ACTIVITIES OF THE MONTH

Good afternoon everyone! Here you have some materials for when you have read the book.

We encourage teachers and parents to download this material and maybe work it at home or at home, and you readers to challenge your friends and peers and see who is the one who knows the most.

Questions to discuss

1. Describe Percy Jackson. Why must he change schools each year? What problems does he have in his academic life? How do these same qualities help him as a demigod? What are his unique skills and abilities? What are his weaknesses?

2. What is Percy’s relationship to Grover? Why is he willing to risk everything to rescue him? Would you do the same for a friend? What does this tell us about Percy’s character? Do you think he would be as brave if he didn’t know who his father was? Why or why not?

3. How is Tyson treated at Meriwether Prep? Why? How is he different? Is he treated better at camp? Do his classmates’ preconceived opinions have any validity? Is this different from any other kind of prejudice? Why or why not? How is his parentage a source of embarrassment for Percy?

4. Describe the various battles in the novel. Which one did you find the most exciting? Why? Which monster had the best description? Whose powers impressed you most? Why? Which tools described would you most like to have at your disposal?

5. Why is the camp in danger? How had it been protected before? Could the magic be restored? What would need to be done to insure the safety of the half-bloods? Who was a nemesis to the camp? Why? What do they hope to accomplish?

6. What is a quest? Why is Clarisse given one instead of Percy? Who helps Percy begin his quest without permission? Why? How do the goals of that god and Percy’s conflict? How is the conflict resolved? Who else joins him on his quest? What do they learn from each other?

7. Although Tyson has some definite drawbacks to his personality and appearance, he also has special skills and abilities. What are they? How does he overcome what others think of him? Is his finest ability those things he can create with his hands or his loyalty? If you could only have one these which would you choose? How does he surprise everyone in the novel?

8. The novel is full of interesting details that bring both characters and settings to life. What details were your favorites? Why? Which mythical creature described in the book would you least like to meet in person? Why? Have you ever heard of any of these creatures before? Were you surprised to learn that they were from Greek mythology?

9. What is Chiron’s prophecy? Why do the gods not want Percy to know about it? How can knowing the prophecy affect his choices? Would you want to know? Why or why not? How does the prophecy protect him from Kronos and the other gods? Why won’t they just kill him and foil the prophecy?

10. Who is Luke? What are his plans? What do you think he will try to do in the next novel in the series? Do you think our heroes will be able to stop him? Will Kronos continue to gain power? In the end, who else becomes part of the prophecy? Why?

11. Describe the scene where Annabeth and Percy encounter the Sirens. What are they? What do they reveal about someone? What does Annabeth learn about herself ? What do you think Percy would learn? What do you think would be revealed to you? What is hubris?

12. Does Percy’s story encourage you to study the original Greek myths? Why or why not? Why do you think the myths and the characters within them have survived through the millennia? What can writers today still learn from these stories?

See you real son xox.