

When 10-year-old India Opal Buloni moves to Naomi, Florida, with her father, she doesn't know what to expect - least of all, that she'll adopt Winn-Dixie, a dog she names after the supermarket where they met. Grâce à Winn-Dixie, le chien qui sourit, Opal, une nouvelle venue au village, réussit à se créer un cercle d'amis, parmi lesquels elle trouve espoir et réconfort. Power Practice: Summary and Inference, Gr.

And finally, it is the story of the love between a girl and her dog a pet that has an uncanny ability to bring kindred spirits together. About the Novel: This is a story in which a ten-year-old girl must face the abandonment of her mother, and find the answer to the question “Will she ever come back?” The answer, surprisingly, is “No!”, but India Opal Buloni, over the course of the novel, learns to deal with this answer through her experiences and support of a growing circle of friends, all of whom has also suffered some kind of loss themselves. Aligned to your State Standards and written to Bloom's Taxonomy, additional crossword, word search, comprehension quiz and answer key are also included. Use a fishbone organizer to keep track of different aspects of the characters, setting and resolution from the novel. Write a chapter for a nonfiction tour book about the town of Naomi, Florida. Students put themselves into Opal's shoes to understand her state of mind when Winn-Dixie is missing. Infer the meaning of certain character actions towards Opal. Using multiple choice, choose the best answer that describes how certain events in the story took place. Students write the meaning of vocabulary words from the book in their own words. Our resource is a useful tool to write, discuss, assess, and challenge all learners. Please do not unintentionally duplicate your order.Students learn of loss and longing, loneliness and friendship, and finding contentment and a place for oneself. Individual components are offered for those customers who do not wish to purchase the full Teaching Guide. IMPORTANT NOTE: Because of Winn-Dixie Teaching Guide contains ALL of the material available in each of the following purchase options. View SAMPLE PAGES (Use back arrow to exit sample pages.) GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS for writing based on specific novel events or characters. SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT/SOMETHING TO WRITE ABOUT open-ended prompts based on Bloom’s Taxonomy that cover the novel chapter-by-chapter and as a whole book. Students will need to read the book carefully and thoroughly for FACTUAL CONTENT in order to score well on these tests. The questions cover the novel as chapter-by-chapter quizzes and as a whole book test. Because of Winn-Dixie Teaching Guide is a 60-page, three component resource for teaching Kate DiCamillo’s 2001 Newbery Honor Book.īecause of Winn-Dixie Teaching Guide Components:Ī series of OBJECTIVE TESTS that check for basic story comprehension.
