Vocabulary 1
Clever
Somebody who you are competing against and trying to beat.
Rival
What is another word for lesson learned?
Moral, theme, central message
The Little Bird in "The Bird of One Thousand Colors" is ____________.
Helpful
Sho'nuf' means __________.
Sure enough
An action word to describe when someone cleverly tricks somebody.
Outsmart
To be happy, satisfied and fulfilled.
Content
What is the lesson learned in "The Bird of One Thousand Colors? Explain your answer.
Be helpful to others when they are in need and good karma will come back around to you. If you help your friends, your friends will help you.
In The Goat From the Hills and Mountains, this character is judgmental and arrogant because they don't believe that the Ant can help.
The soldier
Brer Rabbit had a bad ________ because he quickly got mad and punched and kicked and butted Tar Baby
Temper
To say bad things about other people before getting to know them.
Judge
A describing word for when somebody thinks they are better than everybody else.
Arrogant
What is the lesson learned in "Dear Deer! Said the Turtle"?
We should be clever and help others. We should also not judge other people and think we will be better than them.
This character was a clever turtle who tricked Venado the Deer with the help of her friends.
Jicotea
This character snuck into Brer Rabbit's house while he was gone.
Brer Wolf
To have a strong dislike or hatred for someone or something.
Disdain
To be set in your ways and unwilling to change or listen to others.
Stubborn
What does the Shepherd show the reader about money and happiness in the text "The Happy Man's Tunic"? He also shows that we should ____________ for what we have.
That money doesn't buy happiness and we should be happy with what we have.
The shepherd contributes to which sequence of events?
Solution/Lesson Learned
Brer Rabbit is _________ because he noticed that someone had snuck into his house while he was gone.
Observant
To walk around confidently in a way where you think highly of yourself.
Strutting
To take the advice or warning of somebody.
Heed
In "The Goat From the Hills and Mountains", we learn that we should not judge others for their size because we don't know what they are actually _______ of doing.
Capable
Venado contributes to which sequence of events?
Problem
The people of the village _________ Brer Fox because they thought that he was muddying up the well water, when it was really just that Brer Rabbit outsmarted and tricked him.
Chastised