BUD, NOT BUDDY
CHAPTERS 6-10 VOCAB
A JOHN NEWBERY AWARD BOOK IN 2000
WRITTEN BY: CHRISTOPHER PAUL CURTIS
MISSIONS:
BUD, NOT BUDDY CH.6:
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REAL FOOTAGE TAKEN DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION:
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missions:
1
where many people were given food on
donations from businesses in the areas
affected during the Great Depression.
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
Bud sees a sign hanging over the mission that shows a rich, white family in a car that says THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE
AMERICA TODAY (6.32).
homeless:
2
a term used for a person who has
no residence in which to live;
usually living on the street or in a
car
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
Bud became homeless when he ran away from the Amos family.
Clarence:
3
The nickname a man used for
Buddy when he was in the food
line.
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
“It took you long enough to catch on, Clarence.” p.51
Synonym: Bud
the real McCoy:
original; not fake
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
“…but they were the real McCoy, solid steel.”
4
Miss. Hill:
5
The librarian who used to help
Bud and his mom.
EXAMPLE SENTENCE: “If I got there, maybe Miss Hill would be able to help me,...”
.
priviledge:
6
a special advantage or immunity
or benefit not enjoyed by all
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
You think you got some kind of special privilege just ’cause you’re skinny and raggedy?
Synonym: honor; acception
improve:
7
to make better
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
"You rotten kids today don’t listen to no one, but I’ma show you something that’ll improve your hearing.”
Synonym:
overalls:
8
work clothing consisting of
denim trousers
(usually with a bib and shoulder straps
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
A very tall, square-shaped man in old blue overalls looked down at me and said, “Clarence, what took you
so long?”
.
Synonym:
grateful:
9
a feeling or showing of gratitude
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
I was grateful to these people, but I wished they’d quit popping me in the head, and it seems like with all
the names in the world they could’ve come up with a better one for me than Clarence.
Synonym:
considerate:
10
showing concern for the rights
and feelings of others
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
One said, PLEASE DO NOT SMOKE, another said, PLEASE EAT AS QUICKLY AND QUIETLY AS POSSIBLE, another one
said, PLEASE BE CONSIDERATE AND PATIENT—CLEAN UP.
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.
• 6. You will NOT email this to me until after Wednesday’s “Synonym” activity.
pout
11
considered childish expression
of unhappy feelings by
pushing out lower lip
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
They pouted and gave me a couple of dirty looks. (added past tense verb suffix –ed)
Synonym: delinquent
sniff:
12
perceive by inhaling through
the nose
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
If you close your eyes and try to pick out what it is that you’re sniffing you’re only going to get confused,
because all the smells have blended together and turned themselves into a different one. (added present
tense verb suffix –ing)
Synonym:
blend:
13
combine into one
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
If you close your eyes and try to pick out what it is that you’re sniffing you’re only going to get confused,
because all the smells have blended together and turned themselves into a different one. (add past tense
verb form -ed)
Synonym:
whiff:
14
a smell that is carried in the light
gust of air.
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
I got a whiff of the leather on all the old books, a smell that got real strong if you picked one of them up and stuck your
nose real close to it when you turned the pages.
Synonym:
drowsy:
15
a feeling of half asleep
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
Then I could sniff the paper, that soft, powdery, drowsy smell that comes off the pages in little puffs when
you’re reading something or looking at some pictures, a kind of hypnotizing smell.
Synonym:
retrieve:
16
to get back or recover the use
of
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
"Would you like to retrieve your suitcase?”
Synonym: irregular
stricken:
17
grievously affected,
especially by disease
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
She The librarian said, “There’s no need for you to look so stricken."
Synonym:
The librarian said, “Oh, yes, and I must tell you, she was radiating happiness.”
radiate:
18
to send out in metaphoric
form
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
The librarian said, “Oh, yes, and I must tell you, she was radiating happiness.” ~METAPHOR!
Synonym:
gait:
19
the rate of moving, especially
when walking or running
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
She thumbed through the book until she said, “Aha, it says here that the average male human gait is five
miles an hour."
Synonym:
lam:
20
a rapid escape (as if by
criminals)
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
"There’s bound to be someone there that knows about where we can hop this train, then we’ll be on the
lam together!”
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, taking turns with your partner.
• 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 Word Document, “Vocabulary Definitions.”
kin:
family, for some not only
relatives
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
She said, “Don’t you have no other kin here in Flint?”
Synonym:
21
fidget:
move restlessly
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
The one who was doing all the talking saw them fidgeting and said, “Hold steady, men.”
Synonym:
22
alias:
a name that has been
assumed temporarily
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
It said a good criminal chooses an alias that’s kind of close to their own name
Synonym:
23
gory:
24
accompanied by
bloodshed
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
I didn’t want to tell her that I wasn’t really interested in history, it was just that the best gory pictures in the
world came from the Civil War.
.
Synonym:
He squatted down and said, “Are you still there?”
squat:
to get down on ones his so
one may talk quietly to
another
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
He squatted down and said, “Are you still there?”
Synonyms:
25
ventriloquist:
26
a performer who projects her/his
voice into a wooden dummy
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
I turned my head and talked sideways out of my mouth like one of those ventriloquists.
Synonym:
fetch:
27
go or come after or give or
take
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
Most Times This Means They Just Want You to Go Fetch Something for Them.
Synonym:
jolt:
28
an abrupt, sporadic
movement
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
Then another jolt of red pop must’ve pumped through my heart because my brain came up with a perfect
lie.
Synonyms:
urgent:
compelling, or needing,
immediate action
29
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
On the side of the box some big red letters said as clear as anything, URGENT: CONTAINS HUMAN BLOOD!!!
.
Synonym:
telegram:
a message transmitted by
telegraph
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
"I’m going back to Grand Rapids tomorrow, I’ll send a telegram to your folks and then take you back.”
Synonym:
30
DAY THREE SYNONYMS 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 FOUR DIRECTIONS FOR ASSIGNMENT
7-up Sentences
DAY FIVE DIRECTIONS FOR ASSIGNMENT
(TURN IN PURPLE TRAY…YOU MUST GET THIS DONE AT
SCHOOL. YOU MAY NOT TAKE IT HOME TO WORK ON.)
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