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In chapter 13 Stevie Dewberry calls Otis "retarded". I would like you to think about why this is not an appropriate word to use. Let me know your thoughts. nmcclary@swain.org

A simile is a type of figurative language that an author uses to compare unlike objects using the word like or as. Similes are used by authors to paint a picture for the reader. Can you think of a simile?

Ignorant - lacking knowledge, information, or awareness about a particular thing.

Hello 4th graders! Thank you so much to the students who have reached out to me and answered some of the questions. I love this SO much! Last time I was reading we met Gloria Dump and the Dewberry boys. Let's see what happens next. 

Winn-Dixie has a fear of thunderstorms. Is there anything that you are afraid of? I don't like the dark so I sleep with a nightlight on. 

Thunder&nbsp;is caused by&nbsp;lightning. When a&nbsp;lightning&nbsp;bolt travels from the cloud to the ground it actually opens up a little hole in the air, called a channel. Once then light is gone the air collapses back in and creates a sound wave that we hear as&nbsp;thunder.

Do you think that what Otis did with the animals was actually magic? Why or why not?

Pathological - In an extreme way that is not normal

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