Unit 5, Week 1 Because of Winn-Dixie

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Unit 5, Week 1Because of Winn-Dixie

• Mrs. Murrays 4th Grade
• eMINTS Classroom
• ONeal Elementary School

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Fluency

• Intonation/Pausing
• Good readers group words into phrases.
• Pause at commas and stop at end marks.
• Well, one hot Thursday, I was sitting in my
  library with all the doors and windows open and
  my nose stuck in a book, when a shadow crossed my
  desk.

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Phonics
VCCV Game

• Decode words with the VCCV Pattern
• In most words with the VCCV pattern, the first
  vowel should be short. The word will be divided
  between the consonants in most cases.
• When the two consonants are digraphs, the word is
  divided either before the first consonant or
  after the second.

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Phonics Continued

• plastic plas tic
• swallow
• foggy
• picket
• album
• bitter
• holly

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Vocabulary

• selecting-choosing
• positive-certain, sure
• snuffled-sniffed usually loudly
• consisted- made up
• peculiar- not usual strange
• advanced-beyond

Quia 1 Quia 2
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Story Words

• Memorial- something that is put up, kept, or done
  to remember a person
• palmetto- a palm tre with leaves shaped like fans
• Free-Verse- usually doesnt rhyme or have a set
  rhythm ............it contains other poetic
  elements, such as imagery, figurative language,
  and repetition
• onomatopoeia- the use of words which sound like
  the noise they refer to. Hiss', buzz', and
  rat-a-tat-tat' are examples of onomatopoeia.
• similes- an expression which describes a person
  or thing as being similar to someone or something
  else...........similes usually use the words like
  and as to compare.

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Vocabulary

• Denotation- dictionary meaning
• Connotation- feelings or ideas associated with
  the word
• Examples The words home, house, residence and
  dwelling all have the same denotation, but the
  connotation of each word is very different.
• Denotation  Where a person lives at any given
  time.
• ConnotationHome cozy, loving,
  comfortableHouse the actual building or
  structureResidence cold, no feelingDwelling
  primitive or basic surroundings

Word Denotation Connotation
advanced beyond the beginning level better than others ahead of the rest
handshake
flag
Connotation/Denotation Game
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Vocabulary

• Denotation- dictionary meaning
• Connotation- feelings or ideas associated with
  the word....often these ideas are either positive
  (good) or negative (bad)
• Powerpoint for teaching Denotation/Connotation,
  positive/negative
• Practice Positive and Negitive Connotations

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ComprehensionDrawing Conclusions

• You can use information from a story, as well as
  personal experience, to draw conclusions.
• By paying attention to details, you can draw
  conclusions about what a character may say or do
  next or how the plot might change as the story
  unfolds.
• http//www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/h/inference
  sp.cfm

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Vocabulary In Context

• Opal moved through the store, carefully
  ___________ the items she wanted to buy.
• Her entire order __________ of macaroni and
  cheese, tomatoes, and rice.
• Winn-Dixie influenced Opals life in a ________
  way.
• His coat had no _____, or unpleasant, odor.
• Winn-Dixie was smart, more ____________ than the
  average dog.
• Sometimes, Winn-Dixie _______________ along the
  floor, looking for food.

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Vocabulary

• literal meaning- dictionary definition.
• figurative meaning- they are used as figures of
  speech, such as metaphors and idioms.
• http//www.readwritethink.org/materials/idioms/

Idiom Figurative Meaning Literal Meaning
face the music Accept the unpleasant consequences of one's actions. face- to face toward music- pleasing sounds
spill the beans
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Vocabulary

• Affixes Prefixes and Suffixes
• Root Word Base Word
• Create New Words.Suffix/Prefix Machine
• http//websites.ntl.com/7Efixbyji/literacy/suffi
  xprefix.htm

word root word prefix suffix new word
unhappy
kindness
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Literary Elements

• Onomatopoeia- is the use of a word that imitates
  the sound that it stands for, such as hiss.
• http//interactives.mped.org/preview_mg.aspx?id73
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• Simile- compares two different things, usually
  using the words like or as.
• http//www.rhlschool.com/eng3n25.htm

popping
hissing
simile
as hungry as a horse
2. crazy like a fox
3.
onomatopoeia
Free Verse Poetry PBS Free
Verse
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Comprehension Evaluate

• Good readers ask themselves questions as they
  read. For example, Why has the author included
  these details? Why has the author described the
  character this way.
• When good readers ask and answer these questions
  as they read, they increas their understanding of
  the story and the authors purpose for writing
  it.

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Comprehension-Summarize

• To summarize a story, you must identify the most
  important ideas or events.

Event
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Summary Practice

• Parts of a Summary
• Summary Practice

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ComprehensionRegional Speech

• Peoples everyday speech is often influenced by
  the history and culture of the place in which
  they live. When we travel, we can hear
  differences in pronunciation.
• The setting of Because of Winn-Dixie takes place
  in a town in Florida. Where is Florida located
  in the United States?
• She didnt weigh hardly anything at all.

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Reflection Day 1

• Using a word web or simple chart, analyze the
  denotation and connotation of the word peculiar.
  Use the dictionary and your prior knowledge.
• Does peculiar have a positive or negative
  connotation? Why do you feel that way?

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Reflection Day 2

• Summarize the information in the second paragraph
  on page 546 to explain how an action that the
  narrator takes puts the events of the story in
  motion.
• On page 549, the narrator says Winn-Dixie has a
  large heart. What connotation does the word
  heart have?

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Reflection Day 3

• How would you summarize Miss Frannys experience
  with the bear?
• Why is the last paragraph on page 552 important
  to the story?
• What is the connotation of the word grand when
  Miss Franny says, Why, that would be grand. . .
  just grand? (page 554)

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Reflection Day 4

• On page 558, the poet did not use a simile in the
  first nine lines of the poem, but has compared
  several things. What simile can you create to
  show one of her comparisons?
• How does the authors use of onomatopoeia bring
  the words from her book to life?

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Reflection Day 5

• Besides the word popped, what other examples of
  onomatopoeia can you find in the poem on pages
  558-559?
• Compare the narrator in the poem on pages 558-559
  with the narrator in Because of Winn-Dixie. How
  are they alike? How are they different?