Using Words as a Way into Rick Riordan's "The Lightning Thief"

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Using Words as a Way into Rick Riordan's "The Lightning Thief"

Description:

In this lesson, students use the Visual Thesaurus to help them categorize words from the first chapter of “The Lightning Thief” as a means to predict the novel's central topics and themes. Then, after reading the chapter, students analyze those same words in the context of the novel and conduct further research into the mythological references that run throughout the text.

Education Levels:

3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Subject:

Vocabulary, Reading, Process Skills, Literature, Listening Comprehension, Grammar

Resource Type:

Lesson plan

Medium:

Text/HTML

Fee Status:

Free

Beneficiary:

Students

Online provider:

Visual Thesaurus

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Keywords:

Mythology, Riordan, Rick, Literary themes, Gods, Goddesses

Mediator:

Middle school teachers, Elementary school teachers

Publisher:

Visual Thesaurus

Is Part Of:

http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/lessons/

Language:

English

General

Essential Resources:

Student notebooks; Whiteboard; Computers with Internet access; Scissors; Sticky notes; Copies of "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan

Learning Time:

1 - 1.5 hours

Subjects/Topics

P21 Subject:

Language Arts, English

Instructional Methods

Assessment Method:

Observation, Informal assessment

Interaction Method:

Large Group instruction

Learning Outcomes:

Learning Outcomes:

Broad Correlation

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (2010)

Reading Standards for Literature

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

9. Analyze how a modern work of fiction draws on themes, patterns of events, or character types from myths, traditional stories, or religious works such as the Bible, including describing how the material is rendered new.

Broad Correlation

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (2010)

Reading Standards for Literature

Craft and Structure

6. Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of different characters or narrators in a text.

Broad Correlation

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (2010)

Reading Standards for Literature

Craft and Structure

4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone.

Broad Correlation

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (2010)

Reading Standards for Literature

Craft and Structure

4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes.

Broad Correlation

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (2010)

Reading Standards for Literature

Key Ideas and Details

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; provide an objective summary of the text.

Broad Correlation

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (2010)

Reading Standards for Literature

Key Ideas and Details

3. Describe how a particular story's or drama's plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.

Broad Correlation

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (2010)

Reading Standards for Literature

Key Ideas and Details

2. Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.

This data provided by the Achievement Standards Network

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