Can You Help Opal and Winn-Dixie?

Common Core Standards addressed:

Reading    

 5.5   Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence support which point(s).

5.3 Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact).

5.2 Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenge or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.