Transcript Harcourt Journeys: Story Selection Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott Unit 1: Lesson 1 Because of Winn-Dixie Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott Turn your Text Book to page.

Harcourt Journeys:
Story Selection
Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott
Unit 1: Lesson 1
Because of Winn-Dixie
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Turn your Text Book to
page 22.
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SET A
PURPOSE
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Good readers set a
purpose for reading based
on their preview of the
story, and what they know
about genre.
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What genre do you think
this story is?
Answer
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This story is realistic
fiction. Notice the
characters look realistic in
the photographs.
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What purpose might we
have for reading this story?
Answer
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 Entertainment
 Find out what problem
the characters are facing
and how they solve their
problem
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What is the setting of this
selection?
Answer
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Answer:
The Herman W. Block
Memorial Library
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What are some possible
reasons that Opal spends
so much time at the
library?
Answer
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Possible Answers:
She doesn’t have any
friends. She enjoys
reading.
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Why might Opal teach
Winn-Dixie to look in the
library window?
Answer
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Possible Answers:
She doesn’t want him to
be upset when she goes
inside. She sees him as a
friend more than a pet.
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STOP &
THINK
Why do you think Miss
Franny asks if Opal is
positive Winn-Dixie is a
dog and not a bear?
Answer
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Possible Answer:
She wants to make sure it
isn’t a bear because she
seems to have seen a bear
at the library before.
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STOP & THINK:
What problem does Winn
Dixie solve by standing up
and looking through the
window?
Answer
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Possible Answer:
Winn-Dixie can not go in
the library. He cannot see
what is going on inside.
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How does this event
influence what happens
next?
Answer
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Possible Answer:
Miss Franny thinks she has
seen a bear.
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STOP &
THINK
What problem does Opal
help resolve for Miss
Franny when the librarian
sees Winn-Dixie in the
window?
Answer
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Possible Answer:
Miss Franny is scared because she
thinks Winn-Dixie is a bear. Opal
comforts Miss Franny and helps
her get up from the floor and
assures her that Winn-Dixie is a
dog.
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Why does Opal bring WinnDixie into the library?
Answer
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Possible Answer:
Winn-Dixie is lonely outside
without Opal.
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What might happen if Miss
Franny does not tell her
story properly?
Answer
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Possible Answer:
Opal might not understand
the story or she might not
enjoy it.
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How do you think WinnDixie and Miss Franny will
get along? Why?
Answer
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Possible Answer:
Miss Franny and Winn-Dixie
will become friends because
Miss Franny pats him on the
head and Winn-Dixie wags his
tail.
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STOP & THINK:
Authors sometimes use a
flashback to tell about events
that happened before the time
in which the larger story is set.
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STOP & THINK:
Authors do this to give you
information about the past.
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STOP & THINK:
Flashback events can explain
what caused problems in the
main story.
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STOP & THINK:
Flashbacks also tell readers
more about other story
elements, such as the
characters and setting.
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STOP & THINK:
Which details in the text tell
you that a flashback is part of
this selection?
Answer
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Possible Answer:
Miss Franny uses phrases
like “back when Florida was
wild” and “I was just a little
girl, no bigger than you.”
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STOP & THINK:
What might the flashback tell
readers about Miss Franny?
Answer
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Possible Answer:
It might tell why Miss
Franny reacted so strongly
to seeing Winn-Dixie in the
window.
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How did Miss Franny
become a librarian?
Answer
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Answer:
When she was a child, Miss
Franny asked her father for a
small library. He built one for her
and she became the librarian of
her own library.
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Franny says that bear had a
peculiar smell. What other
animals have a peculiar
smell?
Answer
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Possible Answer:
A skunk.
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Retell in correct sequence the
events that happen once Miss
Franny sees there is a bear in
the library.
Answer
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Check Your Answer:
First, they both looked at each other.
Then, the bear sniffed the air. Miss Franny
sat in her chair thinking. Then, she
decided to put up a fight, Next, she picked
up a big book and threw it at the bear and
yelled at it. Finally, the bear took the book
and left.
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Why do you think that the part
of the story Miss Franny will
never forget is when the bear
took the book?
Answer
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Possible Answer:
Because it is so strange and
funny that a bear would
run off with a big book.
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In what way do all three main
characters deal with the
problem of loneliness?
Answer
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Possible Answer:
They all overcome the
problem of loneliness by
becoming friends with each
other.
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What is the author’s message
about loneliness?
Answer
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Possible Answer:
When people help each
other and share their lives,
they become friends.
Friendship overcomes
loneliness.
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How does Opal feel Amanda
Wilkinson?
Answer
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Possible Answer:
She doesn’t seem to like her
because she calls her “old pinchedfaced Amanda,” which probably
means Opal thinks Amanda is
mean. Amanda also seems boastful
which is not a nice quality.
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STOP &
THINK
STOP & THINK:
Summarizing stories by
retelling the important plot
events in your own words will
help you comprehend the
story better.
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STOP & THINK:
Complete a story map to retell
the main events.
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How did you do?
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