Because of Winn Dixie Study Guide

​Synopsis of the Novel:

A 10-year-old girl, abandoned by her mother when she was three, moves to a small town in Florida with her father, a preacher. While there, she adopts a stray dog whom she names after the local supermarket where he was found. With her goofy pooch by her side, she meets an eclectic group of townspeople and rekindles an almost lost relationship with her father.

We have a study guide for students reading the novel.  It is an excellent resource for students to enrich their understanding of the novel as they read through it.

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Be aware it will be automatically resized to your default paper size when using Adobe Acrobat Reader without any loss of quality. If you would like to print these documents at larger sizes you can read the Adobe Resize & Scaling FAQ here.

Fact and Opinion Worksheets for Students

A fact is something that is true or can be proven. An opinion is your feelings or how someone else feels about a particular topic. 

These worksheets will greatly assist students in understanding the difference between fact and opinion.​

Download worksheet 1 here.​

Download worksheet 2 here.​

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*Please note all of our documents are originally designed using high resolution images and fonts at A3 paper size.

Be aware it will be automatically resized to your default paper size when using Adobe Acrobat Reader without any loss of quality. If you would like to print these documents at larger sizes you can read the Adobe Resize & Scaling FAQ here.

We recommend laminating them for best results.

Finally if you would like to purchase a completely editable version of this document to alter without any restrictions you can purchase it for $10.00 simply by emailing us.

Literacy Task: Making Predictions

This activity gets students to make logical predictions about what might happen next in a passage of text based on information pulled from the text and what we already know.

Download the activity here.​

Dan Ackland submitted this lesson plan and earned cash for it.  You too can earn cash for your teaching ideas right now by clicking here.

*Please note all of our documents are originally designed using high resolution images and fonts at A3 paper size.

Be aware it will be automatically resized to your default paper size when using Adobe Acrobat Reader without any loss of quality. If you would like to print these documents at larger sizes you can read the Adobe Resize & Scaling FAQ here.

We recommend laminating them for best results.

Finally if you would like to purchase a completely editable version of this document to alter without any restrictions you can purchase it for $10.00 simply by emailing us.

Teach Students how to summarize in their own words

This 30 slide presentation is a great resource for teaching students the skills required to summarize ideas in their own words.

It goes through a number of logical processes and highlights important skills in summarizing text.

Click here to download the PowerPoint.​

Dan Ackland submitted this lesson plan and earned cash for it.  You too can earn cash for your teaching ideas right now by clicking here.

*Please note all of our documents are originally designed using high resolution images and fonts at A3 paper size.

Be aware it will be automatically resized to your default paper size when using Adobe Acrobat Reader without any loss of quality. If you would like to print these documents at larger sizes you can read the Adobe Resize & Scaling FAQ here.

We recommend laminating them for best results.

Finally if you would like to purchase a completely editable version of this document to alter without any restrictions you can purchase it for $10.00 simply by emailing us.

What Doesn't Belong? Comprehension Worksheets

These worksheets encourage students to compare and contrast  items and events then explain which one is the odd one out, and justify why.

Download worksheet 1 here.​

Download Worksheet 2 here.​

Dan Ackland submitted this lesson plan and earned cash for it.  You too can earn cash for your teaching ideas right now by clicking here.

*Please note all of our documents are originally designed using high resolution images and fonts at A3 paper size.

Be aware it will be automatically resized to your default paper size when using Adobe Acrobat Reader without any loss of quality. If you would like to print these documents at larger sizes you can read the Adobe Resize & Scaling FAQ here.

We recommend laminating them for best results.

Finally if you would like to purchase a completely editable version of this document to alter without any restrictions you can purchase it for $10.00 simply by emailing us.

Persuasive Writing Prompt Activity

Another task submitted by Dan Ackland  focussed around using prompts to create a persuasive text.

Choose one of the prompts.  Follow the guidelines of the rubric, and use the persuasion map to help in the writing process

Download the task sheet here.​

Printable 5 W's tool for Students

Use this tool help students determine the Who? What? Where? When? How? and Why?

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Printable Fact Vs Opinion Tool

This is a simple tool for students to use to help the record the facts and opinions from a text.  Please feel free to download and print them.

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