Chapter 2 Three Old Ladies Knit the Socks of Death

Chapter 8 We Capture a FlagThe Lightning Thief by Rick Riordanvocabularyexcelled- did well at*hilt- the handle of a swordsuppressing- holding down by forceappraised- to judge the quality or worthsinged- burneddebated- discussed back and forth*sacrificed- willing to give up your life forwarily- carefullysiblings- ones brothers and sisters*alliance- a group of people who agree to join together for a purposeburly- large, strongprominently- standing out, easy to be seenmaiming- to severely hurt a limbinstinctively- to do it without thinking first*bewildered- confusedJournalWhen you choose teams for a sport or P.E. activity, would you rather pick them yourselves or have the coach do it? Why?If you were forced to decide right now what career you would study in the future, what would choose? What skills would make you good at that career? What is a career you would definitely not choose?

ActivitiesChoose your dream team for the camp capture-the-flag game. Before you read the chapter, pretend you are Annabeth, the leader of Athenas cabin. You will be fighting the Ares cabin. Using what you know about the gods, make a list of your top picks for the other cabins youd like to have on your side. Rank them from first to last. Pair up with a partner and compare your lists. Discuss why you ranked them the way you did, and be prepared to explain to the class.ActivitiesComplete Cause/Effect) Match each cause with its effect. You may use your book for assistance. BeCAUSE EFFECT (what happened___1. Percy is not good at any sport. ___2. Percy knocked the sword out of Lukes hand.___3. No sword seems balanced in Percys hand.___4. Thalia is Zeus daughter. ___5. Thalia sacrificed herself to save her friends .___6. Some gods arent supposed to have any children ___7. A green trident appears over Percys head.__8. They wanted to trick Clarisse. ___9. Clarisses gang surrounds Percy.___10. Annabeth wore a Yankees cap.

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A. Poseidon is his dad. B. Percy was stationed by the creek. C. Some cabins at camp are empty.D. Luke easily defeats PercyE. No one knows who his dad is.F. Zeus pitied her and turned her into a pine tree. G. Annabeths team won capture the flag H. Three Furies chase her. I. Annabeth becomes invisible. J. Luke stares at Percy with interest.SettingCharactersPoint of ViewMethod of NarrationConflictsSymbolsImportant QuotesStudy Questions As you read1. Why are the counselors having a hard time deciding who Percys Olympian parent is?2. How does Percy surprise everyone during his first sword class? How do you think he was able to do this?3. According to Grover, why did the Big Three gods swear never to have any more children?4. Why does the story about Thalia make Percy feel hollow and guilty?5. In capture-the-flag, why does Percy feel like hes being left out of the action?6. How does Percy manage to overcome the kids from Aress cabin?7.What was Annabeths plan to win the flag?8. Why does Annabeth make Percy stand in the water?9. What does Chiron say about how the hellhound got into camp?10.When you find out Percys true identity, are you surprised or did you see it coming? What clues were given earlier in the book?

Activities - Readers Theater. Have students divided into groups of 3-4 and pick a page of dialogue to read out loud like a script. Students pick parts and only read what is inside the quotation marks for their characters lines. Percys fight with the Ares cabin, or ending scene with Chiron, Clarisse, Annabeth and Percy make good scenes to read. Once students have practiced their lines a few times, have them perform for the rest of the class.

Prediction.Now that everyone knows who Percys father is, how will this change the way people at camp see him? Is it a good thing or a bad thing that Percy is the son of Poseidon? Why?

Learn Ancient Greek.Use the attached worksheet to try your hand at this ancient language, the way Percy does in his morning lessons with Annabeth.

Learning Ancient Greek

Percy takes lessons in Ancient Greek from Annabeth every morning. He says a demigods brain is hardwired for Greek. Try your hand at learning the Greek alphabet below. Try writing your name and the names of the Olympian gods using Greek letters.

Greek AlphabetLower case Upper case Name of letter English letter Pronunciation

ProcedureRead the chapterRead the PowerPointWrite the journal entryWrite a summaryDo the exercise related to vocabularyDo the study questionsDo any extra assignments in folder for this chapter