The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan Chapters 1 and 2 “I Accidentally Vaporize my Pre-Algebra...
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The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan Chapters 1 and 2 “I Accidentally Vaporize my Pre-Algebra Teacher” “Three Old Ladies Knit the Socks of Death” Presentation by Mrs. Long Block ___
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan Chapters 1 and 2 “I Accidentally Vaporize my Pre-Algebra Teacher” “Three Old Ladies Knit the Socks of Death” Presentation
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan Chapters 1 and 2 I
Accidentally Vaporize my Pre-Algebra Teacher Three Old Ladies Knit
the Socks of Death Presentation by Mrs. Long Block ___
Slide 3
Plot The Sequence of Events Percy Jackson goes on a field trip
to the Metropolitan Museum of Art with his Latin teacher, Mr.
Brunner, and his pre-algebra teacher, Mrs. Dodds. Nancy Bobofit, a
bully, picks on Grover, Percys friend, so Percy pushes her and gets
in trouble with Mrs. Dodds. Mrs. Dodds separates Percy from the
rest of the class, and he surprises Percy by turning into a Harpy
who wants to kill him. Percy manages to kill the Harpy with the
help of Mr. Brunner.
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Plot Continued Percy takes his final exams, but he knows that
he is failing most of his classes and that this will be his last
year at Yancy Academy. When Percy overhears Grover and Mr. Brunner
talking about him, he is confused by their references to Kindly
Ones and danger. When the bus taking Percy and Grover home breaks
down, Percy sees three ancient ladies knitting socks and staring at
him. He sees one of them cut a string of yarn and fears that
somebody might die.
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Conflict A struggle between opposing forces. Internal Conflict:
Percy feels guilty because he wants to do better in school and make
his mom and Mr. Brunner proud. Grover wants to tell Percy more
about the danger he is in, but for some reason Grover cant.
External Conflict: Percy argues with Mrs. Dodds then he fights and
kills her when she changes into a Harpy.
Slide 6
Setting Where and When a Story Takes Place Chapter One
primarily takes place in the present time in the Metropolitan
Museum of Art in New York City. The first part of Chapter Two takes
place at a boarding school named Yancy Academy, and the second half
takes place on the bus ride home for summer vacation.
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Characters The people in the story Protagonist(s): characters
who work for good in the story Percy Jackson Grover Underwood Mr.
Brunner Antagonist(s): characters whowork against the protagonist.
Nancy Bobofit Mrs. Dodds
Slide 8
Mythological Allusions References to Greek and Roman Myths
Demigod: a mortal who is half human and half god. Most Greek and
Roman heroes were demigods. Percy Jackson is a Halfblood or Demigod
in the novel.
Slide 9
Mythological Allusions Continued Harpy an ugly bird woman who
eats people in ancient Greek myths. Mrs. Dodds is a Harpy disguised
as a math teacher.
Slide 10
Mythological Allusions Continued The Fates Three ancient women,
Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, who spun the thread of a persons
life and eventually cut it upon a persons death. The three old
ladies Percy sees on the side of the road are sewing electric blue
socks. One takes out a strange looking pair of scissors and cuts
the yarn while staring at Percy. He feels like it is an omen of
someones death.
Slide 11
Review Questions Identify Mrs. Dodds. What were the old ladies
knitting? Define demigod. What is an allusion? Where does Percy go
to school?