LESSON 7 AT A GLANCE

TEXTS
Reading Shark Attack! by Cathy East Dubowski
LESSON STANDARDS
Reading RI.3.2 (FOCUS): Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the
main idea.
W.3.1 (FOCUS): Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES AND EXIT TICKETS
Reading LEARNING OBJECTIVE: SWBAT determine a main idea from a section of Shark Attack!
EXIT TICKET: Determine the main idea of p. 26 of Shark Attack!
READING THINKING STEPS/TRANSFERRABLE TAKEAWAY
Transferrable Good readers connect main ideas and key details to help them understand the most
Takeaway important ideas in a text.
Reading Read the text. Determine the main idea, or most important idea, in the text.
Thinking Reread the text. List key details that support the main idea on the chart.
Steps
Review the listed details to determine how they support a main idea.
ADVANCE PREPARATION (30 MINUTES)
Reading Prepare a background activity as needed: chain mail.
Create main idea bags, one for each group. Put related items into a bag. Give each group different items. For
instance, one bag could have a baking cup, timer, measuring spoons, and a pan to represent the main idea
baking. Another bag could have a ponytail holder, hairbrush, hairclip, and hairspray to represent the main
idea hairstyling. Another bag could have a fan, bottle water, sunglasses, and sunscreen to represent the main
idea summer.
VOCABULARY
TIER 2 WORDS
barrier (p. 24) something erected to bar passage, like a fence, wall, or the
like
dusk (p. 25) the time of day just before night
urinate (p. 25) to discharge urine, to pee
inflated (p. 26) enlarged
repellant (p. 27) causing distaste, aversion, or repulsion

There are no tier 3 words for this lesson.

Source: Definitions adapted from http://www.wordsmyth.net/.