English I (Pre-AP): Vocabulary from Lightning Thief, Set 2

Look up the following words in the dictionary (or dictionary.com, online). Select the definition that best fits the context as used in the sentences, below. (If you need additional context, you’ll find the sentence at the page number indicated.) In some cases you may need to look up the root word and incorporate its meaning into your definition.

• Bristle (v.):
• Charisma (n.):
• Mesmerizing (adj.):
• Parapet (n.):
• Predicament (n.):
• Pretense (n.):
• Scheme (n.):

The hairs on my arms bristled. (p. 304)

Grover’s predicament got me moving again. (p. 304)

The Furies circled the parapets, high in the gloom. (p. 307)

He had the same intense eyes, the same kind of mesmerizing, evil charisma. (p. 309)

“You dare keep up this pretense, after what you have done?” (p. 311)

“Had I not sent my Fury ... Poseidon might have succeeded in hiding his scheme to start a war.” (p. 312)

English I (Pre-AP): Lightning Thief Facebook Project

To complete this project you must create a fake Facebook page (poster) for one of the Greek gods in The Lightning Thief. Please lay out your page—(I will provide 11"x17" paper; you may also use your own paper that size or larger)—to include the following:

• A large picture of your god/goddess. It can be a hand-drawn picture of a person or a symbol/icon representing that character.
  
  
• Background information about that character:
  
  
• Gender
• Hobbies/Interests (what they’re the god/goddess of)
• Who they’re married to (if appropriate)
• Relationship status (probably “It’s complicated” but others may apply)
• Etc.
  
  
• At least five Facebook “friends.” Each friend needs to be another god, goddess, or other named mythological character from the book with a picture/symbol/icon representing him/her.
  
  
• At least three status updates based on events in the book. You may also draw a picture as if the character had uploaded a view of something that happened in the story (no pictures taken from the movie). Please try to speak in the same voice as the character. It is doubtful that Zeus would post “Yo, dawg. S’up?” (Classroom appropriate internet acronyms—lol, ftw, etc.—are fine OMG would probable by OM, Oh Myself, since they're already Gods.)
  
  
• You should have likes/comments for your posts. At least one post must have a comment thread with five or more entries. The comments should be accompanied by the picture/symbol/icon for that character.
  
  
• You may add ads, tickers, “you may also know”s, etc., for additional credit (the more it looks like a real Facebook page, the better).

More mythological information than you probably need can be found at the Theoi Project.

Deadline: Friday, January 11, 2013.

Pre-AP English Students: Reading Assignments

English I: You need to have read through Chapter 19 of Percy Jackson: Lightning Thief. Better yet, finish the novel!

English II: You need to have finished all five staves (chapters) of A Christmas Carol. (You also have an IWA deadline and a Socratic Seminar to prepare for.)

You've got one week left of break. Plenty of time to enjoy yourself and complete your assignments.

English I (Pre-AP): Lightning Thief Vocabulary

I've created a set of vocabulary flashcards over at quizlet.com. Load them onto your digital device and show me by Friday for extra credit. (Or go old-school and copy onto 3x5 cards.)

You can also view the flashcards below and play vocabulary-based games (no extra credit, but it's fun).

English I (Pre-AP): Lightning Thief Mythology Log

Please begin a log citing Mythological appearances in the novel. For instance, you should put things like:

Page 5: Kronos eats his children

Page 6: Kronos barfs up (disgorges) his children

Page 7: Mr. Brunner described as having eyes that "could've been a thousand years old"

Page 9: Out of nowhere, Ms. Dodds "materialized" next to Percy.

etc.

Not every page will contain the appearance of something mythological, but you should have quite a few per chapter.

Right now, catch up through Chapter Five, and then continue the log with each assigned chapter.

English I (Pre-AP): The Lightning Thief – Vocabulary Set 1

Look up each vocabulary word in the dictionary (or dictionary.com) and write the definition below. Check the context of the word in sentence that appears at the bottom of the page to make sure you are using the proper choice. (The page number appears in parentheses after the sentence in case you need additional context from the story.)

Absorbed (adj.)-

Cloven (adj.)-

Disgorge (v.)-

Dyslexic (adj.)-

Envy (v.)-

Kleptomaniac (n.)-

Lug (v.)-

Squall (n.)-

Terminal (n.)-

Wrenched (v.)-




I envy you for being able to believe that none of this ever happened. (1)

…I put up with Nancy Bobofit, the freckly, redheaded kleptomaniac girl…. (3)

Zeus [fed] Kronos a mixture of mustard and wine*, which made him disgorge his other five children…. (6)

…but Mr. Brunner was absorbed in his novel. (11)

...we studied … the unusual number of small planes that had gone down in sudden squalls in the Atlantic that year. (17)

The card was in fancy script, which was murder on my dyslexic eyes…. (24)

…the driver wrenched a big chunk of metal out of the engine compartment. (26)

I ditched Grover as soon as we got to the bus terminal. (29)

Gabe took a break from his poker game long enough to watch me lug my mom’s bags to the car. (36)

There were cloven hooves. (43)




*do not drink mixtures of mustard and wine.