Activity Pack

4th Grade

For Use with Novel Bud, Not Buddy

Written By: Christopher Paul Curtis

Before Reading the Book

Look carefully at the front cover of Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis. Write down your predictions about the following:

Title: Make a prediction about whom Bud may be and where he may be going with his suitcase you see on the cover.

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Setting: (Time and Place) When and Where do you think this book takes place? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Characters (The people, animals, or objects around with the action of the story is centered) Who do you believe the main characters in the book will be? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Problem(s) & Solution(s): (What goes wrong in the story and how it is solved) What do you predict will be the most significant problems in this book? How do you believe the problems may be solved?

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Write down any other questions or predictions.

Ch. 1-3 If I Were Bud

Understanding and thinking like the main character of a story is important when reading a story or book. Some characters are easy to relate to, while others are more difficult to understand. What are your thoughts about Bud? Does he make a lot of the same decisions that you would? What would you do differently? How is his life different than yours?

Make a time line with small pictures illustrating Buds adventure in search of his father. Be sure to list the events in chronological order. Add tidbits of information next to each event listed.

Ch. 1-3 Double Entry Diary

As you read Bud, Not Buddy, complete a double entry diary. Write down the quotation or passage and the page number in the left column and your response to it in the right column. Please remember that your response can include a personal connection you have made with the text, a reaction to something that happened, or a question you might have for one of the characters. Have a minimum of 2 diary entries for each section (10 total).

Quotation / Passage and page number

Your response, reaction, connection, and questions to the quotation or passage.

Ch. 4-8 Compare & Contrast

Ch. 4-8 Double Entry Diary

As you read Bud, Not Buddy, complete a double entry diary. Write down the quotation or passage and the page number in the left column and your response to it in the right column. Please remember that your response can include a personal connection you have made with the text, a reaction to something that happened, or a question you might have for one of the characters. Have a minimum of 2 diary entries for each section(10 total).

Quotation / Passage and page number

Your response, reaction, connection, and questions to the quotation or passage.

Ch. 9-11 Stained Art Scenery

Ch. 9-11 Double Entry Diary

As you read Bud, Not Buddy, complete a double entry diary. Write down the quotation or passage and the page number in the left column and your response to it in the right column. Please remember that your response can include a personal connection you have made with the text, a reaction to something that happened, or a question you might have for one of the characters. Have a minimum of 2 diary entries for each section (10 total).

Quotation / Passage and page number

Your response, reaction, connection, and questions to the quotation or passage.

Ch. 12-14 Euphemisms

Ch. 12-14 Morse Code Activity

Ch. 12-14 Double Entry Diary

As you read Bud, Not Buddy, complete a double entry diary. Write down the quotation or passage and the page number in the left column and your response to it in the right column. Please remember that your response can include a personal connection you have made with the text, a reaction to something that happened, or a question you might have for one of the characters. Have a minimum of 2 diary entries for each section (10 total).

Quotation / Passage and page number

Your response, reaction, connection, and questions to the quotation or passage.

Ch. 15-19 All That Jazz Poster

At the end of the story, the band members buy Bud an alto saxophone. They expect him to learn to play so he can become part of the band. Imagine how exciting this would be for Bud! In the space below, design a jazzy poster advertising Buds opening night. Next, transfer our work to a poster board. Select the tools (colored pencils, watercolor paints, crayons, or markers) you will use on your poster. Be sure to include a title for your poster.

Rules To Live By

Bud likes to make up rules to live by. After reading the last chapters of novel you have read all of Buds rules. Create 10 of your very own "rules to live by."

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Ch. 15-19 Double Entry Diary

As you read Bud, Not Buddy, complete a double entry diary. Write down the quotation or passage and the page number in the left column and your response to it in the right column. Please remember that your response can include a personal connection you have made with the text, a reaction to something that happened, or a question you might have for one of the characters. Have a minimum of 2 diary entries for each section (10 total).

Quotation / Passage and page number

Your response, reaction, connection, and questions to the quotation or passage.

After Reading I Am Poem

After reading Bud, Not Buddy, create an I Poem about Bud. Use the following template to complete an I Poem for Bud.

Template for I am Poem

Name of Character

I am (two special characteristics you have)

I wonder (something you are curious about)

I hear (an imaginary sound)

I see (an imaginary sight)

I want (an actual desire)

I am (the first line of the poem repeated)

I pretend (something you pretend to do)

I feel (a feeling about something imaginary)

I touch (an imaginary touch)

I worry (something that really bothers you)

I cry (something that makes you very sad)

I am (the first line of the poem repeated)

I understand (something you know is true)

I say (something you believe)

I dream (something you dream about)

I try (something you make an effort about)

I hope (something you hope for)

I am (the first line of the poem repeated)