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These trifolds are made for use with the story Because of Winn-Dixie. Use one section of the trifold each day to teach important reading comprehension and text analysis skills.

Each section of the trifold is designed to be a single day's reading lesson. This

includes reading the selection, discussing important vocabulary and the question of the day, and giving students time to respond. Depending on your class and the time you have allotted for reading instruction, you may have time to do 2 sections per day.

In addition, I have included an instructional guide that includes the day’s reading, teaching point, academic vocabulary covered in the trifold, and chapter vocabulary that may be challenging.

These lessons can be adapted for grades 3-6 depending on the level of pre-teaching and support you provide your students. One way to help struggling learners is to read as a class and discuss the day's question as a class before students go to work independently. This gives them a number of options to help them develop their ideas. For more advanced students, this can be used to support an independent novel study or small group.

I hope you find these trifolds and the accompanying

word wall cards useful in crafting your novel study.

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installment

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12 3

Chapters to read: 1 Chapters to read: 2 Chapters to read: 3

Strategy Strategy Strategy

Focus: Using the title, illustrations,

and what you’ve read in the first

chapter, what do you predict

this story will be about? Give

reasons for your answer.

Focus: What are the 3 main

events in this chapter that

made the story exciting.

Focus: Describe Opal and Winn-

Dixie. How are they similar? How

are they different?

Respond:

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Predicting Sequencing Connecting

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Finally Finally Finally Finally

Recall: Why did Opal name

the dog Winn-Dixie? Recall: How old was Opal when

her mother left?

Title: Because of Winn-

Dixie

Author: Kate DiCamillo

Name:_______________

Date:_________

4 5Chapters to read: 4 Chapters to read: 5

Focus: Create a word search about the story using character names,

place names, and new vocabulary

you have learned. Share it with a

friend.

Focus: Why do you think Opal

can sympathize with Winn-Dixie?

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Respond:

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Word Work Inferring Strategy

Recall: Why did Opal write down

the things her father told her about

her mother?

Focus: What is sympathy? Use a

dictionary to help you find the part

of speech and definition.

Part of Speech:

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1 2 3Chapters to read: 6 Chapters to read: 7-8 Chapters to read: 9-10

Strategy Strategy

Recall: What kind of animal did

the librarian think Winn-Dixie was

at first?

Focus: Create a summary of

these chapters. Remember a

summary is a beginning, middle,

and end main idea written as a

paragraph.

Focus: Describe with words and

pictures what you imagine the

Dewberry boys look like.

Respond:

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Summarizing Visualizing Strategy

Focus: Compare and contrast

Winn-Dixie and the animal. How

are they similar? How are they

different?

Connecting

Title: Because of Winn-

Dixie

Author: Kate DiCamillo

Name:_______________

Date:_________

5Chapters to read: 11-12

Focus: As you are reading,

record questions you would ask

characters from the story.

Questioning Sequencing Strategy

Focus: What was Opal’s daily

routine? Put the events in order.

Strategy

4Chapters to read: 13-14

Character Character Character Character QuestionQuestionQuestionQuestion

Recall: What is Winn-Dixie’s

“pathological fear”?

Respond:

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Beginning

End

Recall: Why does Gloria Dump

show Opal her tree?

Respond:

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1 2 3Chapters to read: 15-17 Chapters to read: 18-19 Chapters to read: 20-21

Strategy Strategy

Focus: Excluding Winn-Dixie and

Opal, which character do you

think is most important to the

plot? Explain why.

Focus: How could you change

the plot to make it appeal to a

different audience?

Respond:

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Analyzing Creating Strategy Questioning

Focus: As you are reading,

record questions that you have.

What if…

Why did….

I wonder…

Recall: Who was Littmus W.

Block?

Respond:

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Focus: What is the author’s

purpose? Who is the intended

audience for the story?

Respond:

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Title: Because of Winn-

Dixie

Author: Kate DiCamillo

Name:_______________

Date:_________

The Worst Book

I’ve Read

5Chapters to read: 22-24

Word Skills Evaluating

Focus: Using the scale below,

describe where this book fits in

comparison to the best book

you’ve ever read. Provide

reasoning for your choice.

Strategy

4Chapters to read: 25-26

Focus: Choose 2 new words.

From the chapter. Write a page

number, definition, and

illustration for each.

Respond:

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The Best Book

I’ve Read

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