Monday

On acoolspring day in Aprilofthe year 1910, William Howard Taft became the first U.S.president to start the baseball season by throwingoutthe first pitch. He had come to League Park in Washington, D.C. toseethe Senators play the A’s. His tradition has carried oneversince. What otherbaseballtraditions do you know about?

Tuesday

When Congress putanend to the rolling of Easter eggs on the lawn of theCapitol in 1878,President Rutherford B.Hayes invited children torolltheireggs on the White House lawn. Hayes and his wife, Lucy, started a tradition that continuestoday. Famous entertainers and performers attend the White House Easter Egg Roll each year.At the end of the event, each childreceivesa special wooden egg as a souvenir.

Wednesday

When Jane Goodall arrived in Tanzania at age 26,she was about to fulfill a dream. Goodall longed tolearnmorethananyone else might hope to know about chimpanzees. Born on April 3, 1934, her adventures into the Africanjungle were most unique because shewasawoman. Herdiscoverieswould amaze the scientific world. She found that chimpsstrippedleaves from twigs to use as toolsand that they hunted and ate other animals.

Thursday

Whobecamethe first black streetcar conductor in San Francisco and laterreadher poetry at the inauguration ofPresident Bill Clinton?Born in St.Louis, Missouri, in April 1928, Maya Angelou is the African-American author whoovercameso much toreachher goals. Maya received national attention when she published her book titledI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.She was nominated for an EmmyAward for herrolein "Roots."

Friday

"No race can prosper,"Booker T. Washington wrote,"until it learns thatthereis as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing apoem." Washington was born in April 1856. As a slave on aVirginia plantation, he was notallowedto enter the nearby school because he was black. He stillwalkedto school each day,however, just so he could carry the books of the plantationowner'sdaughter. Later he went toanall-black school and became a leading black educator.

Name ______

Lightning Thief Chapters 10-12 Comprehension Quiz

  1. What gift does Luke give to Percy? ______
  1. Why can’t Percy use the gift from Luke?

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  1. What is one of the reasons Annabeth gives for why Poseidon and Athena don’t get along?

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  1. What new information do you learn about Grover and how it relates to Annabeth?

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  1. Who do you think is talking to Percy in his dream?

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Name ______

Lightning Thief Chapters 10-12 Comprehension Quiz

  1. What gift does Luke give to Percy? ______
  1. Why can’t Percy use the gift from Luke?

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  1. What is one of the reasons Annabeth gives for why Poseidon and Athena don’t get along?

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  1. What new information do you learn about Grover and how it relates to Annabeth?

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  1. Who do you think is talking to Percy in his dream?

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