Because of Winn-Dixie
Section 8

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 about finding Winn-Dixie
1 E.O.G. Test Question about Winn-Dixie being lost
1 Main Idea Question about Chapter 24
1 Compare/Contrast Question about Opal's mom and Winn-Dixie
1 Point-of-View Question about an event in Chapter 24 when point-of-view is important
1 Question about the Author's Craft in the last page of the book
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Passage Picker
Your job is to pick out 5 passages that exhibit the following:

1 Sad (Melancholy) Passage
1 Main Idea Passage
1 Sequencing Passage
1 Suspenseful Passage
1 Resolution Passage
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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:

drizzle p. 164 par 6
snuffly p. 165 par 5
plumb p. 170 par 5
creeping p. 174 par 5
strummed p. 182 par 4
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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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