The Cay: Post Reading - Written Response Options

If you were absent for the Test for The Cay on Friday November 15,

finish the following assignment at home.

This is half of the assessment you missed.

Please complete this at home this weekend and turn it in on Monday, November 18.

You will take the other portion of the assessment on the same day.

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Written Response (assessment)

The Cay

Theodore Taylor

Written Response Options

Pick ONE . Write a four OR five paragraph essay. – COMPLETE ON LOOSE LEAF

#1

Phillip went blind in the beginning of the story. Was his blindness a help or a hindrance to his survival? Write a response asserting your position. Use your observations, understanding and belief system along with TEXT REFERENCES to support your position.

ALL WRITING STANDARDS APPLY

#2

One of the many themes in this book was prejudices. Theodore Taylor wanted his reader to learn a valuable lesson from Phillip’s experiences. What was that lesson? Identify the lesson presented. Prove that this was in fact the lesson addressed throughout the entire book. Use your observations, understanding and belief system along with TEXT REFERENCES to support your identified theme.

(Note “Don’t judge a book by its cover will not be accepted)

ALL WRITING STANDARDS APPLY

#3

Explain a significant change Phillip experience over the course of his expereinces. Explain what his character was like at the beginning of the story and how it changed throughout the book. Use text references, and your observations to write a literary response.

ALL WRTING STANDARDS APPLY