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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.
Use this reading strategy to help your students along in their reading comprehension skills. Students will respond to literature with Stop & Jots, with or without sticky notes.
Your students will practice fiction comprehension while they read this short story about best friends and then make connections and predictions based on the reading.