Lightning Gist Story Frame The Lightning Thief • Ch. 1 Gist Graphic Organizer
Lightning Gist Story Frame
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Chapter 1: "I Accidentally Vaporize My Pre-Algebra Teacher"
Objective: Synthesize central characters, key conflict, and plot outcome.
Step 1: Chapter 1 Word Bank
Select matching terms to complete the frame in Step 2
People & Mythic Beings
Percy Jackson Grover Mr. Brunner Mrs. Dodds winged Fury
Settings & Locations
Yancy Academy Met Museum stone fountain Greek gallery
Artifacts & Actions
bronze sword ballpoint pen vaporizes water surge
Step 2: Scaffolded Chapter Gist Frame
Write the correct word bank terms on the blank lines below.
1. Setup
A troubled twelve-year-old student named visits the on a field trip with his boarding school, .
2. Spark
Outside, when a bully harasses his friend , an unexplained grabs her into the .
3. Conflict
Cornered in the gallery, his pre-algebra teacher, , suddenly transforms into a terrifying, taloned .
4. Climax
His Latin teacher, , tosses Percy a ballpoint pen that shifts into a , and Percy swings until she into dust.
5. Mystery
Afterward, Percy steps outside and is shocked to discover that everyone behaves as though never even existed!
Step 3: Master Gist Statement (Synthesis)
Synthesize all 5 steps into 1–2 sentences:
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Gist Quality Checklist: Identifies Percy & Setting Explains Mrs. Dodds Attack States the Bizarre Ending
Evaluation: [ ] Complete [ ] Revise
Quick Gist Story Frame Quick Gist Edition • Ch. 1 10-Minute Check
Quick Gist Story Frame
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The Gist Formula:
Somebody → Wanted → But → So
Target: Complete in 3 key steps
Essential Word Bank
Choose words from this bank to fill in the 3 steps below
Percy Jackson
Met Museum
Mrs. Dodds
winged Fury
Mr. Brunner
bronze sword
vaporizes
never existed
3-Part Chapter Gist Frame
Fill in each blank line using the word bank.
Part 1 • Somebody & Setting
On a school field trip to the , a troubled student named tries his best to stay out of trouble.
Part 2 • But (The Climax)
BUT his strict pre-algebra teacher, , corners him and transforms into a lethal .
Part 3 • So & Then (Resolution)
SO his teacher tosses him a magic pen that turns into a , which Percy uses to strike the beast until she , leaving him in shock when everyone insists that teacher !
One-Sentence Chapter Gist (Final Synthesis)
Combine all 3 parts into 1 complete sentence:
Success Criteria: • Named character & setting • Stated the monster encounter • Included the twist ending
Gist Verified: [ ]
Marco Visual Story Frame El Ladrón del Rayo • Capítulo 1 Apoyo Visual en Español
Marco Visual de la Historia (Idea Principal)
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Capítulo 1: "Pulverizo accidentalmente a mi profesora de álgebra"
Mira las imágenes y completa las oraciones en español.
Paso 1: Banco Visual de Palabras Clave
Copia estas palabras en las líneas correspondientes
Percy Jackson el protagonista
el Museo Metropolitano
Sra. Dodds monstruo alado
Sr. Brunner profesor de latín
espada mágica de bronce
en polvo se destruye
Paso 2: Marco Guiado de la Historia (Completa en Español)
Guíate por el icono al inicio de cada frase.
1. Inicio: Un estudiante llamado va de excursión escolar a visitar en Nueva York.
2. Conflicto: En la galería de arte griego, su profesora de matemáticas, la , se convierte en un monstruo con alas y garras para atacarlo.
3. Clímax: El profesor le lanza un bolígrafo que se transforma en una , y Percy corta al monstruo hasta convertirlo dorado.
4. Desenlace: Al final, cuando Percy sale del museo, todos sus compañeros actúan como si la profesora nunca hubiera existido.
Paso 3: Mi Resumen del Capítulo (Escribe o Dibuja)
Explica con tus palabras o dibuja el momento más importante:
Escribe 1 o 2 oraciones en español:
Dibuja la escena principal (Percy y el monstruo):
Lista de comprobación: Identifiqué a Percy y el museo Identifiqué a la Sra. Dodds Escribí o dibujé el final
Revisión: [ ] Excelente
Visual ELL Story Frame The Lightning Thief • Chapter 1 Visual ELL Scaffold
Visual ELL Story Frame
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Directions: Match the pictures in the word bank to complete each story sentence.
1. Look 2. Write 3. Draw
Step 1: Picture Word Bank
Copy the words onto the matching icon blanks below
Percy Jackson student / hero
Met Museum field trip place
Mrs. Dodds winged monster
Mr. Brunner Latin teacher
bronze sword magic weapon
vaporizes turns to dust
Step 2: Complete the Story Sentences (Follow the Picture Clues)
Each blank has a picture clue!
1. Beginning
A twelve-year-old student named visits the on a school trip.
2. Monster
Inside the gallery, his math teacher, , suddenly turns into a winged bat monster and attacks him!
3. Battle
His teacher tosses a pen that transforms into a .
4. Ending
Percy slashes the monster until she into yellow powder, and outside, nobody remembers her!
Step 3: Chapter Gist Show & Tell
Show what Chapter 1 is mostly about:
Draw: Percy fighting the monster
Write: 1 sentence about Chapter 1
My Work Checklist: I wrote the 6 words I drew the picture I wrote my gist sentence
Teacher Check: [ ] Complete
Three Fates Story Frame The Lightning Thief • Chapter 2 Visual ELL Scaffold
Three Fates Story Frame
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Chapter 2: "Three Old Ladies Knit the Socks of Death"
1. Look 2. Write 3. Draw
Step 1: Picture Word Bank
Copy these words onto the matching icon blanks below
Grover worried friend
secret warning danger ahead
Greyhound bus breaks down
three old ladies the Three Fates
giant blue socks knitted yarn
cuts the yarn omen of death
Step 2: Complete the Chapter 2 Sentences (Follow the Pictures)
Match the picture icon to write each word!
1. Secret
Before school ends, Percy overhears his teacher and best friend discussing a about keeping Percy safe until summer.
2. Travel
While riding home to New York City with his friend , their breaks down on the side of the highway.
3. Mystery
Across four lanes of traffic by a fruit stand, they see sitting in rocking chairs knitting .
4. Omen
The middle woman pulls out large golden shears and , which Grover says means someone is going to die!
Step 3: Chapter 2 Gist Show & Tell
Show what Chapter 2 is mostly about:
Draw: The Three Fates knitting and cutting the yarn
Write: 1 sentence about Chapter 2
My Work Checklist: I wrote the 6 words I drew the Three Fates I wrote my Chapter 2 gist
Teacher Check: [ ] Complete
Montauk Cabin Story Frame The Lightning Thief • Chapter 3 Visual ELL Scaffold
Montauk Cabin Story Frame
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Chapter 3: "Grover Unexpectedly Loses His Pants"
1. Look 2. Write 3. Draw
Step 1: Picture Word Bank
Copy these words onto the matching picture blanks below
Sally Jackson loving mother
Smelly Gabe rude stepdad
beach cabin safe haven
violent storm monster weather
Grover bangs on door
goat legs furry satyr hooves
Step 2: Complete the Chapter 3 Sentences (Follow the Pictures)
Look at each icon clue to fill in the blank!
1. Home
Percy returns home to his loving mom, , while escaping his mean, poker-playing stepdad, .
2. Vacation
Percy and his mother take a trip to a quiet in Montauk, where they eat blue food and talk about his father.
3. Storm
In the middle of the night, an unnatural, slams into the beach, accompanied by lightning and howling wind.
4. Twist
A soaked pounds on their door in a panic, revealing that under his pants he has !
Step 3: Chapter 3 Gist Show & Tell
Show what Chapter 3 is mostly about:
Draw: Grover at the cabin door with goat legs in the storm
Write: 1 sentence about Chapter 3
My Work Checklist: I wrote the 6 words I drew Grover at the cabin I wrote my Chapter 3 gist
Teacher Check: [ ] Complete
Minotaur Battle Story Frame The Lightning Thief • Chapter 4 Visual ELL Scaffold
Minotaur Battle Story Frame
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Chapter 4: "My Mother Teaches Me Bullfighting"
1. Look 2. Write 3. Draw
Step 1: Picture Word Bank
Copy these words onto the matching picture blanks below
the Camaro blasted car
the Minotaur giant bull-man
golden light mom vanishes
bull horn snapped off
tall pine tree camp boundary
farmhouse porch safe haven
Step 2: Complete the Chapter 4 Sentences (Follow the Pictures)
Match the picture icon to write each word!
1. Chase
Sally rushes Percy and Grover into the stormy night until lightning strikes, blasting off the road into a ditch.
2. Monster
Through the dark woods, a nine-foot monster with the head of a bull named charges directly toward them.
3. Loss
The monster grabs Percy's mother by the neck, and she disappears before his eyes in a blinding flash of .
4. Victory
Percy snaps off the monster's to defeat it, then drags Grover past the onto the safe !
Step 3: Chapter 4 Gist Show & Tell
Show what Chapter 4 is mostly about:
Draw: Percy fighting the Minotaur near the pine tree
Write: 1 sentence about Chapter 4
My Work Checklist: I wrote the 6 words I drew Percy and the Minotaur I wrote my Chapter 4 gist
Teacher Check: [ ] Complete
Camp Half-Blood Story Frame The Lightning Thief • Chapter 5 Visual ELL Scaffold
Camp Half-Blood Story Frame
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Chapter 5: "I Play Pinochle with a Horse"
1. Look 2. Write 3. Draw
Step 1: Picture Word Bank
Copy these words onto the matching picture blanks below
Annabeth blonde demigod
Mr. D camp director
Chiron white centaur
the porch pinochle game
Camp Half-Blood demigod valley
Greek gods alive in America
Step 2: Complete the Chapter 5 Sentences (Follow the Pictures)
Match the picture icon to write each word!
1. Wake Up
Percy wakes up in the Big House being nursed by a blonde girl named , who feeds him warm ambrosia pudding that tastes like cookies.
2. Cards
Walking out to , Percy finds Grover playing pinochle with a grumpy man in a leopard shirt named .
3. Reveal
Mr. Brunner stands up out of his wheelchair, revealing that his lower body is a white horse and he is , the famous immortal centaur!
4. Myth Real
Chiron welcomes Percy to and explains that the ancient are still very much alive!
Step 3: Chapter 5 Gist Show & Tell
Show what Chapter 5 is mostly about:
Draw: Chiron as a centaur or Camp Half-Blood
Write: 1 sentence about Chapter 5
My Work Checklist: I wrote the 6 words I drew Chiron or the camp I wrote my Chapter 5 gist
Teacher Check: [ ] Complete
Bathroom Battle Story Frame The Lightning Thief • Chapter 6 Visual ELL Scaffold
Bathroom Battle Story Frame
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Chapter 6: "I Become Supreme Lord of the Bathroom"
1. Look 2. Write 3. Draw
Step 1: Picture Word Bank
Copy these words onto the matching picture blanks below
Cabin 11 crowded home
Luke cabin leader
Clarisse Ares cabin bully
water blast exploding pipes
stayed dry magic shield
Annabeth smart demigod
Step 2: Complete the Chapter 6 Sentences (Follow the Pictures)
Match the picture icon to write each word!
1. Cabin
Percy is placed in the crowded Hermes cabin, , where a friendly older camper named welcomes him and gives him a sleeping bag.
2. Bully
Outside the camp showers, a tough bully from the Ares cabin named drags Percy into the bathroom to shove his head into a toilet.
3. Power
Percy feels a strange pull inside, causing a violent to explode from the plumbing, blasting the bullies out the door!
4. Clue
Even though water flooded the room, Percy miraculously , leading to suspect Percy's father is a powerful god of water!
Step 3: Chapter 6 Gist Show & Tell
Show what Chapter 6 is mostly about:
Draw: Percy blasting Clarisse out with toilet water
Write: 1 sentence about Chapter 6
My Work Checklist: I wrote the 6 words I drew the water explosion I wrote my Chapter 6 gist
Teacher Check: [ ] Complete
Dinner Smoke Story Frame The Lightning Thief • Chapter 7 Visual ELL Scaffold
Dinner Smoke Story Frame
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Chapter 7: "My Dinner Goes Up in Smoke"
1. Look 2. Write 3. Draw
Step 1: Picture Word Bank
Copy these words onto the matching picture blanks below
twelve cabins Olympic gods
Annabeth camp guide
burnt offering food in fire
unknown father unclaimed god
the pavilion outdoor dinner
the campfire feeling at home
Step 2: Complete the Chapter 7 Sentences (Follow the Pictures)
Match the picture icon to write each word!
1. Cabins
While touring the camp, explains that each of the belongs to a different Greek Olympian god.
2. Mystery
Percy feels left out because his has never claimed him, leaving him uncertain about who he really is.
3. Offering
At dinner in , Percy scrapes blue brisket into the brazier fire as a praying for a sign.
4. Home
Later, singing songs and eating s'mores around , Percy feels an overwhelming sense of belonging and warmth for the very first time!
Step 3: Chapter 7 Gist Show & Tell
Show what Chapter 7 is mostly about:
Draw: Percy offering food to the fire or the campfire
Write: 1 sentence about Chapter 7
My Work Checklist: I wrote the 6 words I drew the campfire or offering I wrote my Chapter 7 gist
Teacher Check: [ ] Complete
Capture The Flag Story Frame The Lightning Thief • Chapter 8 Visual ELL Scaffold
Capture The Flag Story Frame
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Chapter 8: "We Capture a Flag"
1. Look 2. Write 3. Draw
Step 1: Picture Word Bank
Copy these words onto the matching picture blanks below
Capture the Flag team battle
electric spear Clarisse's weapon
creek water heals wounds
Hellhound shadow beast
glowing trident divine sign
Poseidon the Sea God
Step 2: Complete the Chapter 8 Sentences (Follow the Pictures)
Match the picture icon to write each word!
1. Game
On Friday night, all the camp cabins gear up with swords and shields for a fierce game of deep inside the forest.
2. Battle
Clarisse shocks Percy with her , but when Percy steps into the , his cuts instantly heal and he gains super strength!
3. Monster
Right as Luke captures the enemy banner, a monstrous shadow dog called a bursts from the woods and slashes Percy before Chiron shoots it.
4. Claimed
As Percy steps back into the stream, a holographic gleams above his head, revealing he is the son of !
Step 3: Chapter 8 Gist Show & Tell
Show what Chapter 8 is mostly about:
Draw: Percy in the creek with the glowing green trident
Write: 1 sentence about Chapter 8
My Work Checklist: I wrote the 6 words I drew Percy & the trident I wrote my Chapter 8 gist
Teacher Check: [ ] Complete
