Because of Winn-Dixie

Kate DiCamillo • Organization

The Arrow is the monthly digital product that features copywork and dictation passages from a specific read aloud novel (you purchase or obtain the novels yourself). It’s geared toward children ages 11-12 and is an indispensable tool for parents who want to teach language arts in a natural, literature-bathed context.

This guide contains the following features:

• 4 Passages (one per week) for copywork/dictation
• Notes about grammar, punctuation, spelling, and literary devices
• 3 Grammar or Punctuation Spotlights
• Cultural Context box
• Literary Device: Organization
• Writing Activity: Collage Poems
• 9 Discussion Questions
• Book Club Party ideas
• 47 pages
• Original Publication Date: May 2009
• New look, same content: September 2021

About the book

One summer’s day, ten-year-old India Opal Buloni goes down to the local supermarket for some groceries – and comes home with a dog. But Winn-Dixie is no ordinary dog. It’s because of Winn-Dixie that Opal begins to make friends. And it’s because of Winn-Dixie that she finally dares to ask her father about her mother, who left when Opal was three. In fact, as Opal admits, just about everything that happens that summer is because of Winn-Dixie.—Amazon

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