Because of Winn-Dixie - Book Units Teacher

1 ~ Page 1 Gay Miller ~ Created by Gay Miller Because of Winn-Dixie Digital + Printable Book Unit Preview ~ Page 2 Gay Miller ~ Thank you for downloading this preview of Because of Winn-Dixie Book Unit. Other products in this series may be found at Purchase the full unit here. Because of Winn-Dixie Genre ~ Comedy Interest Level ~ Grades 3 5 Grade level Equivalent: Lexile Measure : 610L ~ Page 3 Gay Miller ~ Table of Contents Password for Interactive Quizzes 5 Link for Google Resources 6 Materials Needed for Creating the Foldable Graphic Organizers 13 Lesson Plans at a glance 14 How to Use this Resource 15 Vocabulary Teaching Method 16 Vocabulary List 18 Vocabulary Bookmarks 25 Vocabulary Word Cards 27 Vocabulary Storage Pocket 32 Vocabulary Practice Booklet 33 Vocabulary Test 55 How to Use this Resource for Writing 59 Comprehension / Common Core State Standards Alignment 61

2 Comprehension Chapters 1-2 65 Chapters 1-2 - Setting 67 Chapters 1-2 Characters ~ Winn-Dixie 69 Comprehension Chapters 3-4 71 Chapter 3 Comparing Opal to Winn-Dixie 73 Chapter 4 Characters ~ Opal s Mother 75 Comprehension Chapters 5-6 77 Chapter 5 Problem and Solution Chain 79 Point of View 81 Comprehension Chapters 7-8 84 Chapters 1-7 Figurative Language 86 Chapter 8 Summarizing 88 Comprehension Chapters 9-10 90 Chapter 9 Characters 92 Chapters 9-10 - Inference 94 Comprehension Chapters 11-12 96 Chapter 11 Cause and Effect 98 Chapter 12 Character Map ~ Otis 100 Comprehension Chapters 13-14 102 Chapter 13 - Course of Action 104 Chapter 14 Symbolism ~ Gloria Dump s Mistake Tree 106 Comprehension Chapters 15-16 108 Chapter 15 Characters ~ Gloria & Miss Franny 110 Chapter 16 Character s Reaction to Events 112 Comprehension Chapters 17-18 114 Chapter 17 Symbolism ~ Littmus Lozenge 116 Chapter 18 Character s Reaction ~ The Preacher 118 Comprehension Chapters 19-20 120 Figurative Language

3 122 ~ Page 4 Gay Miller ~ Chapter 20 Characters Reaction to Party Invitation 125 Comprehension Chapters 21-22 127 Theme 129 Chapter 22 Responding to Text 131 Comprehension Chapters 23-24 133 Chapter 23 Mood 135 Chapter 24 Character Change 137 Comprehension Chapters 25-26 139 Chapter 25 Otis and Opal s Friendship 141 Chapter 25 Timeline of the Party 143 Chapter 26 Symbolism (Character Change) 145 Full Book Plot Development Chart 147 End of the Book Comparing the Book to the Movie 151 Skill Practice/Common Core Alignment 152 Prefix and Suffix Cards & Pockets 156 When to Use tion or sion Organizer 168 Prefix and Suffix Practice 172 Root Words Organizer 181 Prefix and Suffix Sorting Activity 185 Figurative Language Response Cards 196 Figurative Language Three Door Flip Organizer 202 Idiom Memory 206 Game Activities to use With Task Cards 220 Context Clues Organizer 235 Context Clues Task

4 Cards 239 Context Clues Game Board 244 Capitalization Organizer 251 Capitalization Task Cards 264 Modal Auxiliaries 275 Modal Auxiliaries Organizer 276 Modal Auxiliaries Task Cards 281 Spelling Rules Organizer 291 Spelling Rules Spoons Game 292 Irregular Verbs Chart 317 Connotation & Denotation Graphic Organizer 321 Connotation/Character Traits Activity 325 Scope and Sequences for this Series 336 Credits 342 ~ Page 5 Gay Miller ~ Lesson Plans at a glance Read Vocabulary Vocabulary Practice Book Constructed Response Question Skill Practice Chapters 1-2 missionary fortunate Page 1 Setting Characters ~ Winn-Dixie Prefix and Suffix Cards & Pockets When to Use tion or sion Organizer Chapters 3-4 intended constellations Page 2 Comparing Opal to Winn-Dixie Characters ~ Opal s Mother Prefix and Suffix Practice Root Words Organizer Chapters 5-6 potluck snuffled Page 3 Problem and Solution Chain Point of View Prefix and Suffix Sorting Activity Chapters 7-8 prideful installment Page 4 Figurative Language

5 Summarizing Figurative Language Response Cards Figurative Language Three Door Flip Organizer Chapters 9-10 identical busted Page 5 Characters Inference Idiom Memory Chapters 11-12 pathological terrorized Page 6 Cause and Effect Character Map ~ Otis Context Clues Organizer Chapters 13-14 cooped up roundabout Page 7 Course of Action Symbolism ~ Gloria Dump s Mistake Tree Context Clues Task Cards Chapters 15-16 rights abiding Page 8 Characters ~ Gloria & Miss Franny Character s Reaction to Events Capitalization Organizer Chapters 17-18 lozenge melancholy Page 9 Symbolism ~ Littmus Lozenge Character s Reaction ~ The Preacher Capitalization Task Cards Chapters 19-20 on account of barbecue Page 10 Figurative Language Character s Reactions to Party Modal Auxiliaries Organizer Chapters 21-22 frilly shuffled Page 11 Theme Responding to Text Modal Auxiliaries Task Cards Chapters 23-24 teetery drizzle Pages 12-13 Mood Character Change Spelling Rules Organizer Chapters 25 -26 plumb strummed Page 14 Otis and

6 Opal s Friendship Timeline of the Party Symbolism Spelling Rules Spoons Game Irregular Verbs Chart Vocabulary Test Plot Development Comparing the Book to the Movie Connotation & Denotation Graphic Organizer Connotation/Character Traits Activity ~ Page 6 Gay Miller ~ Chapter 2 missionary (noun) a person who is sent by a church or religious order to a foreign country to teach, convert, heal, or serve; apostle, ambassador, minister, preacher Before I was born, he was a missionary in India and that is how I got my first name.

7 Chapter 2 fortunate (adjective) having good fortune; lucky, blessed, prosperous, well-off, rich, successful Daddy, do you know how you always tell me that we should help those less fortunate than ourselves? Mmmmmm-hmmm, he said. He rubbed his nose and looked around at his papers. Well, I said, I found a Less Fortunate at the grocery store. Is that right? he said. Yes sir, I told him. I stared at the preacher really hard. Sometimes he reminded me of a turtle hiding inside its shell, in there thinking about things and not ever sticking his head out into the world.

8 Daddy, I was wondering. Could this Less Fortunate, could he stay with us for a while? .. Chapter 3 intend (verb) to have in mind as something to do, propose, aim, determine, plan, resolve You could still see his ribs, but I intended to feed him good and that would take care of that.. Chapter 4 constellations (noun) a group of stars in the sky that is thought to look like, and is named after, an animal, object, or person Let s see, he said. She knew all the constellations, every planet in the nighttime sky.

9 ~ Page 7 Gay Miller ~ ~ Page 8 Gay Miller ~ ocabulary Review _____ to pack my lunch, but I awoke too late. you finish a major project like this one, you should feel a little _____. _____gave a talk to our class about the work he had done in Mississippi to help the flood victims. am an _____ citizen; I never break the law. threw the ball in the living room and _____ the lamp. Chapters 1-2 [missionary & fortunate] 1. Is missionary used correctly in the sentences below?

10 True or False _____ The missionary performed the wedding ceremony in his hometown of Jacksonville. _____ Susan and Dave are traveling with a group of missionaries to do dental work. _____ The missionary set up a clinic in India. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. Circle five words in the box that are synonyms or closely related to the word fortunate. lucky honesty wretched harmful prosperous well-off successful blessed regret poor ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. Give an example of a time when you felt for