Because of Winn-Dixie
Grades 1 – 2, Grades 3 – 5
Themes
Friendship, understanding other people’s stories and one’s own story
Subjects
Language Arts, Math, Social Studies
Activity Highlights
Keeping a writing journal to write regularly about the content of Winn-Dixie and one’s responses to it, imagining you have eaten a Littmus Lozenge, your own neighborhood and its comings and goings.
Because of Winn-Dixie Figuratively Speaking
Because of Winn-Dixie Educator’s DVD Guide
Because of Winn-Dixie Activity Guide
Focuses in greater depth on story themes and the importance of reading and reading aloud to others. It features excerpts from the NEA’s report Reading at Risk on why it is crucial that students learn to love literature.
Because of Winn-Dixie Movie Vs Book
Designed to encourage students to write about the experience of reading and seeing Because of Winn-Dixie.
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