Reading Response for Percy Jackson The Lightning Thief

In our class we do wide reading responses, which are book reports to help explain what we have read and help others decide if they would enjoy reading it. My writing goal is to use paragraphs in my writing. This is my wide reading response.

Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief

Wide reading response

By Cahn Corbett

Author: Rick Riordan

Type: Fiction

Main Characters: Percy Jackson, Annabeth Chase and Grover

Synopsis:

Percy goes to school like every other day with his friend Grover. His school goes on a trip to a greek
history museum. He doesn't want to get expelled because it’s the last day of school and his five other
schools. He not got in trouble until Nancy bobofit bullys Grover and he gets angry at her so he has to
have detention. His science teacher throws him a pen and then when there by themself his teacher turns
into a demon…

How the title connects to the story:

The title connects to the story because Percy Jackson is sent on a mission to find the master bolt before
the winter scholastics and Zeus thinks Percy stole the master bolt.

Least favorite character:

My least character is Luke because at the end of the story he nearly kill Percy by summoning a giant
scorpion.

Describes an interesting relationship in the text giving reasons for your choice:

I choose this book because it is interesting, funny, has lots of action and mythical stuff.

Describes an interesting relationship in the text giving reasons for your choice:

One of the big ideas in the text is courage when percy jackson has the courage to go to the underworld
to see hades the god of the underworld

2-3 ways I made connections to the story.

I made a connection to the story because I am nearly the same age as percy jackson

I also made a connection when percy went to camp because I have been to camp before.

Analyses the author's style and Identifies language features that were used.

The author used:

Adjectives

Similes

Onomatopoeia

Metaphor

Compares and contrasts another author or text  

I think this author is better than R.L. Stine because he give more detail and make his book more
adventurous.

Lists reading strategies you used during this study and explains how each one supported your
understandings.

I used:

Adjectives

Verb

Adverb

I hope you liked it and would want to read the book!!!