Transcript Intro to the Cay

(Tune) Tuesday, November 10th
• Good morning, class, and welcome back from your extended weekend! I
hope you all made the most of it 
• No Homework tonight
• As you enter class, you should hear a song playing over the speakers.
Please have a seat, open up your ELA A notebook, write today’s date and
respond to the following:
• What type of vibe or mood does the music give off? How does it make
you feel? What does it remind you of?
Today’s Learning Targets
• I have a better understanding of the setting of The Cay
• I reflected on what it would be like to have to fight for survival
• I can recall facts about WWII and the Caribbean
Siri, how do I get to those targets?
• Introductory PP and completion of skeletal notes
• Journal Entry- “Stranded”
• Exit slip- “One thing I learned today…”
Before we continue, I have a question for
you…
• What do you know about WWII??
Background Information for The Cay
• Please put your name at the top of your skeletal notes
• These notes contain important background information that will
help you better understand our novel
• During your journal entry, I will pass a hole puncher around for you
to use
About the Author
 The Cay was written by Theodore Taylor.
 As a kid, enjoyed roaming and exploring fields, muddy creeks,
and salt marshes --> Adventure-oriented
 During Korean War, stationed in the Caribbean
About the Author continued…
 Read an account about a small boy who was lost at sea after a
German U-boat sank his ship
 All these experiences inspired The Cay
• Cay (noun): a low island made of sand or coral
World War II
 Allies (U.S., France, Great Britain) vs. Axis (Germany, Italy,
Japan)
 War began in 1939 due to Germany invading Poland
 Following Pearl Harbor, December 7th, 1941, U.S. entered the
War on the side of the Allies
 Other major events include The Holocaust, The Bombing of
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Curacao, a Caribbean Island
 To survive during WW II, England needed supplies from North
America.
 Curacao, the Caribbean island in The Cay, produced gasoline
and oil needed for war
Curacao, a Caribbean Island
 Large tankers transported these resources from the island
across the Atlantic Ocean to England
 Curacao - Ruled by Dutch, but African and Caribbean in culture
German U-Boats
 German Submarines - "Unterseeboote“
 These U-Boats destroyed the supply ships using torpedoes
 During the war, they sunk over 5,000 ships
Journal Entry
Please respond to the following prompt in your ELA A
notebook. Write in complete sentences, and be prepared to
share what you write.
“If you were stranded on an island alone, how would you
survive? How would you find or make shelter? How would
you feed yourself?”
If you finish early, use the opportunity to read from your
SSR book
Closure
• What is one thing you learned today about WWII,
Curacao, the Caribbean, or anything else involving the
background information for The Cay?
• Reminder: No HW
• We will begin reading the novel tomorrow!