The

Barking
Shark

Supplementary Materials for Reading Mastery

Grade 1: Lessons 11-12

Whats Included?
Scaffolded Written Comprehension Questions
These question strips can be cut out and glued in students
reading response journals.

Drawing Space/Graphic Organizers

and Open Response Questions

These pages can be printed and given to students for guided

writing or for independent work.

Writing Rubrics

These rubrics can be printed for reference during guided

writing. Smaller copies of these rubrics can be printed and
pasted inside a writing folder or reading response journal.

The
Barking
Shark

Written Comprehension Questions

Draw a picture of the setting in the story. Explain
your picture.
Describe the setting in the story. Use details.
Draw a picture to show how Arf felt in the beginning
of the story. Explain your picture.
How did Arf feel in the beginning of the story? Use
details to explain.
Draw a picture to show how Arf felt at the end of the
story? Explain your picture.

How did Arf feel at the end of the story? Use details
to explain.
Draw a picture to show what Arf did when the big
fish tried to eat the other sharks. Explain your
picture.

What do you think Arf will do next time he sees the

big fish? Use details to explain.
Draw a picture to show how Arf helped the other
sharks. Explain your picture.
Is Arf Can Help a good title for this section of the
story? Use details to explain.

Written Comprehension Questions

Draw a picture to show why the other sharks did not
want to be friends with Arf. Explain your picture.
Why did the other sharks decide to be friends with
Arf? Use details to explain.

Make a double bubble map to compare Arf and the

other sharks.
Describe how Arf and the other sharks are different.
Use details to explain.
Draw a picture to show the problem in the story.
Explain your picture.
Explain how Arf solved the problem in the story. Use
details to explain.
Make a double bubble map to compare Arf and real
sharks.
What is one thing that Arf does that a real shark
cannot do? Explain using an example from the story.

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Draw a picture of the setting in the story. Explain your picture.

Describe the setting in the story. Use details.

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My Evaluation: _______

My Teachers Evaluation: _______

Name __________________________

Date _______________

Draw a picture to show how Arf felt in the beginning of the story.
Explain your picture.

How did Arf feel in the beginning of the story? Use details to
explain.

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My Evaluation: _______

My Teachers Evaluation: _______

Name __________________________

Date _______________

Draw a picture to show how Arf felt at the end of the story?
Explain your picture.

How did Arf feel at the end of the story? Use details to explain.

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My Evaluation: _______

My Teachers Evaluation: _______

Name __________________________

Date _______________

Draw a picture to show what Arf did when the big fish tried to eat
the other sharks. Explain your picture.

What do you think Arf will do next time he sees the big fish? Use
details to explain.

__________________________________________
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__________________________________________

__________________________________________
My Evaluation: _______

My Teachers Evaluation: _______

Name __________________________

Date _______________

Draw a picture to show how Arf helped the other sharks. Explain
your picture.

Is Arf Can Help a good title for this section of the story? Use
details to explain.

__________________________________________
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__________________________________________

__________________________________________
My Evaluation: _______

My Teachers Evaluation: _______

Name __________________________

Date _______________

Make a double bubble map to compare Arf and the other sharks.

Arf

Other
Sharks

Why did the other sharks decide to be friends with Arf? Use
details to explain.

__________________________________________
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__________________________________________
__________________________________________
My Evaluation: _______

My Teachers Evaluation: _______

Name __________________________

Date _______________

Draw a picture of the characters in the story. Explain your picture.

Describe how Arf and the other sharks are different. Use details
to explain.

__________________________________________
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
My Evaluation: _______

My Teachers Evaluation: _______

Name __________________________

Date _______________

Draw a picture to show the problem in the story. Explain your

picture.

Explain how Arf solved the problem in the story. Use details to
explain.

__________________________________________
__________________________________________
__________________________________________

__________________________________________
My Evaluation: _______

My Teachers Evaluation: _______

Name __________________________

Date _______________

Make a double bubble map to compare Arf and a real shark.

Arf

Real
Sharks

What is one thing that Arf does that a real shark cannot do?
Explain using an example from the story.

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__________________________________________
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
My Evaluation: _______

My Teachers Evaluation: _______

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question.

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question with details
from the story.

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with details from the
story.

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question.

I answered part of the

question.

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question.

I answered the question

with details from the
story.

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