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A Character's Decalogue Using "Because of Winn Dixie"
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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Because of Winn Dixie: Water Management Practices
Fourth graders read the book Because of Winn Dixie and define the characters, setting, and plot. In this Winn Dixie lesson plan, 4th graders also identify quality water management techniques addressed in the story.
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About the Author: Kate DiCamillo
Students examine the writing process of Kate DiCamillo, the author of "Because of Winn-Dixie." They read author's comments, watch a slideshow narrated by the author, complete a free-write activity, and discuss Kate DiCamillo's top five...
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What Do You See?
Pupils practice visualizing elements from a poem or story. While reading a poem aloud, the instructor models what they see as they read the passage. Students draw a picture of the main character of the story "Because of Winn-Dixie" after...
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Adopt a Tree
Students adopt tress on their school campus for scientific observation purposes. In this tree science lesson, students adopt a tree at their school, observe the season changes for the tree, and create a PowerPoint presentation about the...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: A Left Brained Writing Prompt: An Original & Personal Decalogue
In this lesson plan 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...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: A Left Brained Writer's Notebook: A Pentalogue: 5 Personal Beliefs
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...