Have the kids act out scene from the book using the Stick Puppets. Try making ODIN and the EAGLE (remember the eagle on has one eye and Odin wore a patch over one eye) LOKI and FOX puppet you can also make ODD and FROST GIANT puppet and put on a show! Make Two Character Stick Puppets: Take a piece of construction paper and fold it hamburger style (short way) lightly trace a large figure eight or acorn squash on the folded paper and cut you should have two figure eight or squash images draw THOR on one piece and the BEAR on the other sheet glue the two images to a popsicle stick back to back. Would you have listened to the pretty girl alone at night? Why or why not?ĭraw a picture of what you think a Frost Giant looks like. Why is Odd a brave and noble boy? Give examples (helping his mom, saving the bear out of the tree, feeding the animals, helping the Gods turn back.) If you had to be turned into an animal, what animal would you want to be? Why? Why do you think the animals chose Odd to help them? Impregnable - strong enough to withstand attackĭiscussion topics for during/after reading: Mead - an alcoholic drink made from honey and water Insolently - boldly rude or disrespectful Infuriating - making one extremely angry and impatient, very annoying Have you heard of or seen the movie Thor? Who are the Frost Giants? Are Thor and the Frost Giants real?Īre the stories of the Viking Gods or Greek Gods real or fantasy?Ĭan you name some of the Viking Gods or Greek Gods? (from Percy Jackson movies/books)įjord (fee-ord) - a long narrow, deep inlet of sea between high cliffs Someone cheerful and infuriating and clever. It's going to take a very special kind of twelve-year-old boy to outwit the Frost Giants, restore peace to the city of gods, and end the long winter. Now Odd is forced on a stranger journey than he had imagined-a journey to save Asgard, city of the gods, from the Frost Giants who have invaded it. Out in the forest Odd encounters a bear, a fox, and an eagle-three creatures with a strange story to tell. In a village in ancient Norway lives a boy named Odd, and he's had some very bad luck: His father perished in a Viking expedition a tree fell on and shattered his leg the endless freezing winter is making villagers dangerously grumpy. Grade Level: 4th (GLCs: Click here for grade level guidelines.)

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Odd and the frost giants book