"I Survived The Shark Attacks of 1916" Book Study Unit

Students answer page-specific comprehension questions for each of the book's 15 chapters, including identifying homophones and figurative language (similes, hyperbole, onomatopoeia) the author uses.

Students use context clues to identify vocabulary words from each chapter through a letter-blank "Mystery Match" puzzle format.

Students complete multiple-choice quizzes that test synonym meaning, tone, main idea, inference, and point of view for each chapter.

Hand out the Student Reading Reference Page at the start of the unit and have students keep it in their folder, since every chapter worksheet and quiz assumes familiarity with its context-clue and figurative-language definitions.

Use the Summary Support Page's 6-8 detail bullets as a scaffolding step before students attempt the full paragraph summary on the Student Summary Template Page.

Give the vocabulary and spelling checkpoint tests after every 5 chapters, as the unit is structured, rather than only at the end, so vocabulary gaps surface while chapters are still fresh.

Chapter-level reading comprehension — students answer 10 page-referenced questions per chapter covering plot, character detail, and figurative language.

Context-clue vocabulary acquisition — students use definitions and letter blanks to identify each chapter's key vocabulary word.

Summary and main-idea writing — students isolate a chapter's setting, characters, motivations, and conflict, then compose a paragraph summary using a provided exemplar as a model.