We are watching Percy Jackson and the Olympians Friday and Monday!
Students have a handout with these questions.
1. Describe what kind of student Percy Jackson is. What troubles does he have in school?
2. What disabilities do you have? How can you view these disabilities as an ability? (connect with Percy...ADHD are warrior skills, battle training...dyslexia is because his head is hard-wired to ancient greek)
3. A lot of the Gods in this story hide under the cloak of disabilities. (Crutches, wheelchair...) What would change if we treated everyone with a disability with the respect of a God?
4. 500 BC is to shiny shield as 2011 is to _________.
5. 500 BC is to goatskin bag as 2011 is to __________.
6. "Why do you stay with him mom? He smells like a pig!" What type of sentence compares two things using like or as?
7. AnnaBeth says she is drawn to Percy but don't know if the feelings are positive or negative. Who are some people you are drawn too? Why?
8. Do you have a voice inside your head sometimes giving you advice like Percy or AnnaBeth? What do you think that is?
9. At the Lotus Casino, Percy realizes that unless he gets out quickly, he will "...stay here, happy forever, playing games forever, and soon I'd forget my mom, and my quest, and maybe my own name." What critique is the movie offering of modern life? Do you agree with it?
10. Do you sympathize with Luke's feelings of betrayal? Why would Zeus create a rule to separate parents from their children?
11. Mt. Olympus is in what American city? How do you know that?
12. Your a demigod- What do you do? What powers would you harness?
13. Why do you think did this author put Hades in HollyWood?
14. Pers, Percy, Perseus- Nichnames! Do you have any/ What are they? What is the story behind them?
15. The eyes are the window to the soul. What does this mean for Auntie Em (Medusa...)?
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