The Cay Lesson Plans

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The Cay Lesson Plan (Teacher's Pet Publications)

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The Cay Puzzle Pack (Teacher's Pet Publications)

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The Cay Teaching Unit (Prestwick House)

A teaching unit and individual learning packet from Prestwick House. Includes the following: Comprehensive chapter-by-chapter study guides for students Questions suitable for essay topics or discussion Vocabulary lists Muliple-choice and... More »

Related Lessons/Documents

The Cay: Quiz chapters 4-5

Reading quiz on chapters 4 and 5 of "The Cay." More »

The Cay - 5 versions quiz, chapters 1-3

Five different quizzes on "The Cay", chapters 1-3. More »

The Cay - quiz on chapters 1-3

Reading quiz on "The Cay" - chapters 1-3. More »

The Cay - Chapter 8: Drawing Conclusions

Drawing conclusions: Questions on chapter 8 of "The Cay." More »

The Cay - questions for chapter 8

Questions about prejudice and why Phillips says the things he does in chapter 8. More »

Pre-Reading Historical Context "The Cay"

This is an activity that students complete prior to reading the novel "The Cay". Student will use the Internet to answer questions about the historical setting in which "The Cay" takes place. More »

The Cay Setting - Becoming a Smart Reader

Middle school worksheet, on the setting of The Cay. More »

Dialect in "The Cay"

Middle school students often become confused with Timothy's dialect in "The Cay." This pre-reading group activity can help them cope with it when they begin reading the novel. More »

Drawing a Map of the Cay

Using a list of descriptions from the novel, students are asked to draw a map illustration of "The Cay." More »

Journal Response to Literature - The Cay

Directions for writing journal responses to chapters in "The Cay." A sample is included. This can be adapted for other litereature too. More »

Words From the Cay

Students complete spelling activities based on the book The Cay. More »

The Cay Teaching Unit

Powerpoint--Theodore Roethke

Powerpoint includes biographical information and an examination of Roethke's "The Waking." More »

The Cay: A Novel-Ties Study Guide

This Novel-Ties study guide accompanies The Cay, the story about a boy whose racial antagonisms diminish when he is stranded on a coral island with a black man.This Novel-Ties guide is a teacher/student literature unit organized in chapter by... More »

The Cay Lesson Plan

The Cay Puzzle Pack

A Guide for Using The Cay in the Classroom

This resource is directly related to its literature equivalent and filled with a variety of cross-curricular lessons to do before, during, and after reading the book. This reproducible book presents an exciting approach to teaching well-known... More »

The Cay - Grammargator Guide

Grammar worksheets directly from the text of The Cay. GOT GRAMMAR? We do! What's more, your students will get it faster and easier with our GRAMMARGATOR GUIDES to chapter books and young adult novels. Each Grammargator Guide contains 12... More »

Philo Taylor Farnsworth

Students will learn about Philo Taylor Farnsworth and his work on the television. More »

Oceans Thematic Unit

Oceans Thematic Unit is based on the following pieces of literature: The Crab that Played with the Sea, The Cay. This reproducible resource is filled with ready-to-use lessons and cross-curricular activities. Also included are management ideas,... More »