Bud, not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
Lesson plans and teaching resources

Reading strategies to support the novel, including an anticipation guide, a directed reading-thinking activity, suggestions for teaching vocabulary, and more.

Summary and 10 discussion questions.

A variety of activities to support the novel. The activities have been assigned a certain number of points, and students are expected to choose enough to earn 100 points.

In the first activity, students create an acrostic about Philip Randolph using information they have researched. In the second, students use evidence from the text and from research to make predictions, analyze, and compare. Adobe Acrobat required for access.

Each writer will brainstorm experiences where he/she has learned some sort of lesson about life. Each will then come up with a personal list of "Rules and Things for a Funner Life," such as those shared in Bud, Not Buddy . Choosing at least one rule, each writer will expand upon the reason for the rule, using words carefully, to convince the reader of its importance. This lesson focuses on idea development and word choice.

How might students use storyboards to demonstrate and to extend their learning? Check the resources here. Includes essential questions, plot diagram, themes, motifs and images, irony and other literary elements, vocabulary, more. Note: Storyboard That helps sponsor this site.

Words are presented in context and with definitions. Click on a word for pronunciation, examples of recent use, more.

These worksheets are organized by chapter and include the word used in context. Adobe Reader required for access.

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