Big Ideas: 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. People are influenced by and react to their setting so you need to consider the setting carefully. Readers of historical fiction can use what they know about a setting to understand character actions, feelings, motivations, and traits and to make predictions. This unit uses the text Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis. Each chapter lesson is accompanied by a cyclical review worksheet or open response question.

Concepts

character development, historical fiction

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

Common Core

CCRA.R.3 W.3.3.b W.4.3.b W.5.3.b W.6.3.b RL.3.9