Name: ________________________________________
Date: ____________________
Period: _________
Percy Jackson and the Olympians The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Chapter 4 “My Mother Teaches Me Bullfighting”
Directions: As you read chapter 4, use post-it notes to gather information about the challenges that Percy continues to face
and the ways in which he chooses to respond to them. Next, answer the questions below using text evidence from the novel.
1.) Percy continues to face challenges when his mother and Grover are trying to get him to safety. What is the challenge
that Percy face in this chapter and how does he respond?
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2.) Based on the way that Percy responded to the challenge, identify a strength that Percy has?
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3.) Based on the events that occurred in chapter 4, how has Percy changed from the beginning of the novel to who he is
now?
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Vocabulary Directions: Using context clues, guess the meaning of each word. Next look up the word’s definition and write it down.
Lastly, use the word in a sentence that shows the definition of the word.
Word and page
number
hastily (44)
bellowing (45)
lumbering (49)
holographic
(53)
Guess
Dictionary Definition
Original Sentence