This class will meet once a week for four weeks to discuss the novel Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief and various reading strategies that readers use to increase their understanding of a text.  Each student will be expected to have access to a copy of the book in order to complete assigned readings in advance of and effectively participate in their next class.

A general outline of what will be covered in each class is as follows:

Week 1:
-	Students will be expected to have...