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Because of Winn-Dixie

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Readers analyze an excerpt from Kate DiCamillo's novel Because of Winn-Dixie. They read silently, and then hear it read aloud. Definitions for underlined vocabulary words are in the margin, and other potentially difficult words...
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Because of Winn-Dixie

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
Take an in-depth look at a passage from Kate DiCamillo's Because of Winn-Dixie. Included here is the reading passage as well as a step-by-step procedure for reading the text, a set of text-dependent questions, and a final writing...
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Because of Winn-Dixie Scrapbook

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Here is a fun resource that your kids will love. While reading the book Because of Winn-Dixie, they analyze the story's main characters by creating an online scrapbook. The purpose is to have them identify character traits and use...
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Because of Winn-Dixie

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners complete a variety of activities related to the book "Because of Winn-Dixie" by Kate DiCamillo. They create a scrapbook of the characters in the book, play a reading comprehension maze game, and participate in an online...
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Because of Winn-Dixie

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students make connections with the book Because of Winn-Dixie through writing.  In this writing lesson, students pretend to be the main character and write a letter to her mother, using very descriptive language.  Students also...
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A Character's Decalogue Using "Because of Winn Dixie"

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students read the book Because of Winn Dixie and then create a personal decalogue, which is a list of 10 personal beliefs. In this decalogue lesson plan, students then write a decalogue of a fictional character and write a story based on...
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Because of Winn Dixie: Water Management Practices

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders read the book Because of Winn Dixie and define the characters, setting, and plot. In this Winn Dixie lesson plan, 4th graders also identify quality water management techniques addressed in the story.
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About the Author: Kate DiCamillo

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students examine the writing process of Kate DiCamillo, the author of "Because of Winn-Dixie." They read author's comments, watch a slideshow narrated by the author, complete a free-write activity, and discuss Kate DiCamillo's top five...
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Stump the Dump Maze Game

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students complete reading Because of Winn-Dixie individually or as a class. As students reunite Opal and Winn-Dixie in this timed reading comprehension maze game, they demonstrate their understanding of the novel's plot, theme, and...
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What Do You See?

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Pupils practice visualizing elements from a poem or story. While reading a poem aloud, the instructor models what they see as they read the passage. Students draw a picture of the main character of the story "Because of Winn-Dixie" after...
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The Power of Mental Images: Visualizing Literature

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Looking for a powerful reading comprehension method? Try visualization! Learners use this strategy to increase comprehension of a chapter book selected by the teacher. As an assessment, individuals or small groups draw pictures of the...
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Adopt a Tree

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students adopt tress on their school campus for scientific observation purposes. In this tree science lesson, students adopt a tree at their school, observe the season changes for the tree, and create a PowerPoint presentation about the...
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Language Arts: Creating Character Maps

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders select characters from books they have read to create character maps. After drawing the maps, they add the characteristics around a sketch of their chosen character. In groups, 3rd graders who have read the same book,...
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Character Mapping

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders choose one character from a book they have read recently. Using paper, they create a character map of the character along with a small drawing to show what they look like. To end the lesson, they share their character map...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Because of Winn Dixie: A New Point of View

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This is a language arts lesson concentrating on point of view and narrative writing. Using the novel Because of Winn-Dixie, by Kate DiCamillo, students practice retelling part of a story from another point of view.
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Louisiana Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Grade 3: Because of Winn Dixie: Unit Files

For Teachers 3rd
A Google Drive folder with instructional presentations, discussion questions, student activities, and assessments for the book, Because of Winn-Dixie.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Because of Winn Dixie

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
During this lesson, two classes in different locations will participate separately in literature circles using Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo. The discussion of the book will be a collaborative project using distance learning.
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Read Write Think: Characters In

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Contains plans for five lessons for the book "Because of Winn-Dixie" by Kate DiCamillo. Young scholars create lists of ten to summarize the features of characters. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains...
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: English Language Arts: Grade 3: Because of Winn Dixie

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Third graders learn about the value of companionship, the joy of finding friends in unexpected places, and the significance of building a community of different perspectives. They explore how authors develop the reader's understanding of...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: A Character's Decalogue [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
For this lesson young scholars will write a personal decalogue for themselves, create a decalogue for an imaginary character and then, in the spirit of Because of Winn Dixie By Kate DiCamillo, they will write a short story where two...
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Read Write Think: Get the Reel Scoop: Comparing Books to Movies

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Students compare a book to its film adaptation, and then perform readers theater of a scene from the book that they feel was not well represented in the movie version.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: A Character's Decalogue

For Students 4th - 7th Standards
In this lesson, the writer first writes a personal decalogue (a list of ten personal beliefs) about something important to him/her. The writer then creates a decalogue for a fictional character they will invent and envision. The final...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: A Left Brained Writer's Notebook: A Pentalogue: 5 Personal Beliefs

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
This lesson has students create an end-of-year reflective pentalogue (five personal beliefs). The list is to be about five different things each student has learned in the past year about what makes good, high-quality writing. A revised...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: A Left Brained Writing Prompt: An Original & Personal Decalogue

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
In this lesson plan students create a list of ten personal thoughts about one topic. First, create your list's title; it should have the word I or my somewhere in the title to show that it's a personal list. Then create ten items that...

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