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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

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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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

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 are in...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Litmus Lozenges: Sweet and Sorrowful (Because of Winn Dixie)

For Students 4th - 5th
In this Because of Winn Dixie worksheet, students explore characters and their relationships. Students complete a character web showing the relationships between seven characters in the story.
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Organizer
Curated OER

Because of Winn-Dixie The Movie vs. The Book

For Students 4th - 7th
In this Because of Winn Dixie worksheet, students use the provided graphic organizer to compare and contrast the book by Kate DiCamillo and the movie based on the book. Students also respond to 2 short answer questions.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Because of Winn-Dixie

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Pupils make connections with the book Because of Winn-Dixie through writing.  In this writing instructional activity, students pretend to be the main character and write a letter to her mother, using very descriptive language.  Pupils...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

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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Worksheet
Curated OER

Because of Winn Dixie Activity

For Students 4th
In this Because of Winn Dixie worksheet, 4th graders use characters from the story to complete a problem solving activity. Students must determine which items to buy and how to earn the money for those items. There are five different...
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Activity
Scholastic

Scholastic: Because of Winn Dixie

For Students 3rd - 8th
Great site for using cross-curriculum sources after reading Because of Winn-Dixie. This site contains a scrapbook, play, information about the author, movie slideshow and much more.
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Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: A Character's Decalogue [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson plan students 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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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

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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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Because of Winn Dixie

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
During this instructional activity, 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...
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Lesson Plan
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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Lesson Plan
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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Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

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

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
In this activity 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 fit...