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.

A thorough, straightforward guide for organizing literature circles in your unit on Elizabeth George Speare's The Sign of the Beaver is both enriching and educational. It includes activities that activate prior knowledge, discussion...

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.

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. 

Nine lessons makeup a unit designed to reinforce grammar and vocabulary through practice pages based on readings of African folktales. Each lesson consists of a mini lesson, a vocabulary review, and a worksheet. Topics include...

Young writers examine dialogue conventions, including indentation, quotation marks, and the display of thoughts and feelings through a fictional text. By noticing where and when an author uses dialogue, they decide how to...

The difference between an average piece of writing and an unforgettable piece of writing can lie in the author's word choice. The figurative language in Chapter 2 of Christopher Paul Curtis's Newbery Medal winner, Bud, Not Buddy, is the...

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

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...

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...