Unit: Character Development in Historical Fiction: Bud, Not Buddy
Unit Description
Lessons
Historical Fiction Setting: Bud, Not Buddy (Lesson 1)
Resources: 1 Authors write historical fiction to show the reader what it was like to live in a certain time period. Readers can use historical fiction to learn about new settings. When readers start a historical fiction book, they think about what they already know about that setting. |
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Historical Fiction Character Traits: Bud, Not Buddy (Lesson 2)
Resources: 2 Readers can determine the main character’s traits through their actions, thoughts, and words. |
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Historical Fiction Character Traits: Bud, Not Buddy (Lesson 3)
Resources: 2 Readers can determine the main character’s traits through their actions, thoughts, and words. |
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Historical Fiction Setting: Bud, Not Buddy (Lesson 4)
Resources: 1 Readers notice when the time or setting changes in a text. They think about why this time or setting is important to the main character. |
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Historical Fiction Character Actions: Bud, Not Buddy (Lesson 5)
Resources: 1 Readers notice when characters’ actions are connected to the setting. |
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Historical Fiction Character Traits: Bud, Not Buddy (Lesson 6)
Resources: 2 Readers use what they know about a character’s traits to make predictions. |
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Historical Fiction Setting: Bud, Not Buddy (Lesson 7)
Resources: 2 Readers add new knowledge about the setting to the knowledge they already had. |
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Historical Fiction Character Feelings: Bud, Not Buddy (Lesson 8)
Resources: 2 Characters change their feelings in response to events. Readers notice feeling changes and think about what caused them. |
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Historical Fiction Character Traits: Bud, Not Buddy (Lesson 9)
Resources: 2 Readers can determine secondary characters’ traits through their actions, thoughts, and words |
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Historical Fiction Character Actions: Bud, Not Buddy (Lesson 10)
Resources: 1 Readers notice when characters’ actions are connected to the setting |
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Historical Fiction Character Traits: Bud, Not Buddy (Lesson 11)
Resources: 2 Readers can determine secondary characters’ traits through their actions, thoughts, and words |
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Historical Fiction Character Feelings: Bud, Not Buddy (Lesson 12)
Resources: 1 Characters change their feelings in response to events. Readers notice feeling changes and think about what caused them. |
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Historical Fiction Character Feelings: Bud, Not Buddy (Lesson 13)
Resources: 1 Characters change their feelings in response to events. Readers notice feeling changes and think about what caused them. |
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Historical Fiction Character Feelings: Bud, Not Buddy (Lesson 14)
Resources: 1 Characters change their feelings in response to events. Readers notice feeling changes and think about what caused them. |
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Historical Fiction Character Feelings: Bud, Not Buddy (Lesson 15)
Resources: 1 Secondary characters change their feelings in response to events. Readers notice feeling changes and think about what caused them. |
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Historical Fiction Character Feelings/Theme: Bud, Not Buddy (Lesson 16)
Resources: 1 When characters’ feelings change, it is usually because they have learned an important lesson. It is the readers’ job to figure out what that lesson is. |
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Historical Fiction Afterword: Bud, Not Buddy (Lesson 17)
Resources: 1 It is common in historical fiction for the author to include an “afterword” that emphasizes the important things the reader should learn about the book’s setting. |
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Unit Resources
Bud, Not Buddy Unit Plan.docx |
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