Bud, Not Buddy Curriculum Map
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Story Summary:
It's 1936 in Flint, Michigan, and 10-year-old Bud (not buddy) Caldwell is on the run. Armed only with his suitcase and an old flyer advertising Herman E. Calloway and his famous band, the Dusty Devastators of the Depression, Bud is determined to find a father who disappeared around the time that he was born.Â
Learning Objectives:
- develop their skills in reading, writing, listening and oral communication
- use good literature as a vehicle for developing skills required by curriculum expectations: reasoning and critical thinking, knowledge of language structure, vocabulary building, and use of conventions
- become meaningfully engaged in the drama of literature through a variety of types of questions and activities
- identify and describe elements of stories (i.e. plot, main idea, characters, setting)
- learn and review many skills in order to develop good reading habits
- provide clear answers to questions and well-constructed explanations
- organize and classify information to clarify thinking
- learn about the destructive nature of racial and societal prejudice
- relate events and feelings found in novels to their own lives and experiences
- appreciate the importance of friendship and loyalty in personal relationships
- learn the importance of dealing with adversity and developing perseverance in the face of adversity
- state their own interpretation of a written work, using evidence from the work and from their own knowledge and experience
Introduction:
- Learning Expectations - At A Glance – Skill List by Chapter
- Overall Expectations
- Teacher Suggestions
- List of Activities
- Synopsis and Author Biography
- Student Checklist
- Answer Key
Chapter Questions:
The student booklet focuses, for the most part, on one chapter of the novel at a time. Each of these sections contain the following activities:
- Before you read the chapters (reasoning and critical thinking skills)
- Vocabulary building (dictionary and thesaurus skills)
- Questions on the chapter (reading comprehension skills)
- Language activities (grammar, punctuation and word structure)
Reproducible Student Booklet Cover
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
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