Before diving into the engaging tale of Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, conduct this directed reading and thinking activity. Assess your pupils' knowledge of Greek gods and mythology through a knowledge web, and discuss story plot predictions. Later, continue to make predictions and assess their thinking through grand conversations.   

Concepts

novels, studying literature, making predictions, prereading, greek gods, greek mythology

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Create a document with the questions written for easy reference while scholars are working
• Replicate the knowledge web onto a classroom bulletin board
• Visit your school library, and invite learners to pick out books they wish to read about Greek gods and mythology 

Classroom Considerations

• This lesson was created by a student teacher to accompany a novel unit for the story, Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan. 

Pros

• Directions are written in detail
• Information to guide the knowldge web is provided 

Cons

• The title of the book is misspelled and underlined incorrectly 

Common Core

RL.6.1 RL.7.1 RL.8.1 W.6.4 W.6.9.a W.7.4 W.7.9.a W.8.4 W.8.9.a