Reading

Lesson 4: The Lightning Thief, Chapter 1

California CCSS: Focus Standards

Analyze how Percy’s first-person narration and sarcastic word choice reveal his perspective in Chapter 1.
Explain how narration shapes tone by embedding textual evidence with noun clauses and transitions.
Use context clues to determine the meaning of immortal and confirm your thinking with the root mort.

How does The Lightning Thief build on—and transform—traditional mythic ideas?

Short-Form Text

The Hare and the Lion

From Zanzibar Tales

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