Books that light fires for reading in students and they are just the beginning of a series, so you have the opportunity to open a door to their interests in written form. These books give students options for hours of entertainment other than television and video games. And for the students who are really interested in films can get a taste of both of these stories on the big screen.
This book really opens our eyes to opportunities to use our imagination. I remember building little homes for my beanie babies when I was in 3rd grade for fun. Had this been an assignment I would have been so engaged in the details of a book like The Borrowers with a classroom assignment that required us to construct a scene from the story.
I could see my future students making connections early on with the story's young characters and the Greek mythology open's doors for engaging history lessons. The main character, Percy, might also give students with home lives that are less than ideal someone to relate to without having to ask those students to talk about difficult topics.
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