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 read chapters 1-7 in advance of the first class
-       Introductions and class expectations defined
-	General review of reading strategies we will be using in this course
-       Discussion of events and vocabulary words in the first five chapters, including a quick review of who's who in Greek mythology
-	Chapters 8-14 assigned to be read for next class

Week 2:
-	Students share their thoughts and discuss what happened in chapters 8-14
-	Discussion and examples of how reading strategies were applied 
-       Vocabulary words from these chapters reviewed
-	Chapters 15-22 assigned to be read for next class

Week 3:
-	Students share their thoughts and discuss what happened in the concluding chapters of the book
-	Discussion and examples of how reading strategies were applied 
-       Vocabulary words from these chapters reviewed
-	Overall opinions of the book and its conclusion will be examined
-	As a concluding activity students may compose their own review of the novel with their own unique rating system and recommendations