1. Because of Winn-Dixie By Kate DiCamillo Illustrated by Kevin Hawkes Visit the Author Compiled by Terry Sams PESTerry Sams

2. Study Skills Genre: Realistic Fiction Comprehension Skill: Sequence Comprehension Strategy: Summarize Comprehension Review Skill: Author’s purpose Vocabulary: Suffixes

3. GenreGenre: Realistic FictionRealistic Fiction In Realistic Fiction the characters speak and act like real people.Realistic Fiction The story describes real-life problems and events. The outcome, or problem resolution, seems to be reasonable. Click on Genre to learn more about different genres and Realistic Fiction.

4. Summary Moving to a new town can be hard, and making new friends can be even harder. With the help of her dog, Winn Dixie, Opal is able to get to know Miss Franny Block, the local librarian. Miss Block tells Opal an exciting tale about a bear that once wandered into the library.

5. Comprehension Skill – Sequence Sequence is the order of the events that occur in a story. You can determine the order of events by clue words such as first and next, in the beginning, then, following, after, and finally. Some story events may occur at the same time. Other clue words to indicate sequence might be in the beginning, then, following, after, and finally. Other story events, such as flashbacks, are told out of order.

6. Comprehension Skill - Summarizing Summarizing A summary is a short statement that tells the main ideas of a selection. A story summary should tell the goals of the characters, how they try to reach them, and whether they reach them. A summary of an article should tell the main idea, leaving out unnecessary details. Tips on Summarizing

7. Vocabulary Skill – Word Structure : Suffixes The suffix –ful means “full of.” For example, prideful means “full of pride.” The suffix –ly means “in a way that is.” Sometimes –ful and –ly are added to a base word together as in pridefully, which means “acting in a way that is full of pride.”

8. Comprehension Review Skill Author’s Purpose is the author’s reason or reasons for writing this story. Authors don’t usually tell you this. You have to figure the reasons out. It might be to inform or teach, to entertain, to express their feelings, and to persuade or convince you.

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10. Vocabulary- Say It! memorial prideful recalls peculiar grand positive selecting

11. More Words to Know attention kindness understanding consisted friendless diversity

12. grand excellent; very good

13. memorial helping people to remember a person, thing, or event

14. peculiar strange; unusual

15. positive without doubt; sure

16. prideful overly proud of oneself; vain

17. recalls calls back to mind; remembers

18. consisted was made up of

19. diversity differences

20. friendless without friends

21. understanding comprehension; knowledge

22. attention care and thoughtfulness; consideration

23. kindness treatment that does good, rather than harm; gentleness

24. selecting picking out; choosing

25. You will smell peculiar odors at the zoo!

27. I hope you can recall your lunch number when you are in line.

29. Are you really positive of that answer?

31. The soup consisted of beans and ham.

33. Do you need help in selecting your library books?

35. Winn-Dixie was all alone and friendless.

37. Do you know anyone that acts like a prideful person?

39. Miss Franny thought that would be a grand idea!

41. Have you ever visited the Lincoln Memorial?