A JOHN NEWBERY AWARD BOOK IN 2000
BUD, NOT BUDDY
CHAPTERS 1-5
WRITTEN BY: CHRISTOPHER PAUL CURTIS

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1 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 .

2 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.

3 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.

the band leader of a Depression
Era Negro Band whom Bud believes is his father
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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.

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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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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7 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:

a lightweight cord
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
I set it on the mattress and untied the twine that held it together.
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9 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.
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a message that seems to convey no meaning
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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.

poor and often mischievous city child
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EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
“I’ve never gotten it in as deep as the N on any of you other little street urchins .“
Synonym:

an irritating or obnoxious person
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
"I do know I shall not allow vermin to attack my poor baby in his own house.”
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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.”
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14 respiratory disorder characterized by wheezing
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
"Not only have you struck him, you have provoked his asthma !”
Synonym:

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.
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not permanent; not lasting
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EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
"Now that the school year has ended, you both have been accepted in new temporary -care homes starting this afternoon!”
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17 by bad luck
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
She smiled and said, “ Unfortunately , you won’t have time for breakfast.”
Synonym:

rich and superior in quality
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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.“
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19 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:

have in mind as a purpose
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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.”

21 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:

22
(followed by `of') having the temperament or inclination for
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
"Who knows what you would be capable of while we slept?”
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to push against gently
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EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
Mr. Amos nudged me and I took a baby step into the shed.
Synonym:

commit to memory; learn by heart
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
I couldn’t see it now, but I’d rememorized the exact shape the stain was in.
Synonym:
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(of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct
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EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
I couldn’t see it now, but I’d re-memorized the exact shape the stain was in.
Synonyms:

sit on one's heels
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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:

move very slightly
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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:

28 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 .
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frown:
29 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 .
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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

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.)