Novel Study: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Engage your students with these novel study worksheets for Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief. This set includes a pre-reading activity, discussion guides, post-reading activities, and extension activities, all designed to encourage critical thinking and support students' literacy development. As you read, be sure to explore The Lightning Thief's vocabulary list on Vocabulary.com for novel-specific lists and practice.
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Novel Study: The Lightning Thief: Pre-Reading Activity
Prepare students for reading The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan by accessing and building background knowledge with this pre-reading activity!
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Novel Study: The Lightning Thief: Discussion Guide #1
Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions after students read chapters 1–6 of Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief.
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Novel Study: The Lightning Thief: Discussion Guide #2
Encourage critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions from chapters 7–12 of Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief.
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Novel Study: The Lightning Thief: Discussion Guide #3
Support students' critical thinking and literacy skills by asking questions as they read the next few chapters of Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief.
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Novel Study: The Lightning Thief: Discussion Guide #4
Support critical thinking and literacy development by asking questions as students read the final chapters of Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief.
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Novel Study: The Lightning Thief: Post-Reading Response Prompts
After completing the novel The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, give students a chance to reflect on the major themes and events of the story with these response prompts!
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Novel Study: The Lightning Thief: Research a Figure From Greek Mythology
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Novel Study: The Lightning Thief: Design a Camp T-Shirt
After finishing Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief, give students this fun artistic assignment as an extension activity!
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Novel Study: The Lightning Thief: Analyzing Characters’ Dialogue
After finishing Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief, students reflect on the author's use of dialogue and literary techniques to drive the story.
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Novel Study: The Lightning Thief: Movie Study
Upon finishing The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, readers compare the written and visual forms of the story in this extension activity!
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