Wise Guys Reading Review and Activity: The Red Pyramid

 The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan

Summary

Rick Riordan, the author of The Lightning Thief and The Lost Hero series, takes it to an all new level with his new series beginning with The Red Pyramid. As with his previous books, Riordan incorporates gods and other supernatural beings into his novels. But this time the focus is on Egypt! The story's central characters are once again adolescent age children, Carter and Sadie Kane, who were separated from each other at a young age. Their paths cross once again when their parents are kidnapped. The story is told from their perspectives and takes you on an amazing adventure through the realm of Egyptian gods and creatures. There isn't a moment of boredom in the book. It will leave you craving the sequel: The Throne of Fire.

Activity Related to the Story

After reading the book, we began to create comprehension questions that we could use with our students in the classroom. This is perfect to use for guided reading groups or to check student understanding. Reading strategies such as: summarizing, visualizing, and predicting are included as well. There is also an answer key attached which makes it easy for a teacher to use right away in the classroom. You can find the FREE 16 pages of comprehension questions and answer keys for Chapters 1-10 by clicking here.

Extensive Reading Activity Guide

We also have a 114 page reading comprehension activity guide and key that goes along with the story. Our student love to do these guides because it provides them with fun activities related to the book. They are also challenged to search for answers in the book and to use reading strategies such as: summarizing, predicting, connecting, visualizing and so much more. The guide is easy to use and includes an answer key that is a tremendous help for the teacher.

We hope you take the time to read this book and hopefully use it in your classroom too!

For more great reading comprehension guides on other great books click here.

If you are a huge Red Pyramid fan, you will not want to miss our CD that we created with over 15 activities that can be shipped to you for use in your classroom as well. You can find it by clicking here.