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
Map of route
from
flint, Mi to grand rapids, mi
https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Flint,+MI/Grand+Rapids,+MI/@42.8134297,85.2296149,9z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x882378fba5977317:0xc
1853a098e33686b!2m2!1d83.6874562!2d43.0125274!1m5!1m1!1s0x88185460bb502815:0xa593aacb1bd3a8d
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Blues Music from
The Great Depression
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUNu1
L04ciM
Waterworks Willie:
Bud is called this by Thud because he
cries so much after dinner.
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
Waterworks Willie becomes Bud’s nickname.
Synonym:
1
Dirty Deed:
2
the only white man in the band
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
The Thug heckles Dirty Deed because he is the only white man in the band, but Deed comes back with wit and
confidence.
Synonym:
Grand Calloway
Station:
3
the Calloway’s home
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
Back at the Grand Calloway Station, a.k.a. Calloway's house, Bud shows Calloway the rocks and Calloway
goes bonkers because he thinks Bud stole them.
Synonym:
Rules and Things for Having a
Funner Life and Making a Better
Liar out of Yourself:
4
the list of rules Bud makes for himself to help him
get through and understand tough or unexpected
situations
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
Shocked, Bud remembers his, number 39: the older you get, the less you cry… which makes Bud think that
whatever is making Calloway cry had to be a tragedy..
saxaphone:
5
a woodwind musical instrument
invented in 1840,usually made
of brass and played with a
single-reed mouthpiece
EXAMPLE SENTENCE: ... Thomas and he told Mr. C take my seat because this kid looks like he could
be a pretty good sax player.
crumble:
6
marked by suitability or
rightness or appropriateness
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
Right when I got near the kitchen door I could hear Herman E. Calloway saying, “. . . so that’s
how that cookie’s going to crumble.”
Synonym: fall apart
No number 7 this week….only 29 words.
pulse:
rate at which the heart beats;
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
I had to check your pulse to make sure you were still alive!
Synonym:
8
classy:
elegant and fashionable
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
French always makes things sound a lot classier.
Synonym:
9
ruin:
10
to destroy or damage completely
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
The back kitchen door opened, and I thought Herman E. Calloway was coming back to ruin everybody’s fun.
Synonym:
Day One Directions for Assignment
(Slide 6 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.
 Do NOT email to me, yet. Not until after
 “Day Three” assignment is completed.
require:
11
to have need of; to expect
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
Steady Eddie said, “I was just about to tell him some of the things Herman E. Calloway requires of anybody in his
band.”
Synonym:
embouchure:
12
(This vocab work will NOT be on the CLOZE activity.)
the aperture of a wind instrument
into which the player blows directly
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
"Once you’ve developed a little wind, and some tone and an embouchure we’ll move on to something a little more
complicated.”
Synonym:
complicated:
13
difficult to analyze or understand
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
"Once you’ve developed a little wind, and some tone and an embouchure we’ll move on to something a little
more complicated.”
Synonym:
compromise:
14
to expose or make liable to
danger
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
Eddie kept talking, “We do that ’cause the boy can play, Mr. C. won’t compromise on his music.”
Synonym:
prodigy:
15
an unusually gifted or
talented young person
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
"Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for coming out on this cold November night, this
night that will live in history, this night that for the first time on any stage anywhere, you have
listened to the smooth saxophonical musings of that prodigy of the reed, Mr. Sleepy LaBone!”
Synonym:
drift:
16
to move in an unhurried manner
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
Steady held the note for a long time, then made the sax drift away from the rest of the storm of music.
Synonym:
fade:
17
to go disappear gradually
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
Every once in a while Mr. Jimmy’s trumpet would come in and put his two cents’ worth in, then it
would fade away.
Synonym:
offend:
18
to hurt the feelings of a
person
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
The Thug said to Dirty Deed, “I’d be offended, man, and I ain’t trying to say that
you ain’t good on the eighty-eights, but you know the only reason you got this gig
is ’cause you’re Dutch, you’re white and you don’t have the strongest personality
in the world.”
Synonym:
unload:
19
take the load off or out (as in
a container or vehicle)
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
We unloaded all of the instruments and waited for nighttime to come.
Synonym:
tidings:
20
information about recent or
important events
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
He looked at me, shifted his pipe away from the talking side of his mouth and said, “Bud, I know
you’re not the sharpest knife in the drawer, and I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings, but those are
found all over the world."
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/353629#view=notes
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2. Listen to the recording by clicking on the sound symbol.
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3. Find the word you are working on, on the list and click on it. It will take you to a
different page.
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4. Read the definition.
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5. Open a Word Document. Save as “Vocabulary Definitions”
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6. Number each word and type the vocab word, then copy and past the word and the
context~definition on a Word Document.
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7. Do this for words 6-30.
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8. What you don’t get done becomes homework.
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9. Email me your paper, “Vocabulary Definitions.”
velvet:
21
a silky, densely piled fabric with a
smooth backing
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
As soon as I opened the top that smell of old spit and crumbling-up velvet and mildew came rushing out, it was
still great.
Synonym:
rummage:
22
to search haphazardly
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
"Didn’t I tell you not to do any rummaging around in that room you been sleeping in?”
Synonym:
disrespectful:
23
exhibiting lack of respect; rude
and discourteous
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
“You throw a lot of ‘sirs’ around but you’ve still got a real strong, real smart-mouthed, disrespectful
streak in you, boy."
Synonym:
tragedy
24
drama in which the protagonist
is overcome by some superior
force
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
When you got someone as old as Herman E. Calloway crying you better look around, ’cause you know
you’re square in the middle of one of those boiling tragedies
Synonyms:
hue:
25
the quality of color according to its
wavelength
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
Mr. Jimmy said, “Well, Grace, to be truthful I did think the boy’s face was a little swole up, but you know how
dark it is in the Cabin, and, by God, there are some folks who just naturally have lopsided heads.”
Synonym:
HUE:
Most sources of visible
light contain energy over a
band of wavelengths. Hue is
the wavelength within the
visible-light spectrum at
which the energy output
from a source is greatest.
overboard:
26
taking something to the
extremes
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
He was determined that she was going to be the first Calloway to get schooling all the way through
college so he thought he had to be strict on her, but he went overboard, Bud, simple as that.
Synonym:
ornery:
27
having a difficult or contrary
disposition
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
"That ornery old man upstairs is very, very hurt right now and I just can’t say where he’s going to land
after this news gets through blowing him around.”
Synonyms:
blues:
28
a state of low mood or sad
feelings
(In Music, a noun meaning a Genre of music)
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
Herman E. Calloway was making everybody feel like they had the blues, it looked like Mr. Jimmy’d just
wiped some tears from his eyes too.
Synonym:
seam:
29
when two pieces come together
in a line to form a joint
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
Eddie said, “It’s an alto, Bud, there’s a little rust in some of the seams, but that’s to be expected with a
horn this old."
Synonym:
squawk:
30
a harsh, abrupt scream
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
The saxophone only squeaked, squawked and groaned, then sounded like it was making up
words like ahwronk and roozahga and baloopa.
Synonym:
Day three Directions for Assignment
(slide Number 6 is done for you as an example.)
(If you don’t get this done during class,
it becomes homework. Turn it in to the purple tub.)
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1. Go to this website by highlighting, copying, & pasting this address in
your address bar: http://www.vocabulary.com/lists/353625#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 as soon as you get done. It is late after
tomorrow.
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.)
Cloze Activity
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questions…