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The Lightning Thief: During Reading Strategy Lesson PlanThe Lightning Thief: During Reading Strategy Lesson Plan
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Grade
4th - 8th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Lesson Plans
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For Teacher Use
Duration
1 hr
Instructional Strategies
Direct Instruction
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Year
2009
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The Lightning Thief: During Reading Strategy

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After reading up to page 371 of Percy Jackson and The Olympians: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, get insight into how Percy felt making a major decision through active discussion strategies that enable both academic and thoughtful responses.  

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

novels, studying literature, discussion skills, group discussions, reflective writing, opinions

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Instead of performing one large fishbowl discussion, pair small groups using the same strategy, decreasing pupils' affective filter 
  • Furnish a reflection journal to each learner so they can jot down thoughts and opinions about the book and the question posed in the activity 

Classroom Considerations

  • This activity was designed by a student teacher as part of a novel study for the book, Percy Jackson and The Olympians: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan 

Pros

  • The question asked is thought provoking and gains insight to scholars' decision-making skills
  • This activity can be easily revisited to observe how some learners' opinions may have changed, as well as duplicated with other questions 

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RL.4.10 RL.5.10 W.4.4 W.5.4 SL.4.1.a SL.4.1.b SL.4.1.c SL.4.1.d SL.4.4 SL.5.1.a SL.5.1.b SL.5.1.c SL.5.1.d SL.5.4 RL.6.10 RL.7.10 RL.8.10 W.6.4 W.7.4 W.8.4 SL.6.1.a SL.6.1.b SL.6.1.c SL.6.1.d SL.6.5 SL.7.1.a SL.7.1.b SL.7.1.c SL.7.1.d SL.7.4 SL.8.1.a SL.8.1.b SL.8.1.c SL.8.1.d SL.8.4

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