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Kate DiCamillo
Lesson plans for Because of Winn-Dixie and other works

|Biography and Background| |Because of Winn-Dixie| |The Tale of Despereaux| |The Tiger Rising|

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Because of Winn-Dixie Lesson Plan
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
The Tale of Despereaux Lesson Plan
Features day-by-day teaching plans, study questions, vocabulary worksheets, end of book activities and discussion questions, and a teacher's answer key.

 

Biography and Background

About the Author
Students work through an author study using resources at the site.

Kate DiCamillo
Information from the author's Wikipedia page.

Because of Winn-Dixie

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The Tale of Despereaux

Character Charts
Students generate adjectives and descriptive phrases to describe three main characters that are central to the first three books within The Tale of Despereaux. They choose a character to describe.

The Tale of Despereaux
A variety of during- and post-reading activities, including word study, creating a coat of arms, writing persuasively, and exploring civil disobedience.

The Tale of Despereaux
Summary and a dozen discussion questions.

The Tale of Despereaux
A collection of links related to the author, the book, and classroom connections. Scroll down for vocabulary words.

The Tale of Despereaux Teacher Guide
Plot summary, vocabulary, prereading, a variety of reading strategies, character education, interdisciplinary connections, and handouts. This 20-page teacher guide requires Adobe Reader for access.

The Tiger Rising

Kate DiCamillo
In this 18-minute Webcast, DiCamillo reads from The Tiger Rising.

Reader's Guide The Tiger Rising
A set of 15 discussion questions and some extension activities.

The Tiger Rising
A set of 14 questions for literature circles, with answers.