Because of Winn-Dixie

By Kate DiCamilloIllustrated by Kevin Hawkes

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Compiled by Terry Sams PES

Study Skills• Genre: Realistic Fiction• Comprehension Skill:

Sequence• Comprehension Strategy:

Summarize• Comprehension Review Skill:

Author’s purpose• Vocabulary: Suffixes

Genre: Realistic Fiction• 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.

SummaryMoving 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 WeekPg. 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 -ful -ful + -ly Sentence

care careful carefully

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

• 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.englishdaily626.com/idioms.php

http://www.funbrain.com/funbrain/idioms/

Review Questions1. 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

• 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 Knowattentionkindness

understandingconsistedfriendlessdiversity

grand

excellent; very good

memorialhelping 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

contestenginefingeraccidentfabric

soccerflattenmammalintendmagnet

Short Vowels VCCV

rallycustommittenhappenadmire

cannonmethodguttersuddenrascal

CHALLENGE

• dungeon

• magnify

• festival

• thunderstorm

• injury

This Week’s Word Wall WordsThis 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

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