BUD NOT BUDDY CHAPTERS 1 5 A JOHN

BUD, NOT BUDDY CHAPTERS 1 -5 A JOHN NEWBERY AWARD BOOK IN 2000 WRITTEN BY: CHRISTOPHER PAUL CURTIS

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Great Depression: 1 the economic crisis which began with the stock-market crash in October, 1929 EXAMPLE SENTENCE: The setting for Bud, Not, Buddy is in Flint and Grand Rapids, Michigan in the 1930’s during the Great Depression.

Michigan: 2 a Great Lakes Region state located above Indiana and Ohio EXAMPLE SENTENCE: The setting for Bud, Not, Buddy is in Flint and Grand Rapids, Michigan in the 1930’s during the Great Depression.

Buddy Caldwell: 3 ten-year old African-American orphan boy who has seen and suffered through a great deal EXAMPLE SENTENCE: Buddy Caldwell’s determination to find his father and his ability to use his survival skills to do so make him a heroic main character.

Mr. Herman E. Calloway: 4 the band leader of a Depression Era Negro Band whom Bud believes is his father EXAMPLE SENTENCE: Herman Calloway is a very sad man who yearns for the daughter he drove away with his need for her to be what he wanted her to be.

Angela Janet Caldwell: 5 Buddy’s deceased mother EXAMPLE SENTENCE: Although Angela Caldwell has died before the story begins, her character is a very real presence in the story because of the lessons she taught Buddy and his memories.

glum: moody and melancholy, or sad EXAMPLE SENTENCE: The woman said, “Now, now, boys, no need to look so glum. “ Synonym: moody 6

commence: 7 set in motion, cause to start EXAMPLE SENTENCE: You can’t be too sure, though, ’cause it shakes you up a whole lot more than grown folks think it does when perfectly good parts of your body commence to loosening up and falling off of you. Synonym:

twine: a lightweight cord EXAMPLE SENTENCE: I set it on the mattress and untied the twine that held it together. Synonym: 8

conscience: 9 a feeling of shame when you do something immoral EXAMPLE SENTENCE: I do hope your conscience plagues you because you may have ruined things for many others. Synonym:

nonsense: 10 a message that seems to convey no meaning EXAMPLE SENTENCE: She was also wrong when she thought I’d understand that nonsense about doors closing and opening all by themselves. Synonym:

DAY ONE DIRECTIONS FOR ASSIGNMENT (SLIDE 1 IS DONE FOR YOU AS AN EXAMPLE) • 1. Read the vocabulary, definition, and sentence to yourself. • 2. Highlight the vocabulary word in both the heading and in the context sentence any color that still shows up against the background. • 3. Highlight the definition a different color that also shows up well against the background. • 4. Do this for all 30 words. • 5. What you don’t get done becomes homework.

urchin poor and often mischievous city child EXAMPLE SENTENCE: “I’ve never gotten it in as deep as the N on any of you other little street urchins. “ Synonym: 11

vermin: an irritating or obnoxious person EXAMPLE SENTENCE: "I do know I shall not allow vermin to attack my poor baby in his own house. ” Synonym: 12

beloved: 13 dearly loved EXAMPLE SENTENCE: When I thought she was done talking I reached my hand out for my suitcase but she told Mr. Amos, “Oh, no, we shall hold on to his beloved valuables. ” Synonym:

asthma: 14 respiratory disorder characterized by wheezing EXAMPLE SENTENCE: "Not only have you struck him, you have provoked his asthma!” Synonym:

brag: 15 show off EXAMPLE SENTENCE: I’m not bragging when I say that I’m one of the best liars in the world but I got to tell you, Todd was pretty doggone good. Synonym:

temporary: 16 not permanent; not lasting EXAMPLE SENTENCE: "Now that the school year has ended, you both have been accepted in new temporary-care homes starting this afternoon!” Synonym:

unfortunately: by bad luck EXAMPLE SENTENCE: She smiled and said, “Unfortunately, you won’t have time for breakfast. ” Synonym: 17

luxurious: 18 rich and superior in quality EXAMPLE SENTENCE: Underneath the picture someone had written with a black fountain pen, “One Night Only in Flint, Michigan, at the Luxurious Fifty Grand on Saturday June 16, 1932. “ Synonym:

assurance: 19 a British term for some kinds of insurance EXAMPLE SENTENCE: “This shall be our assurance that nothing comes up missing from the house and that this little animal is still here in the morning. “ Synonym:

intend: 20 have in mind as a purpose EXAMPLE SENTENCE: She’d tell me, “Especially don’t you ever let anyone call you Buddy, I may have some problems but being stupid isn’t one of them, I would’ve added that dy onto the end of your name if I intended for it to be there. “ Synonym:

DAY TWO DIRECTIONS FOR ASSIGNMENT (IF YOU DON’T GET THIS DONE DURING CLASS, IT BECOMES HOMEWORK. TURN IT IN TO THE PURPLE TUB. ) • 1. Go to this website by highlighting, copying, & pasting this address in your address bar: http: //www. vocabulary. com/lists/353594#view=notes • 2. Listen to the recording by clicking on the sound symbol. • 3. Find the word you are working on, on the list and click on it. It will take you to a different page. • 4. Read the definition. • 5. Open a Word Document. Save as “Vocabulary Definitions” • 6. Copy and past the word and the context~definition on a Word Document. • 7. Do this for words 6 -30. • 8. What you don’t get done becomes homework. • 9. Email me your paper, “Vocabulary Definitions. ”

tolerate: 21 put up with something or somebody unpleasant EXAMPLE SENTENCE: “You are a beastly little brute and I will not tolerate even one night with you under my roof. “ Synonym:

capable: 22 having the temperament or inclination for (followed by `of') EXAMPLE SENTENCE: "Who knows what you would be capable of while we slept? ” Synonym:

nudge: to push against gently EXAMPLE SENTENCE: Mr. Amos nudged me and I took a baby step into the shed. Synonym: 23

memorize: commit to memory; learn by heart EXAMPLE SENTENCE: I couldn’t see it now, but I’d re-memorized the exact shape the stain was in. Synonym: 24

exact 25 (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct EXAMPLE SENTENCE: I couldn’t see it now, but I’d re-memorized the exact shape the stain was in. Synonyms:

crouch: 26 sit on one's heels EXAMPLE SENTENCE: It slid open with just a couple of squeaks, then I was inside the Amos house crouched down like a cat burglar. Synonym:

budge: 27 move very slightly EXAMPLE SENTENCE: After a while that got to be pretty boring so I scraped at the paper with my fingernails so I could see outside, but I like to keep my nails bit down real low and the paper didn’t budge. Synonym:

brim: 28 the top edge of a vessel or other container EXAMPLE SENTENCE: When the water was good and hot I stuck the jelly jar underneath until it was filled to the brim. Synonyms:

frown: 29 look angry or sullen as if to signal disapproval EXAMPLE SENTENCE: She was about as old as I am now and was looking down and frowning. Synonym:

Provoke: evoke or provoke to appear or occur EXAMPLE SENTENCE: "Not only have you struck him, you have provoked his asthma!” Synonym: 30

DAY THREE DIRECTIONS FOR ASSIGNMENT (SLIDE NUMBER 6 IS DONE FOR YOU AS AN EXAMPLE. ) • 1. Go to this website by highlighting, copying, & pasting this address in your address bar: http: //www. vocabulary. com/lists/353594#view=notes • 2. Listen to the recording by clicking on the sound symbol. • 3. Find the word you are working on, on the list and click on it. It will take you to a different page. • 4. Read all the synonyms and choose one from the list. • 5. Type the synonym for each vocabulary word on its corresponding slide. • 6. Do this for words 6 -30. • 7. What you don’t get done becomes homework. • 8. Email your Power Point to me.

DAY THREE DIRECTIONS FOR ASSIGNMENT 7 -up Sentences

DAY FOUR DIRECTIONS FOR ASSIGNMENT (TURN IN PURPLE TRAY…YOU MUST GET THIS DONE AT SCHOOL. YOU MAY NOT TAKE IT HOME TO WORK ON. ) Cloze Activity