Lesson Plans for The Cay
Day 1
Vocabulary Word of the Day
refinery - An industrial plant for
purifying a crude substance, such as petroleum or sugar.
He said the refinery would have to
close down within a day, and that meant precious gas and oil could not got to
England, or to General Montgomery in the African desert.
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Read Chapter 1
Answer Comprehension Questions
Skills - Portals
Page 9-10 Compounds
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Activity
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Make a map of Phillip's
Caribbean home from salt dough.
To make salt dough mix equal 3 cups of plain flour to 1
cup of salt. Add approximately 1 cup of warm water. Mix until you have a
dough that is neither crumbly or sticky. To make the dough different colors
add food coloring to the water before mixing it with the flour and salt.
Place a map of the Caribbean on a piece of plywood. Cover
the different countries and islands with different colors of salt dough.
Cover the sea with blue. Let this dry overnight. Label with a fine tipped
marker.
Be sure to include these places mentioned in The Cay.
Here's a map
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/americas/central_america_ref02.jpg
| Curacao |
Venezuela |
Panama |
| Miami |
St. Thomas |
Devil's Mouth |
| Colombo |
Virgin Islands |
Aruba |
| Bonaire |
Jamaica |
San Andrés |
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Day 2
Vocabulary Word of the Day
blackout - The concealment or
extinguishment of lights that might be visible to enemy aircraft during an air
raid.
We finished dinner just as it was
getting dark, and my father went outside to look at our house. He wanted to see
if the blackout curtains were working.
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Read Chapter 2
Answer Comprehension Questions
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Activity - Play Online Battleship
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/survival/activities/battleship.htm
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Day 3
Vocabulary Word of the Day
navigate - To plan, record, and
control the course and position of (a ship or aircraft).
When the lifeboat had been swung
out, the captain came down from the bridge. He was a small, wiry white-haired
man and was acting the way I'd been told captains should act. He stood by the
lifeboat in the fire's glow, very alert, giving orders to the crew. He was
carrying a brief case and a navigation instrument I knew to be a sextant. On the
other side of the ship, another lifeboat was being launched.
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Read Chapter 3
Answer Comprehension Questions
Skills - Portals
Page 13 Finding Base Words
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Activity
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Day 4
Vocabulary Word of the Day
schooner - A fore-and-aft rigged
sailing vessel having at least two masts, with a foremast that is usually
smaller than the other masts.
Timothy chewed slowly on half a
biscuit. "Today, young bahss, a schooner will pass. I'd bet a jum on dat."
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Read Chapter 4
Answer Comprehension Questions
Skills - Portals
Pages 15-16 Classifying Words
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Activity
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Day 5
Vocabulary Word of the Day
massive - Large or imposing, as in
quantity, scope, degree, intensity, or scale
Timothy did not answer, but turned
back, I guess, to watch the sea again. I could imagine those bloodshot eyes, set
in that massive, scarred black face, sweeping over the sea.
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Read Chapters 5-6
Answer Comprehension Questions
Skills - Portals
Pages 17-18 Meaning Through Context
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Activity
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Day 6
Vocabulary Word of the Day
lurch - To roll or pitch suddenly
or erratically
His feet touched the sand. In
another few minutes, the raft lurched and I knew it had grounded.
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Read Chapters 7-8
Answer Comprehension Questions
Skills - Portals
Page 19 Sequencing
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Activity - Build a diorama of a
coral reef. The one pictured is made with salt dough, real coral, and shells.
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Day 7
Vocabulary Word of the Day
catchment - A structure, such as a
basin or reservoir, used for collecting or draining water.
The rain sounded like bullets
hitting on the dried palm frond roof. We ran out into it, shouting and letting
the fresh water hit our bodies. It was cool and felt good. Timothy yelled that
his catchment was working and had made a large trough that would catch the rain.
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Read Chapters 9-10
Answer Comprehension Questions
Skills - Portals
Page 21 Synonyms
Pages 22-23 Where When How
Page 24 Antonyms
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Activity - Make a weaving.
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Weaving
Timothy insists that Phillip help with the weaving even
though he is blind. He does this so Phillip won't give up on life and
become completely dependent on Timothy. Weaving a pot holder like the one
above may give you a feel for what Phillip went through weaving the mats.
Close your eyes and try to guide the strings by feel alone. |
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Day 8
Vocabulary Word of the Day
connive - To scheme; plot.
"B'gettin' his own self a lizzard,
mebbe, mebbe," he answered, but there was something conniving in his voice.
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Read Chapters 11-12
Answer Comprehension Questions
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Activity - Continue weaving.
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Day 9
Vocabulary Word of the Day
treacherous - Marked by unforeseen
hazards; dangerous or deceptive
But I knew that lurking in the
tide pools were the treacherous sea urchins. Stepping on them invited a sharp
spine in your foot, and Timothy had already warned me that, "dey veree poison,
deg b'gibbin' you terrible pain."
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Read Chapters 13-14
Answer Comprehension Questions
Skills - Portals
Page 26 Synonyms
Page 28 Fact and Opinion
Page
29 Cause and Effect
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Food Activity - Edible Octopus
Cook microwavable Macaroni and
Cheese in a small bowl. While the macaroni is heating, lay a hot dog on its side
and cut vertically eight times beginning one inch from one end of the hotdog to
form the eight legs of the octopus. Place the hotdog on the macaroni
arranging the "legs" across the macaroni and heat. Draw eyes on the "octopus"
with mustard. Decorate the dish with with Gold Fish crackers.
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Day 10
Vocabulary Word of the Day
flay - To strip off the skin or
outer covering of.
Timothy had been cut to ribbons by
the wind, which drove the rain and tiny grains of sand before it. It had flayed
his back and legs until there were very few places that weren't cut.
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Read Chapters 15-16
Answer Comprehension Questions
Skills - Portals
Pages 32-33 Choosing Correct Meaning
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Activity
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Day 11
Vocabulary Word of the Day
debris - The scattered remains of
something broken or destroyed; rubble or wreckage.
Feeling it everywhere under my
feet, I knew that the cay was littered with debris. I started cleaning the camp
area, or what was left of it. I piled all the palm fronds, frayed by the wind,
in one place; sticks of wet driftwood in another.
Take Vocabulary Quiz
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/survival/cay/vocabulary_quiz_for_the_cay.htm
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Read Chapters 17-19
Answer Comprehension Questions
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Activity
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