Transcript Written by: Kate DiCamillo Illustrated by: Kevin Hawkes

Written by: Kate
DiCamillo
Illustrated by:
Kevin Hawkes
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Vocabulary Definitions
Vocabulary Sentences
Additional Resources
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Genre:
Study Skills
Realistic Fiction
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Comprehension Skill:
Sequence
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Comprehension Strategy:
Summarize
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Comprehension Review Skill:
Author’s purpose
 Vocabulary: Suffixes
Genre: Realistic Fiction
In Realistic Fiction the
characters speak and act like
real people.
 The story describes real-life
problems and events.
 The outcome, or problem
resolution, seems to be
reasonable.
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Summary
Moving to a new town can be hard,
And making new friends can be even
harder. With the help of her dog, Winn
Dixie, Opal is able to get to know Miss
Franny Block, the local librarian. Miss
Block tells Opal an exciting tale about a
bear that once wandered into the library.
Comprehension Review Skill
 Author’s Purpose is the author’s
reason or reasons for writing this
story.
 Authors don’t usually tell you this.
You have to figure the reasons out.
 It might be to inform or teach, to
entertain, to express their feelings,
and to persuade or convince you.
DAY 1 Question
What
experiences
bring diverse
people together?
Vocabulary- Say It!
memorial
prideful
recalls
peculiar
grand
positive
selecting
More Words to
Know
attention
kindness
understanding
consisted
friendless
diversity
Comprehension Skill Summarizing
•A summary is a short statement that tells
the main ideas of a selection.
•A story summary should tell the goals of
the characters, how they try to reach
them, and whether they reach them.
•A summary of an article should tell the
main idea, leaving out unnecessary
details.
Tips on Summarizing
Listen to the Story
Comprehension Skill –
Sequence
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Sequence is the order of the events that occur in a
story.
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You can determine the order of events by clue
words such as first and next, in the beginning,
then, following, after, and finally.
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Some story events may occur at the same time.
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Other clue words to indicate sequence might be in
the beginning, then, following, after, and finally.
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Other story events, such as flashbacks, are told
out of order.
1.My dog Bella is a real
rascul?
2.Does stray dogs make
good pets.
Declarative Sentences
 These
are the most important
types of sentences.
 These sentences will tell you facts,
opinions, and other statements.
 This type of sentence will end with
a period.
Example Declarative Sentences
 The
sky is blue.
 I am a third grade student.
 We will go to the movies tomorrow.
 He is a great reader.
 We have a program in the morning.
 Our class is having a party on
Friday.
Interrogative Sentences
An
interrogative sentences asks
a question.
This type of sentence is usually
asked directly to someone.
This type of sentence ends with
a question mark.
Examples of Interrogative
Sentences
 Can
you repeat the question?
 Are we going to have recess today?
 What is your favorite movie?
 How do you answer this question?
 Do you have an extra pencil?
Exclamatory Sentences
This is a sentence that has very strong
emotion or surprise.
 Exclamatory sentences express the
intense feelings of a person.
 This type of sentence ends with an
exclamation point. (!)
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Examples of Exclamatory
Sentences
What a beautiful day!
 I am angry!
 You did a great job!
 I love the color of your room!
 You won the prize!
 That is a huge whale!
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Imperative Sentence
An imperative sentence
gives a command. It
ends with a period.
Go to your room.
Throw me the ball.
Bob, please close the door.
Spelling Words
DAY 2 Question of the Day
Can
an elderly
librarian and a
little girl really be
friends?
Vocabulary Skill –
Word Structure : Suffixes
•The suffix –ful means “full of.”
For example, prideful means “full
of pride.”
•The suffix –ly means “in a way
that is.”
•Sometimes –ful and –ly are
added to a base word together as
in pridefully, which means “acting
in a way that is full of pride.”
Let’s Practice Suffixes
Base Word
care
-ful
careful
-ful + ly
carefully
Sentence
memorial
helping people to
remember a person,
thing, or event
prideful
overly proud of
oneself; vain
recalls
calls back to
mind; remembers
peculiar
strange;
unusual
grand
excellent;
very good
positive
without doubt;
sure
selecting
picking out;
choosing
attention
care and
thoughtfulness;
consideration
kindness
treatment that does
good, rather than
harm; gentleness
understanding
comprehension;
knowledge
consisted
was made up of
friendless
without friends
diversity
differences
Weekly Fluency Check Tone of Voice
● You will use the rise and fall of
your voice to show where the
story includes questions and
where it is full of emotion.
● Go to page 33 and let’s reread
the last two paragraphs.
3. I teaching my dog to rol
over.
4. Dogs can learn to help
blind people. Or works
with the police.
What kind of
sentence is this?
Are you going to the
movies tonight?
Interrogative –
because the
sentence asks a
question
What kind of
sentence is this?
There are many
different kinds of
animals at the zoo.
Declarative –
because the
sentence makes
a statement
What kind of
sentence is this?
Bob has an iPod.
Declarative –
because the
sentence makes
a statement
What kind of
sentence is this?
Do you have an
iPod?
Interrogative –
because the
sentence asks a
question
What kind of
sentence is this?
What a great movie
that was!
Exclamatory –
because the
sentence shows
strong feeling
What kind of
sentence is this?
Be careful with your
iPod.
Imperative –
because the
sentence gives a
command
What kind of
sentence is this?
iPods are amazing!
Exclamatory –
because the
sentence shows
strong feeling
What kind of
sentence is this?
Bring your hat and
sunblock with you to
the beach.
Imperative –
because the
sentence gives a
command
What kind of
sentence is this?
Wow! What a play!
Exclamatory –
because the
sentence shows
strong feeling
What kind of
sentence is this?
The student went to
the store to buy
some candy.
Declarative –
because the
sentence makes
a statement
What kind of
sentence is this?
What is your favorite
food?
Interrogative –
because the
sentence asks a
question
What kind of
sentence is this?
Don’t forget to study
for the test.
Imperative –
because the
sentence gives a
command
What kind of
sentence is this?
This is the last
practice sentence.
Declarative –
because the
sentence makes
a statement
Group Work
Readers
& WB 4
Spelling Day 2
Language Arts Day 2
Tri-Fold Day 2
SmartBoard Game- Sequencing
SmartBoard Games
Sequencing
DAY 3 Question of the Day
What
do Miss
Franny and Opal
have in common?
Review Questions
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
What do you think it means to be called a
“know-it-all”?
What makes Miss Franny sad after telling the
story of the bear?
Why did Winn Dixie stand up at the window?
In what ways are Opal and Miss Franny
alike?
What kind of attitude does Amanda
Wilkinson have when she comes into the
library?
You will smell
peculiar odors at
the zoo!
You will smell
peculiar odors at
the zoo!
I hope you can
recall your lunch
number when you
are in line.
I hope you can
recall your lunch
number when you
are in line.
Are you really
positive of that
answer?
Are you really
positive of that
answer?
The soup
consisted of
beans and ham.
The soup
consisted of
beans and ham.
Do you need help in
selecting your library
books?
Do you need help in
selecting your library
books?
Winn-Dixie was all
alone and friendless.
Winn-Dixie was all
alone and friendless.
Do you know anyone
that acts like a
prideful person?
Do you know anyone
that acts like a
prideful person?
Miss Franny thought
that would be a grand
idea!
Miss Franny thought
that would be a grand
idea!
Have you ever visited
the Lincoln
Memorial?
Have you ever visited
the Lincoln
Memorial?
5. Our class study in the
library every tuesday.
6. We read quietly for an
our, we can read any book
we like.
Group Work
•Partner Read & WB 7-8
•Spelling Day 3
•Language Arts Day 3
•Tri-Fold Day 3
•SmartBoard Game- Vocabulary
Practice
TOC
SmartBoard Games
Vocabulary
Practice
DAY 4 Question of the Day
Why
might it cause
problems when people
move into black bears’
home territory?”
SmartBoard Games
Reading
Comprehension Game
7. A bear is a large
mamal?
8. Grizzly bears is bigger
then black bears.
SmartBoard Games
Grammar
Practice
Group Work
Reading
Computer Test
Language Arts WB 3
Essay Questions
Tri-Fold Section 4
Essay Questions
1. How did Opal seem to feel about
Amanda Wilkinson?
2. What brought both Miss Franny
and Opal to the library?
3. What is the most important thing
that happened because of WinnDixie?
DAY 5 Question
What
experiences
bring diverse
people together?
Research/Study Skill –
Map/Globe/Atlas
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A map is an illustration of a place. It
could be a drawing of your yard or a solar
system.
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A map’s legend contains a compass rose
showing direction, a scale showing
distance, and a key showing symbols on
the map and what they represent.
Research/Study Skill –
Map/Globe/Atlas
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A globe is a sphere
with a map of the
world on it.
 An
atlas is a book
that contains maps.
9. I love to here Miss
Block tell his stories.
10. Some off her stories
are hard to believe
Group Work
Reading
WB 9-10
Language WB 4
Writing Assignment
Tri-Fold Section 5
Literary Device – Idioms
TE Pg. 39b
An idiom is a type of figurative language
that cannot be understood by the ordinary
meanings of words.
 When Lou said, “I don’t have long to go,”
he meant he didn’t have much time to
live, not that he had a distance to travel.
 Often an idiom can be understood by
figuring out what makes sense in context
 Find the idiom on page 29.
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http://www.funbrain.com/funbrain/idioms/
http://www.englishdaily626.com/idioms.php
Writing Assignment
Write a memoir about an experience
you have had with a pet or other
animal. Tell about the events in
sequence. Give details about what
you saw and how you felt.
 Vary your sentences to make your
writing more interesting to read.
 Use vivid adjective and strong verbs
to make the experience come alive.
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Memoir
A memoir tells about an interesting
event or experience in your life. It
may include information about how
you felt, what you saw, or why you
did something.
 Memoirs are also known as personal
essays.
 A memoir that tells a person's life
story is called an autobiography.
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Additional Resources
Character Study
 Webquests, Crosswords, Chapter Quizes
 TONS of Information
 Make an online scrapbook
 Comprehension Maze Game
 Types of Sentences
 Suffix Games Internet 4 Classrooms
 BrainPop: Prewriting: Choosing a Topic
 Sequencing Study Zone
 Genres Study Zone
 Because of Winn Dixie Website
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