Character mapping for Chapter 18-22
Overview
Students will read and describe characters though specific details in Percy Jackson and 
the Lightning Thief.  
 

Vital Information

Subject: English Language Arts 

Grade level: 4th Grade 

Title/topic: Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief 

Objectives: Students will describe the characters using details from the 
text.  

Standards: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.3 
Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or 
drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a 
character's thoughts, words, or actions). 
 

Implementation

Models/teaching
Google Classroom  
strategies

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Class time
3 Class periods  
required:

Task-by-task Period one: (1hr 30 mins) 

I: Introduce Google Classroom discussions (5 minutes) 
learning You: (pre-assessment) 
activities: Have students answer a what you already know about three 
characters question on google classroom. (15 minutes) 
Two: Students write responses to at least two other students 
either suggestions or comments regarding their posts. (10 
minutes) 
You: Read chapters 18, 19 and fill out character map while 
reading (45 minutes)  
You: Answer questions on Google classroom discussions. (10 
minutes) 
Two: Respond to each other (5 minutes) 
 
Period two: (1hr 30 mins) 
I: Review prior discussion questions (5 minutes) 
We: Discuss as a class which answers were appropriate (10 
minutes) 
We: (progress monitoring) 
Discuss as a class what responses were appropriate and how 
we can change our responses to benefit each other. (15 
minutes) 
You: Read chapters 20, 21, 22 and fill out character map while 
reading (55 minutes) 
 
 
Period three: (1hr 30mins) 
You: Answer questions on Google classroom discussion. (10 
minutes) 
Two: Respond to each other (5 minutes) 
I: Review prior discussion questions (5 minutes) 
We: Discuss as a class which answers were appropriate (10 
minutes) 

2
 

We: Discuss as a class what responses were appropriate and 

how we can change our responses to benefit each other. (15 
minutes) 
Two: In groups of 2 review all the characters throughout the 
book. (15 minutes) 
You: (post summative-assesment) 
Take a quiz about the characters and their details that 
describe character traits. (30 minutes) 
 

Teacher Google Classroom 

Character maps 
preparation: Discussion questions 
End quiz 

Materials and Resources

Technology used: Google Classroom on Chromebooks 

Materials used: Percy Jackson and the LIghtning Thief 

Character maps 
Differentiation (high: empty character maps; middle: 
character maps with details of characters to find evidence 
from the chapter; low: character maps with information from 
the chapters and a character trait chart to help describe the 
character during that chapter) 
Chromebooks 
Pencils