This website is a collection of some key/interesting vocabulary from Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief. The links above will take you to a short summary of some key elements from each chapter and (via the sub-menus for each chapter, some key words. For each term you will find:
Several definitions for the term with complete citations
The term used in a variety of sentences, including the original one from the book
Images that illustrate that term
An etymology (where the word came from) for the term
Translations of the term into other languages
This is a work on progress during the Spring term of 2024 by students taking a course on Teaching Second Language Reading & Writing (EIL 445) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Each term will use the same template, which can be seen just below. If you are a member of the team adding words, just copy the full text box below and paste it into the correct chapter. Then just fill it in!
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Author(s) of the materials
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