Bud, Not Buddy Unit Booklet
Name______
Teacher______Block______
Identify the Figurative Language
Identify:
Simile: ______
Metaphor: ______
Personification: ______
Idiom: ______
Hyperbole: ______
Symbol: ______
Look at the page number. Find the beginning of the figurative language. Read it in context. Identify the figurative language used and write in the intended meaning.
Beginning / Identify / Intended Meaningp. 1 All the kids watched the woman…….
p. 2 Jerry looked like ….
p.3 I felt like I was….
p. 5 Unless you’re as stupid…
p.12 In her eyes….
p.12 What had really happened…
p.13 Todd might’ve been a lot…
p. 13 Even though Todd…
p. 17 These Amos’s might look…
p. 18 The last kid who got put in there…
p. 21 It was so loud that it sounded…
p. 26 I stood up on the woodpile …
p. 27 I raised the rake over my head…
p. 28 What I’d thought was a vampire…
p. 31 It slid open with just a couple…
p. 31 Quick as a rabbit…
p.41 Everything moved very, very fast…
p. 56 It seemed like the answer to …
p. 61 I was as trapped as a …
p. 68 This here is the right place for…
p. 73 My momma says these poor kids…
p. 82 The locomotive was hissing and spitting…
p. 94 That little idea had gone and …
p. 111 This was the best news I’d…
p. 116 But this morning I felt …
p. 121 I let my nose lead me…
p. 125 Now you two aren’t talking…
Bud, Not Buddy Quick Check
Chapters 1-4
Answer thequestions completely with full sentences.
- List 2 reasons Bud went to the Amos house.
- What was the news that Bud and Jerryreceived from the caseworker?
- What made age six a “bad time” to Bud?
- How did Bud get his revenge?
- Describe the new family was going to live with. Would you want to live withthem? Why or why not?
6. Bud saw something hanging from the top of the dark shed. What was it?
7. How did Bud become an orphan?
8. List 3 things in Bud’s suitcase.
9. How and why did Bud correct the caseworker when she called him “Buddy”?
10. What medical condition did ToddAmos have?
11. Where was Bud living when the book begins?
12. How did Bud escape the shed?
13. Describe the Amos family. Would you have wanted to live with them? Why orwhy not?
14. Why was Bud locked in the shed overnight?
15. Why did the Amos family decide to takeBud back to the Home?
Bud, Not Buddy Quick Check
Chapters 5-8
Answer the questions completely with full sentences.
1. Why did Bud sleep outside of thelibrary, under the trees?
2. Who discovered Bud?
3. Where was Bud planning to travel to after leaving the Amos house?
4. How did Bud know Bugs?
5. Where did Bud and Bugs have to go to catch a freight train?
6. What problem did the men and boys encounter the next morning trying to hop the freight train?
7. Did Bud jump onto the freight train?
8. What had Bud’s mama always told him about doors closing?
9. What did Bud learn about Miss Hill?
10.Describe the 5 special rocks Bud always carried with him.
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Quick Check
Chapters 9-12
Answer thequestions completely with full sentences.
1. What’s a redcap according to Mrs. Sleet?
2. What kind of book did Bud ask the librarian for?
3. What was Herman Calloway doingwhen Bud entered the club?
4. How was Bud lured from his hiding place?
5. There was a telegram sent to the LogCabin by Lefty Lewis. Why?
6. Where was Bud taken by Mr. Lewis?
7. Describe what happened to Bud at2:30am just outside of Owasso,Michigan.
8. What story did Mr. Lewis tell the police to explain the suitcase in his backseat?
9. Why did Bud decide to go to GrandRapids?
10. What is a redcap?
11. What scared Bud enough to lock the man out of the car and try to drive off?
12. Describe the papers Bud found insideMr. Lewis’s box.
13. Bud was sure his father was theprofessional musician HermanCalloway. Where had Bud gotten this idea?
14. What instructions did Mr. Lewis give Budjust before the Police approached his car?
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Quick Check
Chapters 13-16
Answer the questions completely with full sentences.
1. What 2 gifts did Bud receive fromSteady Eddie?
2. Why did Mr. Calloway nickname his house “Grand Calloway Station”?
3. Who sat in Mr. Calloway’s seat after he left Bud at the table?
4. What did Bud realize at the end of the meal?
5. What did Jimmy convince Herman to do?
6. What was the reaction of themusicians when Bud claimedHerman Calloway was his father?
7. What painful words did Bud have whispered to him from Herman?
8. What did Miss Thomas tell Bud about Herman Calloway?
9. What nickname did the band members give to Bud, and why?
10.How did Herman react to Bud’s accusation?
11.What did Bud promise to tellHerman after eating?
Bud, Not Buddy Magic Squares
Match the definition with the vocabulary word. Put your answers in the magic squares below. When your answers are correct, all columns and rows will add to the same number.
A. HOOVERVILLEG. SHED M. LABOR
B. EDDIE H. TELEGRAM N. SLEEPY
C. KLANI. ZOOP O. MOMMA
D. PEA J. FISH P. THOMAS
E. CAPONE K. RED
F. HOOVERL. SAXOPHONE
1. Steady ____ 2. Where Amoses locked Bud
3. ___ caps; men who handled baggage at the train 4. ___ LaBone; Bud
5. Police stopped Lefty looking for ___ organizers 6. Instrument band gave to Bud
7. Lefty sent one to HEC, advising him of Bud's whereabouts 8. Cardboard town for the homeless
9. Miss ___; vocal stylist who took care of Bud 10. Whoop, _____, Sloop!
11. Al ____; leader of Chicago underworld 12. Sweet ___; restaurant
13.Ku Klux ____; organization against equal rights; members anonymous
14. J. Edgar ____; head of FBI for 48 years 15. Guards at the shed door
16.She was unhappy at the Miss B. Gotten Moon Park
A= / B= / C= / D=E= / F= / G= / H=
I= / J= / K= / L=
M= / N= / O= / P=
Life is a Series of Doors! Project (“Bud, Not Buddy”)
In Chapter 5, we learn from Bud’s mother that life is a series of doors. The things in our life that come to an end are the doors closing. When new, good things happen, these are new doors opening!
Think of a time in your life when something came to an end or something sad happened that led to something new or good. On the outside of the first door, write the “closing” event. Open the next door and write about what happened to you after the new door in your life opened! Glue this page to the inside of your “suitcase” box.
How is Bud’s suitcase a symbol in the story? What does it stand for? What does he keep in it? What does each thing inside the suitcase symbolize? If you had a suitcase like Bud, what 8-10 things would you keep in it? Why are those things important to you? Write your answers to all of these questions on notecards to keep in your “suitcase” box. Decorate the outside of the “suitcase” box to reflect you.
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