A book that tells a story about made-up characters and events.
What is a novel?
100
Bud's main problem.
What is he is hungry?
100
words that are pronounced the same, but have different spellings and meanings.
What is homophones?
100
Christopher Paul Curtis
What is the author?
200
to make better
What is improve?
200
Where and when a story takes place.
What is setting?
200
when this story takes place.
What is in the 1930s during the Depression?
200
at a greater distance than something else
What is farther?
200
He was born in this city in Michigan
What is Flint?
300
I try to be ___________ with my little brother.
What is patient?
300
people in the story
What are characters?
300
Bud's pretend parents help him by __________.
What is letting him get in line with them?
300
the base word for abnormally
What is normal
300
Before becoming a writer, Curtis worked here
What is a car factory?
400
thankful
What is grateful?
400
The sequence of events in a story.
What is plot?
400
Two words that describe Bud's pretend parents?
a. selfish but funny
b. mean but smart
c. unhappy but giving
d. tough but caring
What is d, tough but caring?
400
Playing the drums is really fun. Of course, you can't _______ to be good right away. It takes a lot of practice. But in the end, the hard work is _______ it.
What is expect and worth?
400
Books that Curtis wrote
What are "The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963", "Bud, Not Buddy"?
500
A word family is a group of words that share the same base word and have related meanings. Pick a word and give me an example of this.
(answers will vary)
500
type of novel this story is
What is historical fiction?
500
The next time Bud goes to the food line ______________.