Because of Winn Dixie

Vicki Van BeverenCIL 733

Web Quest Project

What does a true friend look like?

The Task

• This lesson is intended for grade 3.• Objective of this lesson is: to help the students use

the websites and complete the assigned Winn Dixie activities. Some of the tasks will be assigned while reading the book, and some will be completed after the reading.

• These tasks are designed to help the students better understand and enjoy the story -

Because of Winn Dixie.

The Process

Task 1-Take out your writing journal and tell about your best

friend. What qualities do they have? Why do you consider them your best friend?

Then read the first 3 chapters of Because of Winn Dixie. Did your perspective change about who or what can be considered a friend?

The Process

Task 2-Get to know the author of the story, Kate

DiCamillo. Read about her at:http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-dicamillo-kate.aspAnswer these questions. 1. Where did the idea

for the story come from? 2. What was her formal training for writing?

The process

Task 3- read chapters 4 through 7 and take the online

quiz at:

http://www.mce.k12tn.net/dogs/dixie/because_of_winn_dixie.htm

The Process

Task 4-View a real Winn Dixie grocery store at:http://winndixiegrocerystores.com/ and enter

your zipcode.Answer the following questions-1. What is the

store number? 2. What is the address?3. What is the name of the store director?4. What hours is the store open?

The Process

• Task 5-For this homework assignment, you will be interviewing

your mother.In the story, Opal wanted to know 10 things about her

mother. Your assignment is to find out 10 things about your

mom when she was 10 years old. What was her favorite food? Her favorite TV show? Her favorite subject in school, and so on.

The Process

Task 6-Just for fun, click on the website below and explorethe town of Naomi.http://www.scholastic.com/winndixie/index.htm

The Process

http://www.abcteach.com/free/b/book_winndixie_upperelem.pdf

Choose one of the worksheets from the website above, and answer the questions.

Evaluation

Tying it all together

• At the beginning of this lesson you were asked to write in your journal and explain what a real friend looks like and what qualities they have. Did your opinion change from your original thought?

What do you think about friends now?Write in your journal explaining what you’ve

learned from this lesson.

RubricSuperior Good Fair Poor

Completeall work-with best effort.

Complete most work-good effort.

Complete half of the work with some effort.

Minimal work with little effort.

Writing

Author study

Chapter quiz

Store search

Interview

http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-dicamillo-kate.asp

http://www.mce.k12tn.net/dogs/dixie/because_of_winn_dixie.htm

http://winndixiegrocerystores.com/http://www.scholastic.com/winndixie/index.htmhttp://www.abcteach.com/free/b/

book_winndixie_upperelem.pdf

Web resources

Conclusion

At first, I was intimidated about completing this Webquest assignment. But after talking to ourinstructor, and seeing other student work, I knew I could accomplish this task once I put my mind to it.Once I realized that a webquest is an online lesson

plan, I was off and running.I selected to do my lesson on Because of Winn Dixie

because I’ve had a lot of success with this lesson in the past. The students love the story and the activities.