Name:------------------------

Class 5/

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Dear Parents:

Please make sure that your

son/daughter can read the words

mentioned in each page before

reading.

Example:

If your child is going to read p.1

to p.3, he/she has to read the

main vocabulary in each page

before reading the story.

G-Choose the correct

answers:

1- Opal felt lonely because………………

- she moved to a new town and she didn’t have friends. -she liked reading at the library .

2- Miss Franny was afraid of Winn Dixie because………………..

-she thought it was a bear. - she didn’t like dogs.

3- At the end, Opal and Miss Franny ……………………….

- played together. -became friends.

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•Page 2

hind: back

•Page 4

properly: in a right way

•Page5

peculiar: strange

intends: plans to do something

E-Answer the following

questions:

1.Who are the main characters?

They are Winn-Dixie, Opal, and

Miss Franny.

2. How did Miss Franny become a librarian?

When she was a little girl, she

asked her father to build her a

small library as a gift for her

birthday.

3. What did Miss Franny think

Winn Dixie is at the beginning?

She thought that Winn-Dixie was a

bear.

F-Use the word in a sentence:

properly:......................................

.......................................................

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Opal is a ten year old

girl. She moved to a new

town ,Naomi Florida. She

does not have any friends

and she feels lonely. Her

only friend is her dog,

Winn Dixie. She likes to go

to the library. Miss Franny

Block is the librarian. Miss

Franny is an old woman

with gray hair.

C-Match each word with its

meaning:

•hind: - strange

•Peculiar: - in a right way

•intends: - plans to do

something

•properly: - back 

D-Use the word in a good

sentence:

hind:............................................

......................................................

...............

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When Opal goes to the

library, Winn Dixie couldn’t

go inside with her, so Opal

told him that he can stand

on his hind legs and look

at her from the window.

When Miss Franny saw

Winn Dixie, she thought he

was a bear not a dog. She

screamed and fell on the

floor. Opal went to her and

helped her to stand up.

Miss Franny told Opal

A-Choose the correct words

from the box to complete the

following sentences:

1- You have to sit properly in class.

2- Some animals have a peculiarsmell.

3- The dog sat on its hind legs.

4- She intends to be nice to her friend.

B-Use this word in a

sentence:

peculiar:......................................

......................................................

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hind- properly- intends- peculiar

That she had seen a

bear in the library

before. Opal asked

her to let Winn Dixie

come inside the

library. When he came

in Miss Franny put her

hand on his head and

he moved his

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tail up and down. Miss

Franny sat properly and

started telling Opal her

story. She said that long

years ago when she was a

little girl, she asked her

father to build her a small

library as a gift for her

birthday. Her father built

her that library and she

became a librarian.

Opal said that they all can

be friends. Now Opal, Winn

Dixie and Miss Franny are

friends. Then, a girl named

Amanda came in the

library asking for a book.

Amanda asked if the dogs

were allowed in the library.

Miss Franny answered that

only Winn Dixie is allowed

in, so Opal became very

happy with her new friend

Miss Franny.

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One day when she was

sitting in her library

reading a book, something

with a peculiar smell

passed by her. She raised

her head to talk to him,

but she found out that it

was a big bear. She said to

herself “if the bear

intends to eat me, I have

to fight with it.”

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She threw the book she

was reading at the bear. It

was a surprise,when the

bear took the book and

ran away. Then, Miss

Franny said that all her

friends who were living at

that time are now dead.

She doesn’t have any

friends now.

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