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Because of Winn-Dixie: Making Lists of Ten |Grades||3 – 5|
|Lesson Plan Type||Standard Lesson| |Estimated Time||Five
50-minute sessions plus independent reading time| - discuss
characters and characterization in a text. - work in cooperative
groups. - use a bookmark to document their findings while
reading. - identify and analyze the listing technique presented
in Because of Winn-Dixie. - create a list of ten things about a
character. - Ask students to summarize Because of Winn-Dixie in
whole-group discussion. - Invite students to sh