Bud, Not Buddy ~ Purpose for Reading Questions
As you are assigned chapters to read independently, follow along with these purpose for reading tasks.
Chapter 2 ~ In this chapter, Bud will begin to share his “rules.” Pay close attention to these rules and think about how you could put them in your own words.
Chapter 3 ~ Identify the rules Bud refers to in the chapter and think about how you would fill in your Tracking Bud’s Rules graphic organizer.
Chapter 4 ~ What did Bud do to Todd? Why did he do this?
Chapter 5 ~ Identify the rules Bud refers to in the chapter and think about how you would fill in your Tracking Bud’s Rules graphic organizer. Use your evidence flags to mark any details in the text that help you think about what this rule means and how Bud uses it.
Chapter 6 ~ Use evidence flags to mark any details in the text that help you to explain why Poppa reached out to Bud at the mission.
Chapter 7 ~ ~ Identify the rules Bud refers to in the chapter and think about how you would fill in your Tracking Bud’s Rules graphic organizer. Use your evidence flags to mark any details in the text that help you think about what this rule means and how Bud uses it.
Chapter 8 ~ Use your evidence flags to mark any details that use descriptive language about Hooverville.
Chapter 9 ~ Bud says, “It’s funny how ideas are, in a lot of ways they’re just like seeds. Both of them start real small and then…woop, zoop, sloop…before you can say Jack Robinson they’ve gone and grown a lot bigger than you ever thought they could.” (pages 91-92). Refer to the text to help you address these questions in class tomorrow:
- What is the idea Bud is talking about?
- How did it grow?
- Does this remind you of anything else in the book?
Chapter 10 ~ Identify the rules Bud refers to in the chapter and think about how you would fill in your Tracking Bud’s Rules graphic organizer. Use your evidence flags to mark any details in the text that help you think about what this rule means and how Bud uses it.
Chapter 11 ~ Identify the rules Bud refers to in the chapter and think about how you would fill in your Tracking Bud’s Rules graphic organizer. Use your evidence flags to mark any details in the text that help you think about what this rule means and how Bud uses it.
Chapter 12 ~ Identify the rules Bud refers to in the chapter and think about how you would fill in your Tracking Bud’s Rules graphic organizer. Use your evidence flags to mark any details in the text that help you think about what this rule means and how Bud uses it.
Chapter 13 ~ Pay close attention to Rule 63 and think about the meaning of this rule. Think about whether or not you agree with Bud’s rule and why.
Chapter 14 ~ Use evidence flags to identify three moments in Chapter 14 that shows that Bud’s life is changing from surviving to thriving.
Chapter 15 ~ Identify the rules Bud refers to in the chapter and think about how you would fill in your Tracking Bud’s Rules graphic organizer. Use your evidence flags to mark any details in the text that help you think about what this rule means and how Bud uses it.
Chapter 16 ~ Use evidence flags to mark details in the chapter to answer this question: How do the band members feel about Bud?
Chapter 17 ~ Use evidence flags to identify the most important moment in this chapter.
Chapter 18 ~ Use evidence flags to identify the important details that lead to Bud’s realization that Herman Calloway is not his father but his grandfather.
Chapter 19 ~ Identify the rules Bud refers to in the chapter and think about how you would fill in your Tracking Bud’s Rules graphic organizer. Use your evidence flags to mark any details in the text that help you think about what this rule means and how Bud uses it.