Instructor: Ms. Heather

Course Summary

This course is an interdisciplinary literature/history course exploring Rick Riordan’s award- winning book The Lightning Thief. Half of the lesson will be focused on literary analysis, critical reading and reading comprehension of the novel. The other half of the lesson will include a 20- 30 minute history lesson on the historical themes of the novel, including an exploration of Classical Greek mythology, the history of Greek civilization and other themed topics within the book.

Students who have already read this text are welcome to join this course to participate in the discussion and history lessons (or if there is enough interest, we can open additional sessions for the other Percy Jackson books in the series after The Lightning Thief).

Assignments

The daily assignment will consist of reading one chapter (20-30 pages) of the novel. A short series of reading comprehension questions will be posted each day to ensure that students are keeping up with the course reading. Students will also be provided with a variety of optional interactive videos, books, magazines, archeological site explorations and other resources to explore the topics of the day at their own pace. It is important that the student is willing to

complete the weekly reading assignments, which are essential for the class discussion.

Materials

Students will be provided all materials and texts for this course (an .epub digital copy of the text can be provided) but students are encouraged to have their own paper copy of the novel. I will also provide a variety of optional books, videos, site visits, activities and reading materials for self-study on many of the topics so the student can continue to explore his/her interests in more depth after the course is completed.

Scope:

Weekly Chapter Readings:

1 Accidentally Vaporize

2 Three Old Ladies Knit

3 Grover Unexpectedly

4 My Mother Teaches

5 I Play Pinocle Pt 1

6 Play Pinocle Pt 2

7 My Dinner Goes

8 We Capture Pt 1

9 We Capture Pt 2

10 I Ruin A Perfectly

11 We Visit the Garden

12 We Get Advice

13 I Plunge To

14 I Become A

15 A God Buys Us Pt 1

16 A God Buys Us Pt 2

17 We Take A Zebra

18 We Shop For

19 Annabeth Does

20 We Find Out the Truth

21 I Battle My Pt 1

22 I Battle My Pt 2

23 I Settle

24 The Prophecy

25. Wrap-Up

Note: We may slow down or speed up this curriculum based upon the reading abilities of the class. If we complete it ahead of schedule, we will move on to the next Percy Jackson novel for the remainder of the course.