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Because of Winn-Dixie

Because of Winn-Dixie. 4 th Grade – Kristi Goggans Unit 1 Week 1. Genre – Realistic Fiction. Realistic Fiction has characters and events that are like people and events in real life. . Vocabulary Strategy - Suffixes.

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Because of Winn-Dixie

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  1. Because of Winn-Dixie 4th Grade – Kristi Goggans Unit 1 Week 1

  2. Genre – Realistic Fiction • Realistic Fiction has characters and events that are like people and events in real life.

  3. Vocabulary Strategy - Suffixes • Suppose you are reading and come to a word you don’t know. Does the word have –ful or –al at the end? You can use the suffix to help you figure out the word’s meaning. • The suffix –ful can make a word mean “full of ___”, as in careful. • The suffix – al can make a word mean “ of or like _____” as in fictional

  4. Comprehension Skill - Sequence • Events in a story occur in a certain order, or sequence. The sequence of events can be important to understanding a story. • Sometimes events in a story can be told out of sequence. Something that happened earlier may be told after something that happened later.

  5. Comprehension Strategy - Summarize • Good readers summarize. As they read, they pause to sum up the important ideas or events. This helps them to remember the information. As you read, think about the main events that occur.

  6. Vocabulary Grand Selecting Memorial Peculiar Positive Prideful Recalls

  7. Memorial • Monument

  8. Selecting • To pick or to choose

  9. Prideful • Vain

  10. Peculiar • Strange, Odd, or Different

  11. Recalls • Remember

  12. Positive • Certain or For Sure

  13. Grand • Wonderful

  14. What happened in the story BEFORE Opal found Winn-Dixie? • She made a new friend. • She moved to Naomi, Florida. • She took her dog to the library.

  15. Where does this story take place? • Amanda’s house • At school • Miss Franny’s library

  16. What was the author’s purpose for writing this story? • To entertain us with a funny story • To tell us what Florida used to be like • To compare dogs with bears

  17. The reader can tell that Miss Franny -- • Wanted Amanda to meet Opal • Liked spending time with Amanda • Was tired of hearing Amanda brag

  18. What is the author’s purpose for telling how the men once teased Miss Franny? • To show that everyone was trying to find the bear • To explain why Miss Franny was afraid of the bear • To show that people thought the bear story was funny

  19. When Miss Franny was like a child, how was she like Amanda? • She acted like she knew everything • She wanted to have a dog for a pet • She liked helping the librarian

  20. Why did Miss Franny look sad after telling her story? • She was scared the bear would come back • She was worried about Winn-Dixie • She missed the friends she once had

  21. What happened at the same time Amanda walked into the library? • Amanda thought she saw a bear • Winn-Dixie barked at Amanda • Miss Franny and Opal became friends

  22. How are Miss Franny and Opal alike? • They both like to read, and they are both lonely.

  23. What is the most important thing that happened because of Winn-Dixie? • Opal made her first friend in Naomi, Florida.

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