Independent reading

  • 10/16/2021

    Chapters:22-23
    pages:143-149
    Title: The journey begins.
    Topic sentence: Apollo and Meg set off on their quest to find the missing campers.
  • 10/17/2021

    Chapter:23-24
    Pages-149-155
    Title: Pete the Geyser
    Topic sentence: Apollo and Meg find the geyser gods and meet Pete, he is wondering what happened to his partner but large ants disturb their conversation.
  • 10/18/2021

    Chapters:24-25
    Pages:155-159
    Title: The ants strike
    Topic sentence: The large ants start moving toward Apollo but Meg distracts them but Apollo gets knocked out fighting one ant and Meg is nowhere to be found.
  • 10/19/2021

    Chapter: 25-26
    Pages: 159-165
    Title: Apollo makes another Oath
    Topic sentence: Apollo makes an oath on the geysers to save Meg and he sets off to the only way to go to the grove of Dodona, the ant's nest.
  • 10/20/2021

    Chapters:26-27
    pages: 165-170
    Title: Romans Again
    Topic Sentence: Apollo stumbles into Rhea, he then is informed that the Romans/Triumverate holdings have found the gates and that they need him to open it.
  • 10/21/2021

    Chapters: 27-28
    Pages: 170-177
    Title: Apollo, back in Action
    Topic sentence: Apollo finds himself back at camp, he then marches out again finding both Meg and trouble.
  • 10/22/2021

    Chapters 28-29
    Pages: 177-182
    Title: Queen Ant, an Unlikely Ally.
    Topic sentence: Apollo and Meg are captured by the Myermeks and find an escape with help from a new ally, the Queen Ant.
  • 10/22/2021

    Chapters: 29-30
    Pages: 182-188
    Title: Nero the Emperor God
    Topic sentence: APollo and Meg find Nero and see the 6 demigods, the other 2 parts of the Triumverate were not represented.
  • 10/23/2021

    Chapters: 30-31
    Pages:187-193
    Title: The Great Betrayal
    Topic Sentence: Apollo and Nero continue until Nero explains that Meg was a part of his dynasty and worked for him.
  • 10/24/2021

    chapters 31-32
    pages: 193-196
    Title: The Trees have Spoken
    Sentence: As Meg and Apollo are forced to open the trees, Meg realizes that Nero plans to burn them down and seems to have a change of heart.
  • 10/25/2021

    Chapters 32-33
    Pages: 196-203
    Title: The close call
    Sentence: As the grove of Dodona opened, Meg had fully turned against Nero and decided to fight him, Apollo helps and gets some of his strength back but when Nero sets the grove ablaze, Apollo had to let Nero go.
  • 10/26/2021

    Chapters: 34-35
    Pages: 203-208
    Title: The Tables Have Turned
    Sentence: The battered and bruised Apollo finds Meg in the middle of the grove, she is in denial about Nero and Apollo finds that this happened to him when he fell first to the ground so he feels it is his duty to do the same to help her.
  • 10/27/2021

    Chapters:34-35
    Pages:209-214
    Title: Ants, Apollo's Best Friend
    Sentence: When Apollo and his new group of Demigod friends realize they need to go to camp half-blood, Apollo calls on the queen of the ants for a ride.
  • 10/28/2021

    Chapters:35-36
    Pages:214-218
    Title: The Gameplan
    Topic Sentence: A large human statue of Apollo strides forward in its battle against Apollo and the Demigods, Apollo quickly creates a plan but will it be enough?
  • 10/29/2021

    Chapters:36-37
    Pages: 218-224
    Title: Percy Jackson to the Rescue.
    Sentence: As the fight continued on Apollo could not save the camp, just in time Percy Jackson came to the rescue.
  • 10/30/2021

    Chapters:37-38
    Pages:224-230
    Title: The day is Saved
    Sentence: As the day comes to a close, the Apollo summons the plague of Hay Fever and with a sneeze and some of the Demigods' persistent attacks the titan sneezed his head off.
  • 10/31/2021

    Chapters:38-39
    Pages:230-237
    Title: The Reflection
    Topic Sentence: As the story dies down, Apollo reflects on his new self and realizes that being a mortal has shown him ways of living he hadn't experienced before.
  • 11/1/2021

    Chapters:39-40
    Pages:237-244
    Title: A new Journey. a New Crew
    Sentence: As Apollo has lost his former master, he now must take the help of two others, Leo and Calypso, to continue his quest.
  • 11/2/2021

    Chapters: 0-1
    Pages: 0-5
    Title: How to Boost your Immune System, Using Food.
    Sentence: As harsher diseases come, you may look to see how you can be healthier today, fruits and vegetables may help with your endeavour,
  • 11/3/2021

    Chapters: 0-1
    Pages: 0-5
    Title: The Great Northern Lights
    Sentence: The Northern Lights appeared recently, because of a Solar Flare especially in areas that usually the Northern Lights aren't able to be seen.
  • 11/4/2021

    Chapters:0-1
    Pages:0-5
    Title: New Issues, New Solutions
    Sentence: As the air pollution gets worse in many areas of India, new machines may come to the rescue of the air quality in some of the larger cities.
  • 11/5/2021

    Chapters:0-1
    Pages:0-5
    Title: Ethiopia, a Divided Nation
    Sentence: As the country of Ethiopia struggles with its continuing violence, atrocities are being reported against the people.
  • 11/6/2021

    Chapters:0-1
    Pages:0-5
    Title: Trouble in the White House
    Sentence: The Chief Of Staff for the White House, Mark Meadows, tested positive for Covid-19.
  • 11/7/2021

    Chapters:0-1
    Pages:0-5
    Title: Astroworld Concert leads to Tragedy
    Sentence: Unruly fans and tight seating caused the death of a few and the injuries of hundreds at Travis Scott's Astroworld concert, who's to blame?
  • 11/8/2021

    Chapters:0-1
    Pages:0-5
    Title: US Congress Passes Infrastructure Bill
    Sentence: The U.S Congress Passes the Infrastructure bill, it now moves on to the president, what is the purpose of this very soon-to-come bill?
  • 11/9/2021

    Chapters:0-1
    Pages:0-5
    Title: Tensions Rising Again in Ethiopia
    Sentence: Tensions mount as anti-government forces creep towards the capital of Ethiopia, what is the future for this promising nation?
  • 11/10/2021

    Chapters:0-1
    Pages:0-5
    Title: Belarus, the New Immigration Crisis
    Sentence: Belarus, a country in easter Europe sees many at the border with the European Union countries, how are officials reacting?
  • 11/11/2021

    Chapters:0-1
    Pages:0-5
    Title: A Back to Normal for Memorials
    Sentence: For Remembrance day, many go in-person to the memorials of the fallen, how has this marked a change from last year?
  • 11/12/20212

    Chapters:0-1
    Pages:0-5
    Title: How Statistical Data Affects Sports.
    Sentence: For many, sports may be just a test of physical strength or endurance, but what role do these statistics play in the world of soccer and hockey?
  • 11/13/2021

    Chapters:0-1
    Pages:0-5
    Title: The Worst Enemy, Inflation
    Sentence: As inflation rises, the cost of goods is following, but is inflation the only factor or is something else affecting these prices?
  • 11/14/2021

    Chapters:0-1
    Pages:0-5
    Title: A New Season Starts, Winter.
    Sentence: As we move into mid-November, the snow seems to be starting to fall, what can you do to stay safe for this season?
  • 11/15/2021

    Chapters:0-1
    Pages:0-5
    Title: Disaster strikes B.C
    Sentence: As harsh flooding and rains start in southern B.C, causing evacuations and large landslides, what role does climate change play and what can be done to stop these events in the future?
  • 11/16/2021

    Chapters: 0-1
    Pages: 0-5
    Title: A New Type of Exercise, Games
    Topic Sentence: With the difficulty of staying on a strict exercise schedule, these gyms in America have started gamifying the exercise experience.
  • 11/17/2021

    Chapters: 0-1
    Pages: 0-15
    TItle: A New Hope
    Topic Sentence: Theresa and her best friend Thomas, undergo surgery to not just change the course of their own lives, but the lives of everyone else on the ravaged Earth.
  • 11/18/2021

    Chapters:1-2
    Pages:15-21
    Title: A New Crew
    Topic Sentence: Mark and Alec live in the Appalachian mountains with Trina, their life turned around by the year's solar flares tearing their way of life to shreds.
  • 11/19/2021

    Pages:21-26
    Chapters:2-3
    TItle: An Old "Friend"
    Topic Sentence: As Mark continues his mundane day a new noise roars again through his ears, the sound of jet engines.
  • 11/20/2021

    Chapters:3-4
    Pages:26-29
    Title: A Not So Nice Visitor
    Topic Sentence: Mark was able to identify the jet engines to a Berg airship, he followed it to a town square where 5 men came out and opened fire on the crowd.
  • 11/21/2021

    Chapters:4-5
    Pages:29-34
    Title: A Counter Attack
    Topic Sentence: Mark dashes towards cover with his friends Lana, Misty, and Trina but Mark rushes back towards the thick of the fight as he sees Alec in charge of a counterattack.
  • 11/22/2021

    Chapters:5-6
    Pages:34-38
    Title: A Perilous journey
    Topic Sentence: Mark and Alec manage to board the Berg with a grappling hook, but the Berg flies into the sky, taking Alec and Mark with it.
  • 11/23/2021

    Chapters:6-7
    Pages:38-43
    Title: A Creepy Discovery
    Topic Sentence: As Alec and Mark try to breach the next stage of doors, Mark finds a box with biohazard labelling, and the box had the darts fired on the village.
  • 11/24/2021

    Chapters:7-8
    Pages:43-48
    Title: "Just Following Orders"
    Topic Sentences: Mark and Alec break into the cockpit but the pilots won't answer any questions, suddenly the Airship had crashed into the ground.
  • 11/25/2021

    Chapters:8-9
    Pages:48-53
    Title: A Travel Back in Time
    Topic Sentence: As Mark dozes off, he dreams about when he first became known of the solar flares that now plague his world, and suddenly Mark describes his first meeting of Alex in the dark tunnel and their encounter with a group of scavengers.
  • 11/26/2021

    Chapters:9-10
    Pages:53-58
    Title: A Light of Hope
    Topic Sentence: Mark wakes up from apparently being unconscious, then he goes back with Alec to search the Berg where he finds a Workpad that still turns on.
  • 11/27/2021

    Chapters:10-11
    Pages:58-63
    Title: A Broken Town
    Topic Sentence: Mark and Alec head back to their village that seems to have turned into a ghost town, and they meet up with Trina, who leads them to a shack containing a screaming prisoner.
  • 11/28/2021

    Chapters:11-12
    Pages: 63-67
    Title: A Mad Man
    Topic Sentence: Mark and Alec approach the man in the shack, who now they recognize as Darnell, but he's acting off.
  • 11/29/2021

    Chapters: 12-13
    Pages: 67-70
    Title: A Ghost Town
    Sentence: Mark and Alec create an emotionally motivating speech, though their friend Trina may need more than a speech to help her.
  • 11/30/2021

    Chapters:13-14
    Pages: 70-75
    Title: A Hard Truth
    Topic Sentence: As the team of Mark, Alec, Lana, and Trina soon realize, their team quickly depletes its members, whether by the virus or the unwillingness to move on.
  • 12/1/2021

    Chapters:14-15
    Pages: 75-79
    Title: Dreams Into Nightmares
    Topic Sentence: Mark and his team stop to take a rest, Mark's dreams however were far from resting as his mind twirls back to the day his life changed forever.
  • 12/2/2021

    Chapters:15-16
    Pages:79-84
    Title: A Returning Visitor
    Topic Sentence: As Mark gets used to his daily routine, he sees a familiar shadow in the night, his friend Toad, but Toad was not the same.
  • 12/3/2021

    Chapters:16-17
    Pages:84-88
    Title: A Harsh Turn
    Topic Sentence: As Mark's surprise slowly wares, Toad is quickly recognized more as a foe than a friend by Alec, his actions following his thoughts lead to a darker ending for their old friend.