I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1912

    Shark attacks have both terrified us and fascinated us for decades.  As a young(er) child, I remember watching "Jaws" for the first time. The tension-building music and the gruesome story line instilled terror in my little mind. In fact, it scared me so much that I was terrified to take a bath for quite some time!

This is an amateur video of the actual location where the shark attacks occurred at Matawan Creek. 

It's a little slow moving,  but it may help your students visualize the story setting.

    "I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1912" by Lauren Tarshis intrigues young readers (without terrifying them senseless). My students read the "I Survived" novels together in book clubs. When they complete a novel, the students choose a culminating activity to complete from my Bloom's Revised Sentence Stem Cards.

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Blooms-revised-Taxonomy-Sentence-Stem-Cards-694367

 Dive into "I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916" Mega Pack! This 42 page novel study is the perfect companion to the high-interest historical fiction and includes ALL the components of the individual chapter packs. I have also added a couple of additional bonus extensions! These text are fantastic to use for literature circles, whole group novel studies, or as enrichment projects.

The text for this novel study is an leveled for 4th grade but will also work well for 3rd-5th grade, and possibly with advanced 2nd grade readers.

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/I-Survived-the-Shark-Attacks-of-1916-Mega-Pack-1045820

This product pack includes:

Higher-Level Reading Comprehension Short Answer Questions for ALL chapters

Chapter Quizzes for the entire text

Answer Keys for Comprehension Questions and Quizzes

Extension Activities

-Shark Attack KWL

-Character Traits

-Comparing Characters

-Making Connections Flipbook

-Story Cause & Effect

-Shark Attack Research & Writing Extension

-Decoding Characters

-Story Sequence

-Story Summary

   Give students the opportunity to research a variety of shark-related topics such as: sharks, shark habitats, shark attacks, the Matawan Shark attacks, or shark attack survivors, like Bethany Hamilton. DOGO News has a lot of great articles for your students to cut their informational text reading skills on.

Discovery Channel has a mouthful of sharp videos that will excite your students to dive into some informational text on the topic!

*Caution-Preview the videos! Some are too graphic for younger students.*