old boarding student at Yancy Academy, a private school for troubled kids in upstate New York.

PERCY JACKSON: My name is Percy Jackson. Am I a troubled kid? Yeah. You could say that. I could start at any point in my short miserable life to prove it, but things really started going bad last May, when our sixth-grade class took a field trip to Manhattan.

NARRATOR 2: Percy's class is heading to the Metropolitan Museum of Art to look at the ancient Greek and Roman collection. There are two teachers on the field trip. Mr. Brunner, the Latin teacher, is leading the trip. He is a middle-aged man in a motorized wheelchair with thinning hair, a scruffy beard and an awesome collection of Roman armor and weapons.

PERCY JACKSON: Mr. Brunner expects me to be as good as everybody else, despite the fact that I have dyslexia and attention deficit disorder and I have never made above a C- in my life. No - he doesn't expect me to be as good; he expects me to be better.

NARRATOR 3: The other teacher chaperone is Mrs. Dodds. She is a little math teacher from Georgia who always wears a black leather jacket, even though she is fifty years old. Mrs. Dodds came to Yancy halfway through the school year, when the last math teacher had a nervous breakdown.

PERCY JACKSON: From her first day, Mrs. Dodds would point her crooked finger at me and say -

MRS. DODDS: Now, honey

PERCY JACKSON: - real sweet, and I knew I was going to get after-school detention for a month.

NARRATOR 4: Among the twenty-eight students on the field trip are Nancy Bobofit, a freckly, redheaded bully and Percy Jackson's best friend, Grover Underwood, a scrawny kid with acne and the start of a wispy beard on his chin.

NARRATOR 5: The class is gathered on the front steps of the museum eating lunch when Nancy Bobofit dumps her half-eaten lunch in Grover's lap.

NANCY BOBOFIT: Oops

PERCY JACKSON: I don't remember touching her, but the next thing I know, Nancy is sitting on her butt in the fountain, screaming

NANCY BOBOFIT: Percy pushed me!

NARRATOR 1: Mrs. Dodds materializes next to them.

NARRATOR 2: Some of the kids are whispering

NARRATOR 3: Did you see -

NARRATOR 4: -the water-

NARRATOR 5: -like it grabbed her-

PERCY JACKSON: I don't know what you're talking about.

NARRATOR 1: As soon as Mrs. Dodds is sure Nancy is okay, Mrs. Dodds turns on Percy.

MRS. DODDS: Now, honey-

PERCY JACKSON: I know. A month erasing workbooks.

MRS. DODDS: Come with me.

GROVER: Wait! It was me. I pushed her.

MRS. DODDS: I don't think so, Mr. Underwood.

GROVER: But-

MRS. DODDS: You -will-stay-here.

PERCY JACKSON: It's okay, man. Thanks for trying.

MRS. DODDS: Honey, now!

NARRATOR 2: Percy follows her deeper into the museum. When he finally catches up to her, they are back in the Greek and Roman section.

NARRATOR 3: Except for them, the gallery is empty.

MRS. DODDS: You've been giving us problems, honey.

PERCY JACKSON: Yes, ma'am.

MRS. DODDS: Did you really think you would get away with it?

PERCY JACKSON: I'll try harder, ma'am.

NARRATOR 2 & 3: Boom! Thunder shakes the building.

MRS. DODDS: We are not fools, Percy Jackson. It was only a matter of time before we found you out. Confess, and you will suffer less pain. Well?

PERCY JACKSON: Ma'am, I don't...

MRS. DODDS: Your time is up!

NARRATOR 4: Then the weirdest thing happens. Her eyes begin to glow like barbecue coals. Her fingers stretch, turning into talons. Her jacket melts into large, leathery wings. She isn't human. She is a shriveled hag with bat wings and claws and a mouth full of yellow fangs.

NARRATOR 5: Then things get even stranger. Mr. Brunner, who'd been out in front of the museum a minute before, wheels his chair into the doorway of the gallery, holding a pen in his hand. Tossing it to Percy he shouts -

MR. BRUNNER: What ho, Percy!

NARRATOR 1: Mrs. Dodds lunges at Percy.

NARRATOR 2: Percy snatches the ballpoint pen out of the air, but when it hits his hand, it isn't a pen anymore. It is a sword-Mr. Brunner's bronze sword, which he always uses on tournament day.

NARRATOR 3: Mrs. Dodds spins toward Percy snarling -

MRS. DODDS: Die, Honey!

NARRATOR 4: She flies straight at Percy. He swings the sword.

NARRATOR 5: The metal blade hits her shoulder and passes clean through her body as if she is made of water. Hisss!

NARRATOR 1: Mrs. Dodds is a sand castle in a power fan She explodes into yellow powder, vaporizing on the spot, leaving nothing but the smell of sulfur and a dying screech and a chill of evil in the air.

PERCY JACKSON: I am alone. There is a ballpoint pen in my hand. Mr. Brunner isn't there. Nobody is there but me. My hands are still trembling. Had I imagined the whole thing? I go back outside. Grover is sitting by the fountain with Nancy Bobofit, still soaked from her swim in the fountain.

NANCY BOBOFIT: I hope Mrs. Kerr whipped your butt.

PERCY JACKSON: Who?

NANCY BOBOFIT: Our teacher. Duh!

PERCY JACKSON: We have no teacher named Mrs. Kerr. What are you talking about? Grover, where is Mrs. Dodds?

GROVER: Who?

PERCY JACKSON: Not funny, man. This is serious.

NARRATOR 2 & 3: Boom! Thunder booms overhead.

MR. BRUNNER: Mr. Jackson, that would be my pen. Please bring your own writing utensil in the future.

PERCY JACKSON: Sir, where's Mrs. Dodds?

MR. BRUNNER: Who?

PERCY JACKSON: The other chaperone. Mrs. Dodds. The pre-algebra teacher.

MR. BRUNNER: Percy, there is no Mrs. Dodds on this trip. As far as I know, there has never been a Mrs. Dodds at Yancy Academy. Are you feeling all right?"
Used by Permission of Hyperion.

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By Mary G. Milligan Approximately 5 minutes. Staging: The narrators stand behind the characters, preferably on risers. Narrator 1 - Mr. Brunner Narrator 2 - Percy Jackson Narrator 3 - Nancy Bobofit Narrator 4 - Mrs. Dodds Narrator 5 - Grover NARRATOR 1: This scene from Rick Riordan's The Lightning Thief is taken from Chapter 1, "I Accidentally Vaporize My Pre-Algebra Teacher."

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Project Based Learning Activity- Dioramas
A method of summative assessment that is often paired with a rubric that allows for immediate feedback. It focuses on the construction of a visual representation of knowledge and provides meaning to words, concepts and ideas.

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The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan Novel Study contains lessons aligned to the Common Core Standards (CCSS) for grades 4 - 6. This unit contains printable resources including graphic organizers for an interactive notebook and game activities plus digital resources covering vocabulary, comprehension, constructed response writing, and skill practice.

Please check out the detailed preview of this unit.

Version #1 -- The Lightning Thief Digital + Printable Book Unit (This product contains the entire printable version + Activities for Google Digital Slides & Digital Task Cards hosted by Boom Learning.)

Version #2 -- The Lightning Thief Printable Book Unit (This product contains the entire printable version.)

Version #3 -- The Lightning Thief Abridged Printable Book Unit (This version contains vocabulary practice, comprehension questions, and constructed response writing.)
The digital resources include the following: Activities for Google Slides
* 26 Constructed Response Writing Questions Context Clues Organizers

* Prefixes and Suffixes

* Prefix and Suffix Puzzles

* Greek Gods and Goddesses

* Suffixes that Change the Part of Speech (3 Organizers)

* Figurative Language Organizer
Digital Task Cards Hosted by Boom Learning
* 22 Vocabulary/Comprehension Decks

* Context Clues

The printable packet includes the following:

Lesson Plans at a Glance
Vocabulary
* Vocabulary List (44 focus words - 2 for each chapter)

* Vocabulary Bookmarks

* Vocabulary Word Cards

* Vocabulary Practice Booklet

* Vocabulary Test
Comprehension
Check for Each Chapter consisting of Multiple Choice, Fill in the Blanks, and Short Answer
Writing
26 Constructed Response Writing Questions/Aligned to the Common Core State Standards
Skill Practice
* Prefixes and Suffixes Word Lists and Organizers

* Prefix and Suffix Puzzles

* Prefix Game

* Suffix Word Lists Organizers (Changing Verbs and Adjectives to Nouns)

* Suffix BINGO

* Root Word Lists and Organizers

* Root Word Activity

* Figurative Language Response Cards

* Figurative Language Organizers

* Context Clues Organizers

* Context Clues Task Cards

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This 26 page Novel Study / Book Club Packet covers 5 weeks of daily reading activities with the book The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson Book 1) by Rick Riordan, which is a Guided Reading Level W. The first page is an assignment page for students to use and to record due dates (which you may want to hand write before running copies for your groups). The item bullets are check boxes so that the kids can keep track of what they've completed by checking off.

With this packet, students will be writing chapter summaries on a weekly basis, as well as using context clues and inference to determine meaning of vocab words each week, answer comprehension questions aligned with chapter assignments for the week, and complete extended activities that require students to study character development. Essentially, each school week would work according to this pattern:

Monday: Students are assigned to read about 10% of the book and write a paragraph summarizing the main events from those chapters.

Tuesday: Students are assigned to read the next 10% of the book, as well as find 5 vocabulary words. They must record the page number, the quote from the book using the word, and the inferred meaning. **If this will be too challenging for your students, write the page numbers on your student copy using the teacher key at the end of the packet. Then, they just have to find the quote on the page and determine the inferred meaning. Sometimes the vocab words are unfamiliar words, and other times they are words with multiple meanings (so the kids have to infer from the text which meaning is being used.)

Wednesday: students assigned to complete comprehension questions based on this week's chapters. I have my kids record page numbers next to each answer for ease of discussion in our literature circle the next day.

Thursday: Extension Activity - this is an opportunity for creatively express their comprehension of the book. I have GATE kids (and they LOVE these pages), but I can easily see regular ed students finding these alternative representations helpful and fun to complete.

This repeats each week for 5 weeks with the same pattern; the only difference is that the Extension Activity changes each week. During one week, they work on visualization by drawing/coloring a scene from those chapters in a cool Instagram format; another week they write a conversation between two characters regarding an event from that section in a text message iPhone window format; on yet another extension assignment, they design a bedroom for a character based on the traits implied in the book in a Trading Spaces bedroom-style make-over. I like having the creative activities being different every week because then the kids have different skills (character, plot, setting, main idea, etc.) and strategies to work on using various ways of expressing their knowledge (writing, drawing, etc.)

After the 5 weeks are complete, students independently complete a comprehension quiz on the novel (also included).

A complete teacher key is included at the end of the document for ease of instruction - I have done all the leg work for you, including chapter summaries and hunting down all vocab words, pages, and quotes! :) This novel study is ready to go; all you have to do is obtain the books for your students.

If you're interested in a novel study rubric, visit my store - I have one specifically designed using this packet format in mind. It takes into account completion of all assignments, score on end quiz, preparedness for each book club lesson, etc.

I also recommend taking a look at my Book Club Tracking chart, which I use to keep track of each kid for each assignment - especially after 5 weeks of a novel study, it would be impossible to remember who was absent one day, who wasn't prepared another, etc.

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Novel Study Student Packet & Key - Percy Jackson Lightning Thief (Riordan) - W

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This 26 page Novel Study / Book Club Packet covers 5 weeks of daily reading activities with the book The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson Book 1) by Rick Riordan, which is a Guided Reading Level W. The first page is an assignment page for students to use and to record due dates (which you may want to ...