Because of Winn-Dixie: Author's Purpose

Imagine if all pets were named after grocery stores!  Using a helpful novel study on Kate DiCamillo's Because of Winn-Dixie, pupils complete a vocabulary exercise and answer questions about the text. They also research a state, province,...

In this Because of Winn Dixie worksheet, students use the provided graphic organizer to compare and contrast the book by Kate DiCamillo and the movie based on the book. Students also respond to 2 short answer questions.

In this Because of Winn Dixie worksheet, students explore characters and their relationships. Students complete a character web showing the relationships between seven characters in the story.

Between news articles, editorials, and comic strips, many different types of writing are presented to readers in a newspaper. The first lesson in this series helps children make sense of all this information by teaching them the key...

Young readers work through an informative article about filmmaking, and answer five multiple choice questions about the text. The format of the activity would make a good quiz or homework assignment. Additionally, a home activity prompts...

Focusing on Because of Winn Dixie by Donna Shelton, learners identify the importance of the setting in a story. First, they list where events occurred in the story, describing the setting. Then, they create a setting using KidPix....

Here is a fun resource that your kids will love. While reading the book Because of Winn-Dixie, they analyze the story's main characters by creating an online scrapbook. The purpose is to have them identify character traits and use...

Why do people love rare, exotic pets? Sixth graders find the author's purpose in this reading passage. After going through a passage about stolen animals, young readers circle the correct author's purpose and record evidence from the...

Do authors write to inform, entertain, or persuade? Use this cute rap about a tortoise and a rabbit to explore author's purpose. Young readers circle the purposes, record the evidence they found, and use their ideas to complete a chart....

Young scholars complete a variety of activities related to the book "Because of Winn-Dixie" by Kate DiCamillo. They create a scrapbook of the characters in the book, play a reading comprehension maze game, and participate in an online...