For the past two months we have been reading a wonderful novel called Because of Winn-Dixie! Each day I have read a few chapters aloud to the students and they were able to follow along with their own book. It was a page turner and kept the students always wanting more (just what us teachers love)! The story is about a young girl who moves to a new town and has no friends. She unexpectedly meets a furry friend Winn-Dixie. She decides to claim the dog as her own to save him from the pound and little did she know it would change her entire life... The story had excellent themes of love, friendship, abandonment, and looking deeper into people and accepting them for who they are (flaws and all)! We had amazing conversations and students had very deep thinking
questions that sparked awesome conversations and stories in our classroom. We had a reading response journal where students could write their connections, feelings and thoughts down. We are gearing up to watch the movie, so we can compare and contrast the plot line in both!
This sounds like a wonderful book that fostered a lot of conversations and connections. I love reading novels aloud to my class. Would you recommend this book? Why or Why not? Have you ever had a pet like Winn-Dixie? Have you watched the movie yet? Which did you like better, the movie or the book?
ReplyDeleteThank you for visiting our blog. We would definitely recommend this novel. It was a wonderful book to read. You should read it to your class. We liked the story because it was about friendship between a girl and a dog. We could make connections because we have pets too! Some of us have had pets like Winn-Dixie. Our pets are wonderful too. We watched the movie a couple of weeks ago. It was awesome! But, some of us think the book is still better than the movie.
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