FILMS OR BOOKS?

This film is based on a book:

The books:   http://www.percyjackson.co.uk/site/pj_main.php

http://youtu.be/aV_WbMoObEo

Inspired by the film to read all five Percy Jackson books?

• Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief
• Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters
• Percy Jackson and the Titan’s Curse
• Percy Jackson and the Battle of the Labyrinth
• Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian

QUESTIONS:

1.- What other books can you think of that have become films?

2.- What sort of book do you think makes the best film and why?

3.- Think of when you last saw the film of a book you have read: how was the film the same and how was it different? If it was different, did you mind?

IS LOGAN LERMAN A HANDSOME BOY?

Do you like the young actor?

Filming: http://youtu.be/L5h9SpKWPLo

Interview: http://youtu.be/U20ijGD9oaA

Logan Lerman: http://youtu.be/7Zais-JewHs

  http://youtu.be/h-qz52jnILI

                     http://youtu.be/EOXIPasqWUI

Logan Lerman biography: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0503567/bio

Images:

http://www.google.es/search?q=percy+jackson+and+the+lightning+thief&hl=es&prmd=imvnsb&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=m9PjTqLvO4e18QPBofnsAw&sqi=2&ved=0CF8QsAQ&biw=1366&bih=575

FILM QUESTIONS

Answer these questions about the film:                                   

1. Which animals does Percy dream about before he is first taken to Camp Half -Blood? 

Which Olympian gods do they represent?

2. Which of Percy’s friends is a satyr?

3. Which three brothers believe they are the most powerful gods?

4. Which one of the ‘big three’ is Percy Jackson’s father?

5. With which learning disabilities has Percy been diagnosed?

6. What kind of creature appears in mortal form as Percy’s maths teacher, Mrs Dodds?

7. What is the difference between satyrs and centaurs?

8. Chiron the immortal centaur, Percy’s mentor, first taught Percy at Yancy Academy: what subject did Chiron teach and what did he call himself?

9. Which monster pretends to be ‘Aunty Em’?

10. Who is Annabeth’s mother and what is she goddess of?

11. Percy and his friends nearly get trapped in the Lotus Hotel and Casino – where is it?

12. Percy finds one entrance to the Underworld: where is it?

13. In the Percy Jackson film, where in New York City is Mount Olympus?

14. How many gods have thrones on Mount Olympus?

15. How many can you name? Can you also give their Roman names?