Step into the shoes of the Oracle from the novel, Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, with this response to reading activity. After reading chapter nine, scholars answer questions from the Oracle's point of view, using a die that is labeled with the words apply, describe, analyze, compare, associate, and argue.

Concepts

novels, responding to literature, studying literature, responding to reading, asking questions, answering questions, questions

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Reuse the cube with future reading assignments
• Depending on the age group you teach, instruct groups to build their own cube
• Before reading, remind pupils to pay close attention to the Oracle, the focus of the chapter's follow up-activity

Classroom Considerations

• Scholars should be familiar with the terms, apply, describe, analyze, compare, associate, and argue
• This activity was created by a student teacher as part of a novel study for Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

Pros

• Examples are written on the worksheet for learners to reference during the lesson 
• Rolling the die creates active learner engagement 

Cons

• The scanned die is not of high quality 

Common Core

RL.4.3 RL.5.3 SL.4.1.a SL.4.1.c SL.5.1.a SL.5.1.c RL.6.3 RL.7.3 RL.8.3 SL.6.1.a SL.6.1.c SL.7.1.a SL.7.1.c SL.8.1.a SL.8.1.c