1. list some important ideas that the cay includes. why did you choose those ideas? 2. tell how using a reading role you understand the book. the reading roles are described in the link on unit 4, lesson 4, slide 5, number 4. support your response with at least two pieces of evidence from the novel.

novel: the cay

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Here are all the reading roles:

1. Discussion Director

As a discussion director you will think about the following:

- what images come to mind as you read

- if you could interview the author what questions would you ask? Why?

- predict what will happen next and why

2. Word Watcher

As a word watcher you will think about the following:

- what new words did you find in this chapter

- what words are used frequently

- what words are used in unusual ways

3. Summarizer

As he summarizer you will think about the following:

- what are the key factors in main ideas

- if you were to come up with an essay topic for this selection, what main idea would you use?

4. Luminary

As a luminary you will think about the following:

- which part of the reading really struck out to you? Why?

5. Connector

As a connector you will think about the following:

- Connect what you have read so far with things you have experienced

- Connect what you have read so far to what is going on in the world right now

The Cay is a children's novel and book one of the Cay series, written by American author Theodore Taylor, and published in 1969. 11-year-old Phillip Enright and his mother board the S.S. Hato to Virginia to escape Curaçao, which has been surrounded by German submarines. The ship is torpedoed, and Phillip, blinded by a blow to the head, is stranded at sea with an old black man called Timothy and a cat called Stew Cat. Initially Phillip, heeding his mother’s racist warnings, is full of distain for Timothy. They come ashore on a cay – a low sandbank. Here Timothy teaches Phillip to look after himself, and their friendship grows. Timothy dies, and a devastated Phillip is rescued, along with Stew Cat. The novel was awarded the Jane Addams Children's Book Award in 1970, but due to controversy over the racism in the novel, the award was rescinded. Opposing this, Taylor described The Cay as "a subtle plea for better race relations and more understanding.”

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