Because of Winn-Dixie Lesson Plan

Dog People

Kind of Activity:

Creative Writing

Objective:

Consider Winn-Dixie as a character and in context with other animal characters in literature.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.6

Structure:

In some animal stories, the animals act like people (e.g., they can talk, they have jobs, they wear clothes). In others, animals act like animals, but readers get the story from their perspective, either through dialogue or narration (for example, the book Watership Down). Because of Winn-Dixie doesn’t do either of these things, though: the title character acts like a real dog (albeit a very clever one), and we don't get direct access to his point of view. As a...