The Lightning Thief
ELA Quarter 1 - Essential Questions
Unit 1 - Overview
As we read, we will be learning three main skills:
Unit 2 - Overview
As we read, we will be learning three main skills:
Unit 3 - Overview
As we read, we will be learning one main skill:
ELA Quarter 1 - Essential Questions
- What is the hero’s journey?
- How does knowledge of the hero’s journey help to more deeply understand characters and themes in literature?
- How does an author reveal the personality of a character?
- What traits and actions characterize a hero?
- What is a true friendship?
- What is a theme?
Unit 1 - Overview
As we read, we will be learning three main skills:
- How to “get the gist” of a text.
- How to make inferences about a character and use evidence to support that inference
- How to determine the meaning of unknown words using context clues.
- Multiple Formative Assessments (quiz grades)
- One Mid-Unit Assessment (test grade)
- One End-Of-Unit Assessment (test grade)
Unit 2 - Overview
As we read, we will be learning three main skills:
- How to determine a theme from a text
- How to write multi-paragraph responses using multiple texts
- How to make connections between the hero’s journey and theme
- Multiple Formative Assessments (quiz grades)
- One Mid-Unit Assessment (test grade)
- One End-Of-Unit Assessment (test grade)
Unit 3 - Overview
As we read, we will be learning one main skill:
- How to write a narrative based on the hero’s journey
- One Rough Draft of Narrative essay (quiz grade)