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Bud, Not Buddy. Assignment Log. Before Reading Vocabulary 1. Before Reading. Suitcase Imagine you’re leaving home and can only take one suitcase for your favorite, most personal items. What would you take with you? Why? ( Quickwrite ) The Great Depression
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Assignment Log • Before Reading • Vocabulary 1
Before Reading • Suitcase Imagine you’re leaving home and can only take one suitcase for your favorite, most personal items. What would you take with you? Why? (Quickwrite) • The Great Depression Explain some of the things you learned about The Great Depression from your research project. • Family Why is family so important? What do you get from family? How would you feel if you didn’t have your family? (discussion)
Figurative Language • simile A comparison between two unlike things, using “like”, “as”, or “than”. Ex: “He was as big as a bear.” Ex: (p.1) • metaphor A direct comparison between two unlike things. Ex: “The wheat field was a sea of gold.” Ex: (p. 12) • idiom Expression where the words are not meant literally Ex: “The teacher lit a fire under me.”= The teacher got me going. Ex: (p. 18) 4. Practice simile (p 5,10) metaphor (p 13)
Story Map Fill in the story map handout as the story progresses
Orphanages • What is the main idea of the article? • What is the author’s attitude toward orphanages? Provide TWO pieces of evidence to support your claim. • Would Bud agree with the article’s author that orphanages are bad for children? Discuss at your table then ACE it
Chapters 1-7 • Compare Bud to Mary from “Ta-Na-E-Ka.” How does survival play a role in both their lives? And what is similar about how they deal with being thrown out into the world? (response-to-literature format)6 • Why does Bud need to be a “better liar”? Why does he need to have a “funner life?” (one sentence to answer each question) 3. Describe Bud’s personality. (ACE it. Cite TWO pieces of evidence)
Figurative Language 2 1. Find one example of… simile (pgs 34, 31, 29, 17) metaphor (pgs 65, 42, 29) idiom (pg 56) 2. Explain what each expression means. 3. Done? Find MORE!
Connecting Characters Create a double bubble map for... Bud and Moose from “Just Once” OR Bud and Despereaux OR Bud and Rachel from “Eleven” Summarize your findings. (What do you notice about similarities and differences? About these characters’ lives? About their traits? Would they get along? Be friends? Respect each other? Explain.)
Cause and Effect: Dinner at the Sweet Pea Make a cause and effect flow map for the following event: Dinner at the Sweet Pea
Chapter 16 ACE Bud’s made such an issue of making sure people say his name correctly. So why is he excited about the new name the band gave him? Visualize Things are looking pretty good for Bud. What is the MOST IMPORTANT event in his journey that helped him get to this point? -Draw and explain the significance
Figurative Language 3 1. Find… ONE simile (pgs 159, 173, 179, 117) TWO metaphors (pgs 159, 177, 144-145, 113 ) THREE idioms (pg 137, 154, 158, 171, 180, 134, 119, 185 ) 2. Explain what each expression means. 3. Done? Find MORE!
Vocabulary 4 worksheet
Elements of Plot • Fill in the plot chart with the four parts of plot. Only use COMPLICATIONS that are important events in Bud’s journey
Evaluation- Circle Map • Create a circle map to answer the following question: Was Bud, Not Buddy a good book? Explain.
After Reading Dynamic vs. Static characters • Dynamic: characters that change throughout the course of the plot • Static: characters that do not change throughout the story (static= same) Is Bud a static or dynamic character? (ACE)
Idioms Idioms practice: Write down and explain 5 idioms. (pgs 180, 182, 189, 188, 199, 203, 205, 208)
Theme Theme: • Topic: family • Examples: • Theme: • Topic: overcoming obstacles • Examples: • Theme: