What a character! Scholars look at two chapters in The Lightning Thief to make inferences about the character Percy. They record both the character's challenges and responses. Learners then work in their triads to discuss the gist of vocabulary words in the first two chapters, and determine what the text reveals about Percy.

Concepts

inferences, character analysis, making inferences

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Teacher can allow practice by creating and reading a few lines of text about him/herself and asking pupils what the words say about him/her

Classroom Considerations

• Lesson 4 of 13 in Grade 6 ELA Module 1, Unit 1
• Order of lessons matters

Pros

• Lists vocabulary words to teach to enhance the lesson
• Includes completed challenges and responses for teacher reference

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.6.1 RL.6.3 RL.6.6 SL.6.1.a SL.6.1.b SL.6.1.c SL.6.1.d L.6.4.a