The Catch of the Day: A Trickster Play Vocabulary

The story of the fisher can teach readers about how people’s greed can often get them in trouble.

• burdens

• treasurer

• educate

• appreciation

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

The Market Club hired a person who manages money to help count all the money made at the market.

• appreciation

• merchandise

• unfortunate

• treasurer

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

At the market, the basketmaker set out her collection of goods for all to see.

• instruct

• merchandise

• educate

• wares

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

The fisher tricked others into leaving part of their heavy loads with him.

• burdens

• wares

• merchandise

• instruct

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

He tried to direct people to cross the river at the log.

• educate

• burdens

• wares

• instruct

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

Each person carefully carried his or her products across the log in order to reach the market.

• unfortunate

• burdens

• wares

• treasurer

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

He hoped that people would express their gratitude by paying him well.

• unfortunate

• educate

• instruct

• appreciation

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

The fisher’s plan did not work, and he felt very unlucky.

• merchandise

• unfortunate

• wares

• appreciation

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

To teach

• appreciation

• educate

• wares

• merchandise

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Heavy loads

• burdens

• appreciation

• treasurer

• instruct

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4