Because of Winn-Dixie

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Because of Winn-Dixie
Compiled by Terry Sams PES

• By Kate DiCamillo
• Illustrated by Kevin Hawkes
• Visit the Author

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Study Skills

• Genre Realistic Fiction
• Comprehension Skill Sequence
• Comprehension Strategy Summarize
• Comprehension Review Skill
• Authors purpose
• Vocabulary Suffixes

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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.
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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.

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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.

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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
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Question of the WeekPg. 18-19

• What experiences bring diverse people together?

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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.

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Lets Practice Suffixes
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Comprehension Review Skill

• Authors Purpose is the authors reason or
  reasons for writing this story.
• Authors dont 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.

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Day 2 - Question of the Day Pg. 22-33

• Can an elderly librarian and a little girl really
  be friends?

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Day 3 - Question of the Day Pg. 22-35

• What do Miss Franny and Opal have in common?

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Day 4 - Question of the Day - Pg. 36-39

• Why might it cause problems when people move into
  black bears home territory?

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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 lets reread the last two
  paragraphs.

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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 maps legend contains a compass rose showing
  direction, a scale showing distance, and a key
  showing symbols on the map and what they
  represent.

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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.

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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 dont have long to go, he
  meant he didnt 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
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Review Questions

• What do you think it means to be called a
  know-it-all?
• What makes Miss Franny sad after telling the
  story of the bear?
• Why did Winn Dixie stand up at the window?
• In what ways are Opal and Miss Franny alike?
• What kind of attitude does Amanda Wilkinson have
  when she comes into the library?

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Fun Stuff

• More on Winn-Dixie
• Web Quest
• Spelling Hangman
• Spelling Words in ABC Order
• More on Maps
• Even More on Maps

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Vocabulary- Say It!

• memorial
• prideful
• recalls
• peculiar
• grand
• positive
• selecting

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More Words to Know

• attention
• kindness
• understanding
• consisted
• friendless
• diversity

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grand

• excellent very good

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memorial

• helping people to remember a person, thing, or
  event

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peculiar

• strange unusual

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positive

• without doubt sure

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prideful

• overly proud of oneself vain

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recalls

• calls back to mind remembers

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consisted

• was made up of

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diversity

• differences

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friendless

• without friends

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understanding

• comprehension knowledge

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attention

• care and thoughtfulness consideration

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kindness

• treatment that does good, rather than harm
  gentleness

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selecting

• picking out choosing

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You will smell peculiar odors at the zoo!
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You will smell peculiar odors at the zoo!
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I hope you can recall your lunch number when you
are in line.
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I hope you can recall your lunch number when you
are in line.
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Are you really positive of that answer?
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Are you really positive of that answer?
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The soup consisted of beans and ham.
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The soup consisted of beans and ham.
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Do you need help in selecting your library books?
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Do you need help in selecting your library books?
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Winn-Dixie was all alone and friendless.
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Winn-Dixie was all alone and friendless.
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Do you know anyone that acts like a prideful
person?
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Do you know anyone that acts like a prideful
person?
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Miss Franny thought that would be a grand idea!
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Miss Franny thought that would be a grand idea!
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Have you ever visited the Lincoln Memorial?
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Have you ever visited the Lincoln Memorial?
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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.

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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.

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Spelling Words Short Vowels VCCV

• contest
• engine
• finger
• accident
• fabric

• soccer
• flatten
• mammal
• intend
• magnet

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Short Vowels VCCV

• rally
• custom
• mitten
• happen
• admire

• cannon
• method
• gutter
• sudden
• rascal

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CHALLENGE

• dungeon
• magnify
• festival
• thunderstorm
• injury

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This Weeks Word Wall Words
Click and type your own words for this week
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Lets 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.
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admire
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magnet
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contest
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method
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custom
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rally
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soccer
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engine
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sudden
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finger
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accident
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mitten
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intend
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fabric
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flatten
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rascal
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gutter
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mammal
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happen
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cannon
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GREAT JOBCowpoke!
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http//www.scholastic.com/winndixie/index.htm
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• If I asked you WHO the characters in book were,
  you'd probably be able to name them. For
  instance, you might know that Charlotte is the
  main character in Charlotte's Web.
• You probably also know WHO the characters are in
  television shows or movies that you've seen. For
  example, Joe is a character on Blue's Clues.
• Stories need a plot (the series of events that
  happen), setting (the places where they occur),
  and characters (the people or animals who are
  affected by the plot and setting). But that's
  still WHO the characters are. We're talking about
  WHAT character is, not who some characters are.
• Character development is the collection of
  features that bring the people (or animals) to
  life. It's not just their physical features, but
  their mental features, their personalities, their
  appearance, and so on. Character is something you
  can figure out by paying attention to what they
  do, what they say, what they think and feel, and
  what others say about them.
• The degree to which a character is revealed
  classifies characters into flat and round ones.
  We know the most about round charactersthey are
  well-rounded. Flat characters are usually less
  detailed.
• Sometimes characters are very predictable. Think
  about the following kinds of characters
• The Hero/Heroine
• Class Clown
• Bully
• Brain
• Athlete
• For most of them, you can think of specific
  features that they're likely to have. In a good
  piece of writing, the characters go beyond the
  obvious features. They might have an unusual or
  surprising feature. Look at not just the person's
  outer qualities, at what the character looks
  like, but also at the inner qualities.
• How often have you seen a movie after reading the
  book it was based on and said, "That's not how I
  pictured ______, she should be taller, meaner,
  funnier"? Readers often see themselves or others
  they know in the fictional characters (human or
  animal) they read about in books. When we think
  about all the features that make up character,
  what the readers bring to the story is just as
  important as what the author wrote.

http//www.readwritethink.org/lesson_images/lesson
59/characterhandout.pdf