The Lightning Thief & Greek Mythology (2020)

Lesson 25
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ELA

Unit 8

6th Grade

Lesson 25 of 28

Objective


Analyze how the author slows down time and stretches out the story’s conflict
using small, pressure-filled moments. 

Readings and Materials


  • Book: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan  — Ch. 20

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Target Task


Question 1

Which literary devices does Rick Riordan use to slow down time during the fight scene between Percy and Ares? Choose two.

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Question 2

Why does Rick Riordan slow down time in this chapter? What effect does it have on the reader? Make sure to use details in the text to support your answer. 

Key Questions


  • p. 322: Summarize Hades’s plan to set up a war between his three brothers. 
  • pp. 323–324: Why does Percy suspect that Ares did not devise this plan on his own? Who do you think is motivating Ares? What evidence makes you think that? 
  • p. 325: Summarize the deal Percy makes with Ares before the fight.
  • p. 327: How does the author slow down time during the fight scene? Identify two examples and explain how they enhance the intensity of the scene. 
  • p. 325: Is Percy heroic or foolish when he challenges a god?

Vocabulary


reconciliation (326)
ego (326)

Notes


Optional activity for teachers: Hook students with this clip to show how the director of the Hunger Games similarly builds emotion and slows down the action to control the intensity.

Common Core Standards


  • RL.6.5 — Analyze how a particular sentence, chapter, scene, or stanza fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the theme, setting, or plot.

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Analyze how Percy’s relationship with his father has changed over time. 

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