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 explore characters and their relationships. Students complete a character web showing the relationships between seven characters in the story.

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...

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...

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...

Learners 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...

Learners analyze sensory images from the book, Because of Winn Dixie.  In this descriptive writing lesson plan, students participate in a paired reading activity and discuss elements of plot and sensory images. Learners compose a journal...

Young scholars complete a Knowledge Rating Scale graphic organizer to rate new vocabulary encountered in the book, Because of Winn Dixie. In this pre reading activity, students do oral paired reading and then document what they know...

For this comprehension worksheet, students answer a set of 9 multiple choice questions covering part 3 of Because of Winn Dixie. An answer key is included at the bottom of the page.