Inferring About Character:
Getting To Know Percy
Chapters 1 and 2
Entrance Ticket
Comprehension Quiz on Chapter 2;
“Three Old Ladies Knit the Socks of Death”
Unpacking the Learning Targets
Learning Targets
Think Pair Share
 I can make inferences about Percy
using evidence from the text.
 I can use context clues to
determine the meaning of
unfamiliar words in Chapters 1 & 2
of The Lightening Thief.
 I can cite evidence from the text
when answering questions and
discussing Percy’s character in The
Lightening Thief.
 I can follow our Triad Talk
expectations when I participate in
a discussion.
 What do you remember
about the word inference
or what does it mean to
infer?
Making Inferences about Characters,
Revisiting Chapter 1
 Authors use many methods to learn about
characters: direct and indirect
 One of the best ways to make inferences
about a character is to see how they
respond to challenges they face.
 Read Aloud: Turn to page 3
Think-Pair-Share
What is the challenge Percy is facing in this
scene?
How does he respond to that challenge?
Close Read of of Pages 16-18: Percy
Gets Expelled
 Get into Triads
 Reading closely means reading a text
multiple times for understanding, important
details, and to answer questions from the
text.
 Read aloud: pg 16 “The freak weather…”
 With your Triads discuss what the “gist” of this
section of the text is.
Inferring About Character:
Challenges and Response in Chapter 2
 Using the passage that you just reread and
discussed with your Triad, zoom in and look
for important details in the text that show
the challenges Percy is facing and how he
responds to those challenges.
Inferring About Character:
Challenges and Response in Chapter 2
Pg
Challenge
Response
3
Nancy Bobofit was
Percy wants to
harassing Grover on the bus. defend Grover
by standing up
“Nancy Bobofit was
to Nancy.
throwing wads of sandwich
that stuck in his curly brown “’That’s it.’ I
hair.”
started to get
up, but Grover
pulled me back
to my seat.”
Percy is a good
friend and
doesn’t like to
see people
being bullied.
17
Percy gets expelled from
Yancy.
“The headmaster sent my
mom a letter…”
He doesn’t care
about leaving,
but he cares
about his
friends. He has a
heart.
He said I am
homesick.
I will miss Grover
“And yet there
were things …”
I can infer that
Think-Pair-Share: Vocabulary

Pg 17 quote: “I started feeling cranky and irritable most of the
time.”

Use context clues to help define the word “irritable.” In your
Triads, discuss which word in that sentence helps you to define
irritable.

Another way: find the root word and the suffix

Irrate and able: able to be irritated

Pg 19 “’But he may not have time. The summer soltice
deadline---’”

Pg 20 “ Somewhere in the hallway, Mr. Bunner spoke.
‘Nothing,’ he murmured. ‘My nerves haven’t been right since
the winter solstice.’”
Making Inferences
 In your Triads complete the third column, “I
can infer…”
 Use Triad Talk expectations
Homework
 Do a “first draft” read of Chapter 3
 Purpose:
What does Percy think about in this chapter?
What do we learn about him based on these
thoughts?
 Use evidence flags to mark specific passages in
the text to discuss with your triad. Use them to
keep track of your thinking,
Closing
 Exit Ticket: How has the author, Rick
Riordan, helped us to get to know Percy so
far in The Lightening Thief?
 Use evidence from the text to support your
thinking,