Chapter 8 “We Capture a Flag” The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

vocabulary excelled- did well at *hilt- the handle of a sword suppressing- holding down by force appraised- to judge the quality or worth singed- burned debated- discussed back and forth *sacrificed- willing to give up your life for warily- carefully siblings- one’s brothers and sisters *alliance- a group of people who agree to join together for a purpose burly- large, strong prominently- standing out, easy to be seen maiming- to severely hurt a limb instinctively- to do it without thinking first *bewildered- confused

Journal When you choose teams for a sport or P.E. activity, would you rather pick them yourselves or have the coach do it? Why? If you were forced to decide right now what career you would study in the future, what would choose? What skills would make you good at that career? What is a career you would definitely not choose?

Activities Choose your “dream team” for the camp capture-the-flag game. Before you read the chapter, pretend you are Annabeth, the leader of Athena’s cabin. You will be fighting the Ares cabin. Using what you know about the gods, make a list of your top picks for the other cabins you’d like to have on your side. Rank them from first to last. Pair up with a partner and compare your lists. Discuss why you ranked them the way you did, and be prepared to explain to the class.

Activities Complete “Cause/Effect

) Match each cause with its effect   ) Match each cause with its effect. You may use your book for assistance. BeCAUSE EFFECT (what happened ___1. Percy is not good at any sport. ___2. Percy knocked the sword out of Luke’s hand. ___3. No sword seems balanced in Percy’s hand. ___4. Thalia is Zeus’ daughter. ___5. Thalia sacrificed herself to save her friends . ___6. Some gods aren’t supposed to have any children ___7. A green trident appears over Percy’s head. __8. They wanted to trick Clarisse. ___9. Clarisse’s gang surrounds Percy. ___10. Annabeth wore a Yankee’s cap. . A. Poseidon is his dad. B. Percy was stationed by the creek. C. Some cabins at camp are empty. D. Luke easily defeats Percy E. No one knows who his dad is. F. Zeus pitied her and turned her into a pine tree. G. Annabeth’s team won capture the flag H. Three Furies chase her. I. Annabeth becomes invisible. J. Luke stares at Percy with interest.

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Study Questions – As you read 1. Why are the counselors having a hard time deciding who Percy’s Olympian parent is? 2. How does Percy surprise everyone during his first sword class? How do you think he was able to do this? 3. According to Grover, why did the “Big Three” gods swear never to have any more children? 4. Why does the story about Thalia make Percy feel “hollow and guilty”? 5. In capture-the-flag, why does Percy feel like he’s being left out of the action? 6. How does Percy manage to overcome the kids from Ares’s cabin? 7.What was Annabeth’s plan to win the flag? 8. Why does Annabeth make Percy stand in the water? 9. What does Chiron say about how the hellhound got into camp? 10.When you find out Percy’s true identity, are you surprised or did you see it coming? What clues were given earlier in the book?

Activities - Reader’s Theater. Have students divided into groups of 3-4 and pick a page of dialogue to read out loud like a script. Students pick parts and only read what is inside the quotation marks for their characters’ lines. Percy’s fight with the Ares cabin, or ending scene with Chiron, Clarisse, Annabeth and Percy make good scenes to read. Once students have practiced their lines a few times, have them perform for the rest of the class.

Prediction. Now that everyone knows who Percy’s father is, how will this change the way people at camp see him? Is it a good thing or a bad thing that Percy is the son of Poseidon? Why?

Learn Ancient Greek. Use the attached worksheet to try your hand at this ancient language, the way Percy does in his morning lessons with Annabeth.  

Learning Ancient Greek   Percy takes lessons in Ancient Greek from Annabeth every morning. He says a demigod’s brain is “hardwired” for Greek. Try your hand at learning the Greek alphabet below. Try writing your name and the names of the Olympian gods using Greek letters.

Greek Alphabet Lower case Upper case Name of letter English letter Pronunciation

Procedure Read the chapter Read the PowerPoint Write the journal entry Write a summary Do the exercise related to vocabulary Do the study questions Do any extra assignments in folder for this chapter