Book Summary
Written in a clear, informative style, Sharks describes the physical appearances, eating habits, reproduction methods, and attack capabilities of sharks. The author points out that although sharks generally are thought of as dangerous killers, only small percentages actually are. Some kinds of sharks are in danger of becoming extinct and need protection.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Ask and answer questions

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of asking and answering questions
• Identify main ideas and details
• Recognize and use comparative and superlative adjectives
• Identify and form compound words

Materials

• Book -- Sharks (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Main idea and details web, compound words worksheets

      Indicates an opportunity for students to mark in the book. (All activities may be demonstrated by projecting book on interactive whiteboard or completed with paper and pencil if books are reused.)

Vocabulary

• Content words: camouflage, cartilage, caudal, dorsal fin, extinction, hammerhead, lobes, parasites, pectoral, pelvic, pygmy, spined, triangular