Im Back From Spring Break!! : (

I am sort of not wanting to go back to school....I really like watching T.V., shooting Cameron and Dakota with Nerf guns, playing Robolx , and stuff like that. *sigh* I just remembered That T.A.K.S. is in 2 weeks!!! I HATE T.A.K.S.!!! Why don't other states have to suffer like we have to in Texas! To me T.A.K.S. means nothing. It is just another benchmark or mile stone! I do think T.A.K.S. is important though, but I don't like it. I am VERY confident that I will pass the test. After I graduate from collage, I will try to end T.A.K.S. for good. I do NOT like the test one bit!

1.Why does the DOA security guard get annoyed with Percy?
because the coast guard keeps on getting distress calls

2.How does Charon realize Percy and his friends are not really dead?
he sniffs them


3.How does Percy finally convince Charon to take them into the elevator?
sweet , sweet money


4.What does the River Styx look like? Why does it look this way?



5.Describe the entrance to the Underworld.
Petrifying



6.If you were standing in that line, would you rather choose EZ Death and go straight to Asphodel, or risk being judged for your actions on earth?
EZ Death.

7.What is Percy’s plan to get past Cerberus? Why doesn’t it work?
He is not intrested in the stick

8.How does Annabeth save them? Why is she able to do this?
Cerberus is more interested in the ball then the stick

9.What does Percy realize about monsters at the end of the chapter?
they need attention (they are like dogs)

10.Do you feel sorry for Cerberus? Would you have risked playing fetch with him, if you were Annabeth?

Yes

chapter 19 anticipatory blog

Oh my, the Underworld. For this chapter take some time to think about what it would be like to visit the so called underworld. Write a brief post about your thoughts about having to visit such a place. Do you think such a place could actually exist? Would you be afraid? (Just a few things to think about as you write)Title this post: Chapter 19 Anticipatory blog

Yes and Yes

1. Why does Percy try to keep a low profile on the train?
so the police wont take him

2. What new information does Annabeth tell us about her father in this chapter?
that he forgot about Athena

3. Annabeth says a couple of unexpected friends took care of her when she ran away from home. Any guesses who these might be? Why?
I guess Grover.

4. Why does Percy laugh when Annabeth tells him what she wants to be?

he cannot see annebeth as an architect.

5. What magic item does Hades have? What are its powers?
he can strike fear so bad that it can make you insane or stop your heart

6. Describe the Chimera.
Ugly, and weird

7. Echidna says Percy should feel honored to be killed by her. Why?
She has been sent by zues

8. What is Percy’s “fatal mistake” while battling the Chimera?

hitting the collar

9. Why does Percy decide he has no choice but to jump? What would you have done in his place?
yes

10. How would the battle have been different if there were no mortal spectators in the Arch?

she would reveal more

chapter 13 writing anticipatory

1. Many people have phobias. Fear of heights is one of the most common. Are you afraid of high places, or do you know anyone who is? What about other phobias – do you have any?

Yes, I am VERY scared of hights

chapter 8

1.Why are the counselors having a hard time deciding who Percy’s Olympian parent is?
there isn't a sign

2.How does Percy surprise everyone during his first sword class? How do you think he was able to do this?
yes

3.According to Grover, why did the “Big Three” gods swear never to have any more children?
so there will bee no more wars

4.Why does the story about Thalia make Percy feel “hollow and guilty”?
because he could have saved her

5.In capture-the-flag, why does Percy feel like he’s being left out of the action?
no one came

6.How does Percy manage to overcome the kids from Ares’s cabin?
he heals himself in the water

7.What was Annabeth’s plan to win the flag?
to wait

8.Why does Annabeth make Percy stand in the water?


9.What does Chiron say about how the hellhound got into camp?
that someone summoned it

10.When you find out Percy’s true identity, are you surprised or did you see it coming? What clues were given earlier in the book?
the exploding tolites

chapter 9

1.Why does Percy feel miserable once he gets his own cabin?
He is completely alone

2.Based on the newspaper article Percy finds under his door, what is happening in the real world while Percy is in camp?
It is believed that he is missing

3.What is the master bolt?
The most powerful weapon in the world

4.Why does Zeus think Percy stole the bolt?
he doesn't trust Poseidon

5.Why can’t the gods retrieve the bolt themselves?
they cant leave their territories

6.What bothers Percy about the Oracle’s prophecy?
that the thing that matters most will be lost

7.According to Chiron, what evidence suggests that Hades stole the lightning bolt?
the hellhound

8.Why does Percy have to travel overland?
he would be shot down by Zeus

9.What will happen on the summer solstice if the lightning bolt is not returned?
bad things

10.What is unusual about the storm that moves in over camp?
a storm like that has never happened

chapter 10

1. Who is Argus and why can he never be surprised?
He has eyes EVERYWHERE

2. What gift does Luke give to Percy? Why can’t Percy use them?
he got flying shoes, but he can't fly them

3. What special properties does Riptide have?
It can kill monsters, but not humans

4. What is Mist?
It makes it where humans don't see the monsters that the half-bloods fight.

5. What are some of the reasons Annabeth gives for why Poseidon and Athena don’t get along?
Poseidon was seen in Athena's temple

6. According to Grover, why did Percy’s mom marry Gabe?
so the monsters wont kill him

7. Percy says he’s not going on the quest to retrieve the lightning bolt. What’s his real reason for going?
To get his mom back

8. How does Percy sneak to the front of the bus?
he uses Annabeth's invisibility cap

9. Why dosen’t Percy leave the bus when he has the chance?
so he will save his friends

10. How do Percy, Grover and Annabeth lose their luggage?
the bus that it was in, exploded

1. Many of the campers at Camp Half-Blood have their own magic item. Clarisse has an electric spear. Annabeth has a baseball cap that turns her invisible. What magic item would make sense for Percy, as the son of the Sea God? Design your own magic item.

2. Percy gets to try his hand at driving a bus in this chapter. Defend or attack this proposition: “The national driving age should be lowered to 13.” Can you think of any reasons that might actually convince Congress to pass such a law?

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

in between chapter 2 and 3

Wow, chapter three ended with the strange old ladies cutting a.. "chord" as Grover called it. What do you think that means?

It probably means something bad is going to happen to Percy

what if those old ladies were staring at you and repeated the same scenario, how would you react?

I don't know

the lightning thief

1. Have you ever had a teacher you wanted to do well for? If so, what made

you respect that teacher’s opinion? If you can’t think of a teacher like

that, what would a teacher have to be like to make you respect them?

Yes, it was my 2Nd and 5Th grade teachers but they did not make a opinion to inspire me, I inspired myself.

2. There’s an old expression: “I feel like someone just stepped on my grave.”

Do you think it’s possible to foretell the future? Have you ever had a

feeling that something bad was going to happen?

No, really, I only feel it when something good will happen. Like when I hit a home run, I had a funny felling that something good will happen. Oh, I almost forgot, I do not believe that you can predict the future

chapter 1:a

when I went to the rodeo in 4Th grade, it was the worst field trip EVER!!!!! I thought that we were going to see some bull riding and stuff like that, but all we learned was stuff about farming. Also when we were learning about corn, the teacher said the WORST joke ever, and if you don't want to hear it, too bad! here it is"How is a ear of corn like a army? it has kernels! :(