“I ACCIDENTALLY VAPORIZE MY PRE- ALGEBRA TEACHER” “THREE OLD LADIES KNIT THE SOCKS OF DEATH” BY: AUSTIN, TARA, AND BRITTNEY The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan Chapters 1 and 2
Plot The sequence of events 1.They go to a museum 2.Nancy and Percy have problems with each other 3.Percy fights Mrs. Dodd‘s 4.No one remembers who Mrs. Dodd’s is
Conflicts A struggle between opposing forces Internal conflict: Percy needs to control his temper External conflict: Percy gets in trouble
Setting Where and when a story takes place All chapters are in modern day Chapter one: At the museum Chapter two: At Yancy Academy
Characters The people in the story Protagonist: Percy Jackson, Grover, and Mr. Brunner Antagonist: Nancy Bobofit and Mrs. Dodds
Mythological allusions Chapter one: Kronos eats his kids and Zeus fights Kronos Chapter two: The three old ladies are the fates
Review Questions Who did Percy fight? Who are the 3 old women like? What happened between Nancy Bobofit and Percy at the water fountain? What always happens to Percy? When Percy goes to tell Mr. Bunner about Mrs. Dodds, what does he tell Percy and what does he ask him?