Take an in-depth look at a passage from Kate DiCamillo's Because of Winn-Dixie. Included here is the reading passage as well as a step-by-step procedure for reading the text, a set of text-dependent questions, and a final writing assignment designed to wrap up the reading and discussion of the passage.

Concepts

because of winn dixie, close reading, rereading, character development, textual evidence, kate dicamillo

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Since this focuses on a single passage from Because of Winn-Dixie, you could easily add it into your unit on the novel

Classroom Considerations

• You may prefer to ignore the last two pages, which appear to be a teacher's notes on text-dependent questions and include some typos
• Learners will likely need additional scaffolding for the writing assignment

Pros

• Comes with both a reading passage for students and a copy of the passage for teachers that includes text-based questions and the answers (as well as additional commentary)
• Vocabulary support is provided

Cons

• There are some typos in the last two pages

Common Core

RL.3.1 RL.3.5 RF.3.3.a RF.3.4.a W.3.2.a W.3.4 W.3.5 SL.3.1.a SL.3.2 L.3.1.a L.3.2.a L.3.3.a L.3.4.a L.3.5.a