Transcript Bud, Not Buddy

BUD, NOT BUDDY
CHAPTERS 1-5
A JOHN NEWBERY AWARD BOOK IN 2000
WRITTEN BY: CHRISTOPHER PAUL CURTIS
THE GREAT
DEPRESSION:
HTTP://WWW.HISTORY.COM/SHOWS/AMERICA-THESTORY-OF-US/VIDEOS/THE-GREAT-DEPRESSION
Great Depression:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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.
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glum:
moody and melancholy,
or sad
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
The woman said, “Now, now, boys, no need to look so glum.“
Synonym: moody
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commence:
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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:
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conscience:
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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:
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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
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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:
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:
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beloved:
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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:
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respiratory disorder characterized
by wheezing
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
"Not only have you struck him, you have provoked his asthma!”
Synonym:
brag:
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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:
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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:
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luxurious:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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exact
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(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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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