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Dreamcatchers the Lightning Thief the los Alamos National Bank Schooltime SerieS DreamThe Los ALAmos NatioNAL BANk PocatchersPejoy hALL schooltime series TEACHINGG UIDE Always new worlds to explore. the lightning thief moNdAy, April 18th, 2016 preSeNted By: theAtreworkS USA GrAdeS: 2 - 6 dreamcatchers teaching Guides align with the common core State Standards and New mexico State learning Standards. to a degree, the Greek and roman mythological heroes are just the first superheroes. They appeal to children for much the same reason. These gods and heroes may have powers, but they get angry and they do the wrong thing. They are human, too.” ‘‘ – Rick RiORdaN Synopsis Based on the New York Times Bestseller by Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief renders ancient Greek mythology into present-day reality in this action-packed, funny, bold, and wonderfully imaginative musical. Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson is about to be kicked out of boarding school again, but that’s the least of his troubles. Lately, legendary monsters and the gods of Mount Olympus seem to be walking straight out of the pages of his Greek mythology textbook and into his life. To his astonishment, he learns that his true father is Poseidon, the God of the Sea. What’s more, Percy has managed to anger a few of the major Olympian deities: Zeus’s master lightning bolt has been stolen, and Percy is the prime suspect! Now he has ten days to find and return Zeus’s property and bring peace to a warring Mount Olympus. To succeed on his quest, Percy will have to do more than catch the true thief: he must come to terms with the father who abandoned him, solve the riddle of the Oracle (which warns him of betrayal by a friend), and unravel a treachery more powerful than the gods themselves. The show features creative costumes and sets, electrifying choreography, captivating music and lyrics, and mesmerizing fight scenes all within the storyline of important moral lessons and the ageless truths of a “hero’s quest.” Standards NMCCSS New Mexico Content Addressed By english language Arts: Standards: Speaking and listening Fine Arts/theatre & music: content Attending the (CCSS.ELa-Literacy.SL): Standards 3 & 5 - comprehension and Performance collaboration 2 The Lightning Thief Teaching guide Dreamcatchers Vocabulary studied Norse mythology that he chiroN: Eldest and wisest of the started to get into reading. centaurs Agony: suffering in pain or distress his parents and grandparents were all CYCLOPS: One-eyed giant demigod: the offspring of a god and teachers. a mortal, or a mortal raised to divine FUrieS: avenging spirits controlled by rank thought he was going to be a rock Hades eavesdrop: to secretly listen to what is star when he grew up. He worked his hAdeS: God of the underworld and said in private way through college playing in bands brother to Poseidon and Zeus on the weekend. expelled: kicked out hArpieS: Female monsters in the showed the manuscript of The form of birds with human faces envy: to be jealous Lightning Thief to his middle school hercUleS: Son of Zeus. Mortal hero half-Blood: half mortal, half god students before getting it published hermeS: God of the trade immortal: lives forever; cannot die and got their feedback. kroNoS: Titan god of time and oath: a promise Son of the Sea God was the original title of this book, but his students told the ages; fathered the gods and oracle: a wise person who some him to change it. They felt that the goddesses of Mt. Olympus believe can predict the future original title gave away the secret of medUSA: Gorgon sister who bragged pawn: a person who can be used for Percy’s dad too quickly. about her beauty and was turned into another person’s purposes other: a monster by athena pseudonym: a fictitious or made up the director of the film version of miNOTAUr: Monster with the body of name The Lightning Thief, chris columbus, a man and head and tail of a bull rebellious: fighting against rules or directed the film versions ofHarry ODYSSeUS: Leader in the Trojan War authority Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and pAN: God of the wild, shepherds and Satyr: half human, half goat Harry Potter and the Chamber of flocks Secrets. Scrawny: very skinny poSeidoN: God of the sea, brother of in 2010, The Lightning Thief was Smirk: a sly smile Zeus and Hades, and Father of Percy adapted and released as a graphic Jackson Souvenir: something that serves as a novel, illustrated by attila Futaki. reminder (i.e. from a trip) prometheUS: Titan god of Greek Gods & mythical creatures forethought. Entrusted with task of talon: the claw of an animal (esp. a molding mankind out of clay bird) APOLLO: The youthful god of the sun and music SAtyrS: Poets and companions to Interesting Facts AreS: The fierce god of war Pan for Students AtheNA: The goddess of wisdom and titANS: The Elder Gods who ruled the rick riordan: arts earth before the Olympians overthrew them didn’t like to read books as a child. ceNtAUr: Mythical creature with it wasn’t until he read the Lord of the head and torso of a man and body of ZeUS: king of the gods, ruler of Rings trilogy in middle school and a horse mankind 3 The Lightning Thief Teaching guide Dreamcatchers About the Author Rick Riordan (born in 1964) is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, the Kane Chronicles, the Heroes of Olympus, and Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard. ftera graduating from the University of Texas at austin with a double major in English and History, Rick taught at public and private middle schools in the San Francisco Bay area and in Texas for fifteen years. While teaching full time, Riordan began writing mystery novels for adults but soon turned to children’s fiction. He startedThe Lightning Thief as a bedtime story for his oldest son, Haley, who refused to read but loved listening to his dad’s tales about ancient Greek gods. The Lightning Thief’s hero, Percy Jackson, resembles Haley in more than one way: they both have adHd and dys- lexia, and as a result, they don’t do well in school. Riordan admits that introducing this less-than-perfect hero into children’s fiction has been extremely rewarding. Today, over forty million copies of hisPercy Jackson, Kane Chron- icles, and Heroes of Olympus are in print in the United States, and rights have been sold in more than 37 countries. Riordan lives in Boston with his wife and two sons and now writes full-time. 4 The Lightning Thief Teaching guide Dreamcatchers Grades: K-2 Create-a-Creature NMCCSS: Vaasl.org english language Lesson 1 Arts: in The Lightning Thief, Percy Jackson encounters several mythical creatures, the first of which is a Minotaur: a reading Standards man with the head of a bull. in this lesson, students will create their own mythical creatures taking inspiration from the creatures found in Greek mythology. for literature (CCSS. ELa-Literacy.RL): objectives key ideas and details Students will: integration of • Use a choice grid to select the components of a unique creature creation. knowledge and ideas • Name and write a description of the new creation. writing (CCSS. ELa-Literacy.W): Text Types and materials Purposes • activity sheet: create-a-creature (pg. 6) • Pencils Speaking and listen- ing (CCSS.ELa- • Markers, crayons, colored pencils, etc. Literacy.SL): • Selection devices (i.e. dice, spinner, etc.) comprehension and • Optional: books that contain drawings and photographs of animals collaboration procedure 1. ask students if they know the 4. demonstrate how to use the as possible. Make sure all 5 names of any mythical creatures. selection device in conjunction features of the creature are New Mexico Examples may include Pegasus, with the activity sheet. The num- included in the drawing. centaur, cyclops, Medusa, and ber rolled or spun represents what Content 6. allow students to work for Minotaur. ask students to describe type of body parts their creature about 20 minutes. Standards: the creatures. What makes these will have. Fine Arts/ Visual creatures mythical? What makes 5. Encourage students to use their 7. in small groups, have students Arts: content them unique? prior knowledge of the various share their creatures. Encourage Standards 2, 3 & 5 students to give feedback to each 2. Tell students that they will be animals that make up their crea- other and share their ideas. creating their own mythical crea- ture to inform their choices when tures and coming up with names answering the questions on the 8. Bind all of the activity sheets for and interesting facts about activity sheet. together in a class book. Have the their creature, highlighting what a. interesting facts about class think of an alliterative title for makes it unique. students’ creatures can include the book. information about the creature’s 3. distribute “create-a-creature” a. Examples: “curious classroom personality, behaviors, habitat/ activity sheets and selection creatures,” “Mythical Monsters,” environment, favorite foods, etc. devices (dice, spinner, etc.) Review “Bizarre Beasts,” or “annoying the directions. b. drawings should be as detailed anonymous animals.” extensions/modifications • after students share their ideas, give them time to make adaptations to their creatures before collecting them for the class book. • Make up your own characteristics for the creatures. Generate ideas as a class and make your own grid of features. • Write a poem about your mythical creature. The poem should be funny. include the creature’s name and describe some if its physical characteristics. • Write a story about an adventure involving your mythical creature.
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