Slang and Dialogue in Bud Not Buddy

Students read and discuss Bud, Not Buddy. In this guided reading lesson, students work with the teacher to read and comprehend the novel.

An informative list compiled with quotes, authors, and discussion questions, along with 20 out-of-the-box application ideas, make up the collection of lessons geared to spark dialogue and creative thinking about quotations. 

Fifth graders read the book Bud, Not Buddy and participate in activities that generate understanding of the Great Depression. In this realistic fiction lesson, 5th graders read about a boy who grew up  during this time. Students research...

Make sure your pupils can keep who said what straight by punctuating dialogue properly. Learners edit and rewrite twelve sentences to demonstrate their understanding of punctuation and capitalization. The worksheet includes a variety of...

Punctuating dialogue properly can be tricky, but your pupils can become punctuation masters with practice. This resource includes an explanatory page that describes the rules of writing dialogue and provides examples. On the second page,...

Middle schoolers practice identifying the theme in the Newbery-winning novel Bud, Not Buddy. The activity reinforces literary analysis skills as young readers create responses to a short story through writing, orally, or in a media...

Students practice their reading comprehension by reading a novel with their class. In this jazz era instructional activity, students read the story Bud, Not Buddy in class and breakdown the story points and main characters. Students view...

In this comprehension worksheet for Bud, Not Buddy, students review the concept of theme, then answer 5 questions about the story with regards to theme.

Fifth graders embark on a literary journal with Bud in Bud, Not Buddy. They first read the novel Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis. A time line is made from the novel along with a Venn Diagram.

Dialogue really brings a story to life and can reveal a lot about its characters, plot, and setting. Explore how this literary technique is used to engage an audience as young writers begin drafting their narrative response to The Story...