All
Saints Catholic School
Summer
Reading Assignment 2016-2017
The Lightning Thief by
Rick Riordan
During
the first couple of weeks of school, we will focus on activities that relate to
The Lightning Thief, so students should either wait until the
last two weeks of summer to read the novel or plan to reread the story in the
last two weeks of summer. Whenever they
choose to read the novel, students need to be sure the story is still fresh in
their minds at the start of school.
Students must bring the completed assignment outlined below on
the first day of school.
THE
ASSIGNMENT: Graphic Timeline
(Graphic: of or relating to visual art, especially
involving drawing, engraving, or lettering.)
Create a timeline which highlights critical events from the
novel. You will not include all
events in the story but will decide which are pivotal (most important and
affecting the outcome of the story) and why each is significant. You should end
up with about 7-10 events for the whole novel. Make a rough draft (list) before
you start the actual time line. Choose symbols and colors that best represent
your choices. For example, “red’ for
Percy’s anger, a trident for when Percy meets his father. Pictures do not have to be of people; they
can be objects or symbols representing the event.
Then choose one event that
you feel is the most pivotal to the novel as a whole, and write a paragraph
about this event. The paragraph should explain what makes the one event pivotal
and should include one piece of quoted evidence from the novel. This should be
placed on the back of the timeline. This may be tyed.
FORMAT GUIDELINES:
Draw your timeline on the
front side only of an 8 ½ x 11’’ piece of unlined paper.
You may not use more than one
piece of 8 ½ x 11” paper.
All
timelines are not straight, although they always proceed in chronological
order. You might choose to wind your timeline around the page, meander it
across the page, go straight across, or up and down. You might group the events
together. Put the events together in the way that makes best sense to you. You can make a 3-D version.
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Each
event must be sketched by hand or on a computer.
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Make
your presentation visually appealing with the use of color.
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The
title of the book, the author’s name, and your name must be on the front. Be
sure you indicate the book title appropriately.
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Each event must have a descriptive label.
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The
written paragraph must appear on the back.
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Neatness
and creativity are important. You can do this well even if you do not consider
yourself artistic.
BRING
THIS COMPLETED ASSIGNMENT (OR TURN IN TO GOOGLE CLASSROOM) AND YOUR COPY OF THE LIGHTNING THIEF TO CLASS WITH YOU ON THE FIRST
DAY OF SCHOOL.
Students who really enjoy
this book might like to read other books in the Percy Jackson series: The
Sea of Monsters, The Titan’s Curse,
The Battle of the Labyrinth, and The Last Olympian.
I look forward to having you
in my class next year!
Have a wonderful summer!
Mrs. Pain
(This assignment will be
handed out in May to all current 5th grade students. Students will also be able to access it
online via the All Saints website, on my blog at LiteraturePain@All Saints or
in Google Classroom.)
