BOOK REPORT THE LIGHTNING THIEF Gianne Angelo R. Valdez 9- St. Alphonsus Author: RICK RIORDAN Rick Riordan is the #1 New York Times bestselling Author of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series‚ the Kane Chronicles‚ and the Heroes of Olympus. He is also the author of the multi-award-winning Tres Navarre mystery series for adults. For fifteen years‚ Rick taught English and history at public and private middle schools in the San Francisco Bay Area and in Texas. In 2002‚ Saint Mary’s
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companies‚ games‚ and other things. Among the vast amount of aspects of Greek mythology that have been integrated in our modern world‚ the name Pandora chosen for the jewellery company and books‚ such as “Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief”‚ stand out the most to me. Throughout this unit‚ I have learned that very many companies’ names are derived from Greek mythology. These include Hercules (Heracles)‚ Poseidon Seafood‚ Amazon‚ Pandora‚ Medusa (the cement company)‚ Nike
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3.When his lightning bolt is stolen‚ Zeus accuses Poseidon’s son Percy Jackson and gives Poseidon’s son fourteen days to return it‚ otherwise he will initiate a war amongst the gods. Meanwhile the teenager‚ Percy‚ who is dyslexic and has ADHD is visiting The Museum of Metropolitan of Art and is attacked by a Fury disguised in his teacher. His crippled best friend Grover reveals that Percy is a demigod and that he is his protector and his teacher Mr Brunner gives him a pen telling him that it is a
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was The Lightning Thief‚ the first novel in the five-volume Percy Jackson series‚ which placed a group of adolescents in a Greco-Roman
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Immersion May 15‚ 2013 Resource 2: SIOP Lesson Plan Date: 5/14/13 Grade/Class/Subject:Grade 7 & 8 / Language Arts / Reading Unit/Theme: Lightning Thief Content Objective(s): Standard 2: Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text‚ including its relationship to the characters‚ setting‚ and plot. Anchor Standard 3: Analyze how and why
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in various ancient mythologies‚ so it’s hard to say‚ but those theories are purely speculation. After writing for so long‚ Rick has received various awards. Some of these include: Mark Twain Award for “The Lightning Thief” and “The Sea of Monsters”‚ Rebecca Caudill Award for “The Lightning Thief”‚ School Library Journal’s Best Book for “The Red Pyramid”‚ Children’s Choice Book Awards: Author of the Year‚ and the Children’s Choice Book Awards: Fifth Grade to Sixth Grade Book of the Year for “The Red
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Reading Percy Jackson and the Olympians‚ The Lightning Thief‚ is a book about a twelve-year-old boy named Percy Jackson who learns he’ s a demigod. As the son of Poseidon he is sent on a quest with his friends Annabeth and Grover. They must find Zeus’s stolen lightning bolt and return it by the summer solstice to avoid a war with the gods. Along the way they learn about trust‚ betrayal‚ and courage. This book has many themes but some of the important ones are Trust‚ Betrayal‚ and Courage.
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Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan was an exciting book from start to finish. This fiction book takes you on the adventures of the twelve year old Percy Jackson as he discovers who he really is. Being a demigod‚ a child of a Greek god and a mortal woman‚ Percy is in for the ride of his life. Percy Jackson is not what you would consider to be normal; aside from having ADHD and dyslexia strange things just seem to happen to him and no one seems to understand. His
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Outsider to Leader Imagine if you were half god in a human world. In The book Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan‚ it tells the story of a ADHD boy as he begins to learn he is a “Demigod”. Percy Jackson is the main protagonist‚ he is a Greek demigod‚ and a son of Poseidon‚ god of the seas‚ and Sally Jackson. Percy was average in athletics but later from his training‚ becomes very fit‚ muscular‚ and wiser. At the beginning of the book Percy was perceived as a “troubled kid” but
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individuals attain identical personalities. Comparing and contrasting the characteristics of Odysseus‚ the main character in The Odyssey‚ an Epic Poem taking place in ancient Greek culture‚ and Percy Jackson‚ the main character in the novel The Lightning Thief‚ likenesses and differences within their character traits are easily able to be recognized. Although Odysseus and Percy both exhibited loyalty and bravery‚ the characteristic of confidence was not equally shared between them. Odysseus and Percy
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