1. Grade 6: Module 1: Unit 1: Lesson 3 Meeting the Main Character: Launching The Lightning Thief (Chapter 1)

2. “First draft” read of Chapter 1, “I Accidentally Vaporize My Pre- algebra Teacher,” in The Lightning Thief.
Your purpose for reading is to get to know the main character, Percy.
*What do you notice about him?  
*What do you wonder?

3. READ ALOUD OF PAGES 1-4 OF THE LIGHTNING THIEF
DIRECTIONS: Follow along in your novel as pages 1-4 are read aloud.
*What is this chapter mostly about so far?
It’s mostly about Percy, and how he gets in trouble a lot.
It’s about how Percy is a half-blood, and goes to a special school.
You will be returning to look more closely at these page, and reading 
closely for character, during the lesson today.

4. Learning Targets
*I can make inferences about Percy in order to understand him as the narrator of 
this story.
*I can cite evidence from the text when answering questions and discussing Percy’s character in The Lightning Thief.
*I can follow our Triad Talk Expectations when I participate in a discussion.
inference: a thought process a reader makes to understand the meaning of text, or even an image
Cite: to quote something  
evidence: proof
*Restate the first learning target in your own words.
*Restate the second learning target in your own words.

5. MEETING THE MAIN CHARACTER: A CAROUSEL OF QUOTES FROM CHAPTER 1
Every time you work with this novel, you will be in triads.
Triad Talk Expectations Anchor Chart
You are going to practice your Triad Talk Expectations once again. One great way to get to know a text is to revisit it multiple times. You have already read the first few pages of The Lightning Thief to get the flow of it. Now you are going to look closely at specific details from those same pages with your triads.

6. The charts hanging around the room already have five chosen details for you to analyze, something you will do independently in the future.
DIRECTIONS:
1. Discuss in triads “I Notice” and “I Wonder” about the main character/narrator,
Percy (based on the quote).
2. Write at least one “notice” and one “wonders” on the chart below the quote using designated marker color.
3. When signaled, rotate to the next quote and repeat this process.
*Two minutes at each quote*
 *Why do you think the narrator uses this word?
 *What does this make you curious about the main character?

7. Triad Talk Expectations Anchor Chart
*We should take turns speaking and listen to each other.
*We should speak respectfully.
*We should all be prepared.

8. *What have you learned about Percy Jackson so far?
WHOLE GROUP DISCUSSION: WHAT DO WE NOTICE AND WONDER ABOUT PERCY SO FAR?
DIRECTIONS: In groups
*What have you learned about Percy Jackson so far?
Making Inferences About Percy Anchor Chart
Authors use many methods to help readers get to know the characters and develop characters’ point of view: actions, dialogue, inner thoughts, etc. When the narrator, or 
person telling the story, is also a character IN the story, then readers also get to know what that character is thinking.
dialogue: speech between two people.
When Grover has to pull Percy back in his seat when Nancy Bobofit is throwing her lunch, what does this action tell us about Percy?
He has a short temper.
He is a protective friend

9. Group DISCUSSION: ANSWERING TEXT-DEPENDENT QUESTIONS WITH EVIDENCE You will now have your 3rd interaction with the text, pages 1–4. Rereading is important practice that all great readers, even adults, do with complex texts. Each time you revisit a text you notice new details and make new connections.

10. DIRECTIONS:
Read the questions on Questions from the Text: Chapter 1, “I Accidentally Vaporize My Pre-Algebra Teacher”, workbook pages 5-6.
Reread pages 1–4, keeping the questions in mind.
When you did important thinking, made realizations, or found evidence, mark that page with an evidence flag.
After reading, discuss the questions with your triad.
Write the answer to the question in your own words, using a complete sentence.
Copy the sentence or two from the text that you are using as evidence for you answer.
If Percy is more likely to get blamed because he is on probation, what does probation likely tell
the reader about him?
probation: period of time to test a person’s behavior,
usually after he has been in trouble

11. DIRECTIONS:
1.) Open workbooks to Exit Ticket: How do authors develop a narrator on character's point of view?, page 7.
 *How does the author of The Lightning Thief help
readers get to know Percy as a character in Chapter 1?
2.) Write your response in complete sentences.

12. 1.) “First draft” read of Chapter 2: “Three Old Ladies Knit the Socks of Death.”
2.) Use Homework: Purpose for Reading—Chapter 2, workbook page 8, to focus your reading.