1. Harcourt Journeys: Story Selection
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2. Unit 1: Lesson 1 Because of Winn-Dixie
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3. Turn your Text Book to page 20.
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6. SET A PURPOSE 1 2 3

7. Good readers set a purpose for reading based on their preview of the story, and what they know about genre.
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8. What genre do you think this story is?
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9. This story is realistic fiction
This story is realistic fiction. Notice the characters look realistic in the photographs.
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10. What purpose might we have for reading this story?
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11. the characters are facing and how they solve their problem
Entertainment
Find out what problem
the characters are facing
and how they solve their
problem
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12. What is the setting of this selection?
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13. Answer: The Herman W. Block Memorial Library
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14. What are some possible reasons that Opal spends so much time at the library?
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15. Possible Answers: She doesn’t have any friends. She enjoys reading.
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16. Why might Opal teach Winn-Dixie to look in the library window?
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17. Possible Answers:
She doesn’t want him to be upset when she goes inside. She sees him as a friend more than a pet.
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STOP & THINK

19. Why do you think Miss Franny asks if Opal is positive Winn-Dixie is a dog and not a bear?
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20. Possible Answer:
She wants to make sure it isn’t a bear because she seems to have seen a bear at the library before.
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21. STOP & THINK:
What problem does Winn Dixie solve by standing up and looking through the window?
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22. Possible Answer:
Winn-Dixie can not go in the library. He cannot see what is going on inside.
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23. How does this event influence what happens next?
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24. Possible Answer: Miss Franny thinks she has seen a bear.
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26. What problem does Opal help resolve for Miss Franny when the librarian sees Winn-Dixie in the window?
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27. Possible Answer:
Miss Franny is scared because she thinks Winn-Dixie is a bear. Opal comforts Miss Franny and helps her get up from the floor and assures her that Winn-Dixie is a dog.
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28. Why does Opal bring Winn-Dixie into the library?
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29. Possible Answer: Winn-Dixie is lonely outside without Opal.
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30. What might happen if Miss Franny does not tell her story properly?
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31. Possible Answer: Opal might not understand the story or she might not enjoy it.
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32. How do you think Winn-Dixie and Miss Franny will get along? Why?
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33. Possible Answer: Miss Franny and Winn-Dixie will become friends because Miss Franny pats him on the head and Winn-Dixie wags his tail.
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34. STOP & THINK:
Authors sometimes use a flashback to tell about events that happened before the time in which the larger story is set.
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35. STOP & THINK: Authors do this to give you information about the past.
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36. STOP & THINK:
Flashback events can explain what caused problems in the main story.
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37. STOP & THINK:
Flashbacks also tell readers more about other story elements, such as the characters and setting.
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38. STOP & THINK:
Which details in the text tell you that a flashback is part of this selection?
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39. Possible Answer: Miss Franny uses phrases like “back when Florida was wild” and “I was just a little girl, no bigger than you.”
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40. STOP & THINK: What might the flashback tell readers about Miss Franny?
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41. Possible Answer: It might tell why Miss Franny reacted so strongly to seeing Winn-Dixie in the window.
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44. How did Miss Franny become a librarian?
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45. Answer: When she was a child, Miss Franny asked her father for a small library. He built one for her and she became the librarian of her own library.
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46. Franny says that bear had a peculiar smell
Franny says that bear had a peculiar smell. What other animals have a peculiar smell?
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47. Possible Answer: A skunk.
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49. Retell in correct sequence the events that happen once Miss Franny sees there is a bear in the library.
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50. Check Your Answer:
First, they both looked at each other. Then, the bear sniffed the air. Miss Franny sat in her chair thinking. Then, she decided to put up a fight, Next, she picked up a big book and threw it at the bear and yelled at it. Finally, the bear took the book and left.
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51. Why do you think that the part of the story Miss Franny will never forget is when the bear took the book?
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52. Possible Answer: Because it is so strange and funny that a bear would run off with a big book.
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54. In what way do all three main characters deal with the problem of loneliness?
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55. Possible Answer: They all overcome the problem of loneliness by becoming friends with each other.
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56. What is the author’s message about loneliness?
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57. Possible Answer: When people help each other and share their lives, they become friends. Friendship overcomes loneliness.
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58. How does Opal feel Amanda Wilkinson?
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59. Possible Answer: She doesn’t seem to like her because she calls her “old pinched-faced Amanda,” which probably means Opal thinks Amanda is mean. Amanda also seems boastful which is not a nice quality.
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61. STOP & THINK

62. STOP & THINK:
Summarizing stories by retelling the important plot events in your own words will help you comprehend the story better.
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63. STOP & THINK: Complete a story map to retell the main events.
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64. Projectable 1.3a
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67. How did you do?
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