Because of
Winn-Dixie
Compiled by Terry Sams PES
By Kate DiCamillo
Illustrated by Kevin Hawkes
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Study Skills
• Genre: Realistic Fiction
• Comprehension Skill:
Sequence
• Comprehension Strategy:
Summarize
• Comprehension Review Skill:
Author’s purpose
• Vocabulary: Suffixes
Genre: Realistic Fiction
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In Realistic Fiction the characters
speak and act like real people.
The story describes real-life
problems and events.
The outcome, or problem resolution,
seems to be reasonable.
Click on Genre to learn more about
different genres and Realistic Fiction.
Summary
Moving to a new town can be
hard, and making new friends
can be even harder. With the
help of her dog, Winn Dixie, Opal
is able to get to know Miss
Franny Block, the local librarian.
Miss Block tells Opal
an exciting tale about
a bear that once
wandered into the library.
Comprehension Skill –
Sequence
• Sequence is the order of the events that occur in a
story.
• You can determine the order of events by clue words
such as first and next, in the beginning, then,
following, after, and finally.
• Some story events may occur at the same time.
• Other clue words to indicate sequence might be in
the beginning, then, following, after, and finally.
• Other story events, such as flashbacks, are told out
of order.
Comprehension Skill Summarizing
•A summary is a short statement that
tells the main ideas of a selection.
•A story summary should tell the goals
of the characters, how they try to reach
them, and whether they reach them.
•A summary of an article should tell the
main idea, leaving out unnecessary
details.
Tips on Summarizing
Question of the Week
Pg. 18-19
•What experiences
bring diverse people
together?
Vocabulary Skill –
Word Structure : Suffixes
•The suffix –ful means “full of.” For
example, prideful means “full of pride.”
•The suffix –ly means “in a way that is.”
•Sometimes –ful and –ly are added to a
base word together as in pridefully,
which means “acting in a way that is
full of pride.”
Let’s Practice Suffixes
Base Word
care
-ful
careful
-ful + -ly
carefully
Sentence
Comprehension Review Skill
• Author’s Purpose is the author’s
reason or reasons for writing this story.
• Authors don’t usually tell you this. You
have to figure the reasons out.
• It might be to inform or teach, to
entertain, to express their feelings, and
to persuade or convince you.
Day 2 - Question of the
Day – Pg. 22-33
•Can an elderly
librarian and a little
girl really be
friends?
Day 3 - Question of the
Day – Pg. 22-35
•What do Miss
Franny and Opal
have in common?
Day 4 - Question of the
Day - Pg. 36-39
•Why might it cause
problems when
people move into
black bears’ home
territory?
Weekly Fluency Check Tone of Voice TE 39a
● You will use the rise and fall of
your voice to show where the
story includes questions and
where it is full of emotion.
● Go to page 33 and let’s reread
the last two paragraphs.
Research/Study Skill –
Map/Globe/Atlas TE 39L
• A map is an illustration of a place.
It could be a drawing of your yard
or a solar system.
• A map’s legend contains a compass
rose showing direction, a scale
showing distance, and a key
showing symbols on the map and
what they represent.
Research/Study Skill –
Map/Globe/Atlas TE 39L
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A globe is a sphere
with a map of the
world on it.
• An atlas is a book
that contains maps.
Literary Device – Idioms TE Pg. 39b
• An idiom is a type of figurative language
that cannot be understood by the ordinary
meanings of words.
• When Lou said, “I don’t have long to go,”
he meant he didn’t have much time to live,
not that he had a distance to travel.
• Often an idiom can be understood by
figuring out what makes sense in context
• Find the idiom on page 29.
http://www.funbrain.com/funbrain/idioms/
http://www.englishdaily626.com/idioms.php
Review Questions
1. What do you think it means to be called a
“know-it-all”?
2. What makes Miss Franny sad after telling
the story of the bear?
3. Why did Winn Dixie stand up at the
window?
4. In what ways are Opal and Miss Franny
alike?
5. What kind of attitude does Amanda
Wilkinson have when she comes into the
library?
Fun Stuff
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More on Winn-Dixie
Web Quest
Spelling Hangman
Spelling Words in
ABC Order
• More on Maps
• Even More on Maps
Vocabulary- Say It!
memorial
prideful
recalls
peculiar
grand
positive
selecting
More Words to
Know
attention
kindness
understanding
consisted
friendless
diversity
grand
excellent; very good
memorial
helping people to
remember a person,
thing, or event
peculiar
strange; unusual
positive
without doubt;
sure
prideful
overly proud of
oneself; vain
recalls
calls back to mind;
remembers
consisted
was made up of
diversity
differences
friendless
without friends
understanding
comprehension;
knowledge
attention
care and
thoughtfulness;
consideration
kindness
treatment that
does good,
rather than harm;
gentleness
selecting
picking out;
choosing
You will smell
peculiar odors at
the zoo!
You will smell
peculiar odors at
the zoo!
I hope you can
recall your lunch
number when you
are in line.
I hope you can
recall your lunch
number when you
are in line.
Are you really
positive of that
answer?
Are you really
positive of that
answer?
The soup
consisted of
beans and ham.
The soup
consisted of
beans and ham.
Do you need help in
selecting your library
books?
Do you need help in
selecting your library
books?
Winn-Dixie was all
alone and friendless.
Winn-Dixie was all
alone and friendless.
Do you know anyone
that acts like a
prideful person?
Do you know anyone
that acts like a
prideful person?
Miss Franny thought
that would be a grand
idea!
Miss Franny thought
that would be a grand
idea!
Have you ever visited
the Lincoln
Memorial?
Have you ever visited
the Lincoln
Memorial?
Memoir
TE 39g
• A memoir tells about an interesting
event or experience in your life. It
may include information about how
you felt, what you saw, or why you
did something.
• Memoirs are also known as
personal essays.
• A memoir that tells a person's life
story is called an autobiography.
Writing Assignment
• Write a memoir about an experience
you have had with a pet or other
animal. Tell about the events in
sequence. Give details about what you
saw and how you felt.
• Vary your sentences to make your
writing more interesting to read.
• Use vivid adjective and strong verbs to
make the experience come alive.
Spelling Words
Short Vowels VCCV
contest
engine
soccer
flatten
finger
accident
mammal
intend
fabric
magnet
Short Vowels VCCV
rally
custom
cannon
method
mitten
happen
gutter
sudden
admire
rascal
CHALLENGE
• dungeon
• magnify
• festival
• thunderstorm
• injury
This Week’s Word Wall Words
Click and type your own
words for this week:
Let’s review our Spelling
words. Watch carefully
because they will flash on the
screen for just a moment. We
can clap as we spell the word,
or we might just practice
reading the words.
admire
magnet
contest
method
custom
rally
soccer
engine
sudden
finger
accident
mitten
intend
fabric
flatten
rascal
gutter
mammal
happen
cannon
GREAT JOB
Cowpoke!