We will be working on The Catch of the Day: A Trickster Play Vocabulary: wares, treasurer, merchandise, educate, burdens, appreciation, unfortunate, instruct
Essential Question:
Why do you think the wolf in the picture (on page 250) is wearing a sheep disguise?
Focus Questions:
What is the theme or lesson of this drama?
Is the author’s message in “Anansi and Common Sense” the same as or different from the message in The Catch of the Day?
Think about the morals, or lessons, in the Greek fable, “The Fox and the Crow” and The Catch of the Day. How are the morals in the fable and the drama similar? How are they different?
What sections of the readings most clearly reveal the theme?