Because of Winn-Dixie
Section 2

Katie Hyatt

Character Sketcher
Your job is to sketch Opal
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Discussion Director
Your job is to ask 6 questions and write out the answer to your questions. Include the page____ and paragraph____ where
your answers are found.  Be sure you ask questions that really make your group think!!!
You need to ask the following types of questions:

1 Cause and Effect Question
1 Fact or Opinion Question about Winn-Dixie being left by his people.
1 Sequencing Question
1 E.O.G. Test Question about Franny Block's attitude toward Winn-Dixie
1 Main Idea Question about Chapter 5
1 Thinking Question about the reasons Opal's mother left.
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Passage Picker
Your job is to pick out 5 passages that exhibit the following:

1 Entertaining Passage
1 Descriptive Passage
1 Main Idea Passage
2 Figurative Language Passages
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Word Wizard
Your job is to complete your role sheet for 4 of the following words that you don't already know:

constellations p. 28 par 2
howling p. 31 par 1
congregation p. 33 line 3
hind p. 42 line 2
positive p. 42 par. 3
experience p. 42 par. 6
ma'am p. 44 par. 1
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Connector
Your job is to find at least 3 ways that the events in the book connect to your life or things that you already know.  Write 3 separate short paragraphs.  In each paragraph, include the page and paragraph of the book from which you drew each connection.  Draw a picture of one of your connections.
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