The Cay Unit Test Jeopardy
The Cay Socratic Seminar Questions
The Cay Unit Test Study Guide
Grammar Section:
Know the author, characters, conflicts, plot, theme, and summary of The Cay. You do not need to write down anything in this section, but you do need to know the information.
extra credit
extra credit (PDF)
The Cay presentations
The Cay Chapter 5 and 6 Questions
Answers need to be in full sentences to receive credit.
The Cay Chapter 8 Questions
The Cay Chapter 11 Questions
The Cay Chapter 16 Questions
The Cay web quest
Directions: if you can't open the Powerpoint:
-Research your topic
-Create a keynote with the following information
1. title slide
2. basic information about topic
3. importance of topic and how it may relate to The Cay
4. pictures
The Cay Socratic Seminar Questions
The Cay Unit Test Study Guide
Grammar Section:
- What is a noun?
- What is an action verb?
- What is an adjective?
- Give an example of each: adjective of quality, adjective of quantity, adjective of number.
- What is a pronoun?
- Give an example of a subjective pronoun.
- Give an example of an objective pronoun.
- Describe the three things an adverb modifies (describes).
- Give an example of an adverb modifying a verb.
- Write down in order the five parts of a plot chart.
- The two parts of a setting are ___________ and _______________.
- Explain what foreshadowing is.
- Explain what theme is.
- Explain what imagery is.
- Explain what mood is.
- Explain what a symbol is.
- Explain what a major character and a minor character are.
- Explain what a foil character is.
- Explain what a dynamic character is.
- Explain what a static character is.
- Explain what a thesis is, and explain what three things go into a thesis.
- Explain what an essay prompt is.
- Explain what concrete detail is.
- Explain what commentary is.
Know the author, characters, conflicts, plot, theme, and summary of The Cay. You do not need to write down anything in this section, but you do need to know the information.
extra credit
extra credit (PDF)
The Cay presentations
The Cay Chapter 5 and 6 Questions
Answers need to be in full sentences to receive credit.
- What do the characters think they hear above their heads in Chapter 5?
- What does Timothy see that gets Phillip excited in Chapter 6?
- What does Phillip say about Timothy?
The Cay Chapter 8 Questions
- Find one quote from this chapter that shows Phillip being rude to Timothy.
- Phillip thinks that Timothy doesn’t like him because Timothy doesn’t take him along to the water. Do you think this is true? Why or why not?
- What is Timothy’s plan to get rescued?
- Why does Phillip feel “superior to Timothy that day” at the end of the chapter?
The Cay Chapter 11 Questions
- What is Phillip worried about?
- What do you think a jumbi is, from what you know in the chapter?
- Give an example of foreshadowing at the end of this chapter.
The Cay Chapter 16 Questions
- Explain two feelings Phillip has after Timothy leaves him.
- What does Phillip realize during this chapter?
- How does Phillip feel similar to the birds that attack him?
- Explain how this outcome/chapter was foreshadowed in previous chapters.
The Cay web quest
Directions: if you can't open the Powerpoint:
-Research your topic
-Create a keynote with the following information
1. title slide
2. basic information about topic
3. importance of topic and how it may relate to The Cay
4. pictures