FORGIVENESS
Buster’s Growing Grudge Materials
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Arthur Character Cards: Buster, Binky
Bruchac, Joseph Havill, Juanita Jones, Rebecca C. Marshalll, James Mulcahy, William Rockliff, Mara Udry, Janice May
Vocabulary List (optional)
Objective: Students explore the interactive comic with buddies to help them gain an understanding of what it means to let go of feeling angry, upset, or disappointed with someone who as hurt you or done something wrong.
The First Strawberries Jamaica’s Blue Marker Matthew and Tilly George and Martha Zach Apologizes The Grudge Keeper Let’s Be Enemies
30–45
minutes
Forgi v eness LITT LE B uddy S ession 1:
Introduction Preview the story
Introduce the concept and the main idea of the story. You might want to say: The next story you will listen to with your Big Buddies is called Buster’s Growing Grudge. Who knows what a grudge is? <pause for responses> A grudge is when you think badly of someone and are upset with them because you think that they did something wrong to you. And when you “hold” onto a grudge?, it means that you can’t let go of your bad feelings about that person. There are two main characters in this story: Buster and Binky. Point to their Character Cards. In the story, Binky does something to upset Buster. Buster can’t forgive Binky and develops a grudge against Binky. Buster has to figure out how holding onto his grudge affects his feelings, his thoughts, his behavior, and the people around him. You’ll be talking with your Big Buddy about why it’s sometimes so hard to forgive someone.
39 Little Buddy Session: Buster’s Growing Grudge
