Unit 5, Week 1 Because of Winn-Dixie

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Unit 5, Week 1Because of Winn-Dixie

• 4th Grade
• ONeal Elementary

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Fluency

• Intonation/Pausing
• Good readers group words into phrases.
• Pause at commas and stop at end marks.
• Well, one hot Thursday, I was sitting in my
  library with all the doors and windows open and
  my nose stuck in a book, when a shadow crossed my
  desk.

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Phonics
VCCV Game

• Decode words with the VCCV Pattern
• In most words with the VCCV pattern, the first
  vowel should be short. The word will be divided
  between the consonants in most cases.
• When the two consonants are digraphs, the word is
  divided either before the first consonant or
  after the second.

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Phonics Continued

• plastic plas tic
• swallow
• foggy
• picket
• album
• bitter
• holly

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Vocabulary

• selecting-choosing
• positive-certain, sure
• snuffled-sniffed usually loudly
• consisted- made up
• peculiar- not usual strange
• advanced-beyond

Quia 1 Quia 2
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Vocabulary

• Denotation- dictionary meaning
• Connotation- feelings or ideas associated with
  the word

Word Denotation Connotation
advanced beyond the beginning level better than others ahead of the rest
handshake
flag
Connotation/Denotation Game
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ComprehensionDrawing Conclusions

• You can use information from a story, as well as
  personal experience, to draw conclusions.
• By paying attention to details, you can draw
  conclusions about what a character may say or do
  next or how the plot might change as the story
  unfolds.
• http//www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/h/inference
  sp.cfm

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Vocabulary In Context

• Opal moved through the store, carefully
  ___________ the items she wanted to buy.
• Her entire order __________ of macaroni and
  cheese, tomatoes, and rice.
• Winn-Dixie influenced Opals life in a ________
  way.
• His coat had no _____, or unpleasant, odor.
• Winn-Dixie was smart, more ____________ than the
  average dog.
• Sometimes, Winn-Dixie _______________ along the
  floor, looking for food.

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Vocabulary

• literal meaning- dictionary definition.
• figurative meaning- they are used as figures of
  speech, such as metaphors and idioms.
• http//www.readwritethink.org/materials/idioms/

Idiom Literal Meaning Figurative Meaning
face the music Accept the unpleasant consequences of one's actions.
spill the beans
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Vocabulary

• Affixes Prefixes and Suffixes
• Root Word Base Word
• Create New Words.Suffix/Prefix Machine
• http//websites.ntl.com/7Efixbyji/literacy/suffix
  prefix.htm

word root word prefix suffix new word
unhappy
kindness
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Literary Elements

• Onomatopoeia- is the use of a word that imitates
  the sound that it stands for, such as hiss.
• http//interactives.mped.org/preview_mg.aspx?id73
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• Simile- compares two different things, usually
  using the words like or as.
• http//www.rhlschool.com/eng3n25.htm

popping
hissing
simile
as hungry as a horse
2. crazy like a fox
3.
onomatopoeia
Free Verse Poetry PBS Free
Verse
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Comprehension-Summarize

• To summarize a story, you must identify the most
  important ideas or events.

Event
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ComprehensionRegional Speech

• Peoples everyday speech is often influenced by
  the history and culture of the place in which
  they live. When we travel, we can hear
  differences in pronunciation.
• The setting of Because of Winn-Dixie takes place
  in a town in Florida. Where is Florida located
  in the United States?
• She didnt weigh hardly anything at all.

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Reflection Day 1

• Using a word web or simple chart, analyze the
  denotation and connotation of the word peculiar.
  Use the dictionary and your prior knowledge.
• Does peculiar have a positive or negative
  connotation? Why do you feel that way?

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Reflection Day 2

• Summarize the information in the second paragraph
  on page 546 to explain how an action that the
  narrator takes puts the events of the story in
  motion.
• On page 549, the narrator says Winn-Dixie has a
  large heart. What connotation does the word
  heart have?

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Reflection Day 3

• How do would you summarize Miss Frannys
  experience with the bear?
• Why is the last paragraph on page 552 important
  to the story?
• What is the connotation of the word grand when
  Miss Franny says, Why, that would be grand. . .
  just grand? (page 554)

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Reflection Day 4

• On page 558, the poet did not use a simile in the
  first nine lines of the poem, but has compared
  several things. What simile can you create to
  show one of her comparisons?
• How does the authors use of onomatopoeia bring
  the words from her book to life?

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Reflection Day 5

• Besides the word popped, what other examples of
  onomatopoeia can you find in the poem on pages
  558-559?
• Compare the narrator in the poem on pages 558-559
  with the narrator in Because of Winn-Dixie. How
  are they alike? How are they different?