During this lesson students will conduct repeated readings of the text, My Secret Bully by Trudy Ludwig, to determine the lesson learned by the main character and the author's central message. Students will be given a specific purpose and task for each rereading to facilitate understanding on three levels: literal (summary), inferential (reading between the lines or making inferences using the reader's prior knowledge and clues from the text), and analytical (big idea or central message/lesson learned). Students will complete these tasks on a reader response sheet. At the close of the lesson, students will respond to three extended response questions. Each question will assess a different level of understanding.