1. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12 TH GREETINGS, CLASS. THERE ARE SEVERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS BELOW: PLEASE HAVE A SEAT AND TAKE OUT YOUR FLASHCARDS OR SENTENCES THAT YOU MADE LAST NIGHT TO BE CHECKED ALSO, IF YOU HAVE NOT YET SUBMITTED YESTERDAY’S THEME SURVEY OR CHAPTER 1 READING QUESTIONS, PLEASE DO SO NOW INTO YOUR PERIOD’S BIN ALSO, IF YOU BORROWED A COPY OF THE CAY YESTERDAY, PLEASE RETURN IT

2. ON TODAY’S SCHEDULE DISTRIBUTION OF BOOKS AND SSR REVIEW OF CHAPTER 1 AND SETTING READING OF CHAPTER 2

3. BOOK DISTRIBUTION YOU WILL WRITE YOUR NAME IN THE COPY OF THE BOOK YOU RECEIVE AS FOLLOWS: [YOUR NAME (FIRST AND LAST)], HARRIS, 15-16…MAKE SURE YOU WRITE SMALL ENOUGH SO THAT THIS ALL FITS ON ONE LINE DURING THIS TIME, YOU WILL HAVE SILENT SUSTAINED READING

4. CHAPTER 1 REVIEW DESCRIBE THE SETTING FOR THE CAY, IN CHAPTER ONE. FROM WHAT POINT OF VIEW IS THE STORY TOLD? HOW DO YOU KNOW? WHY ARE THE GERMAN U-BOATS IN THE AREA? BE SPECIFIC. HOW DOES PHILLIP FEEL ABOUT THE WAR COMING TO HIS ISLAND? HOW DO YOU KNOW? ON PAGE 14, PHILLIP WRITES OF HIS MOTHER: SHE WAS LIKE THAT. ONE MINUTE, SHAKING ME; THE NEXT, HOLDING ME. WHAT CAN YOU INFER ABOUT HIS MOTHER FROM THIS PASSAGE?

5. CHAPTER 2 GUIDING QUESTIONS ON PAGES 18-20, PHILLIP DESCRIBES THE EVENTS OF THAT FIRST EVENING, WHEN THE FAMILY IS AFRAID THE GERMANS WILL ATTACK. WHAT ARE WORDS AND/OR PHRASES THAT DEPICT THE MOOD? WHAT ARE OTHER IMPACTS OF THE WAR ON PHILIP’S FAMILY, ON ISLAND LIFE? BY THE END OF THE CHAPTER, HOW HAS PHILLIP’S ATTITUDE ABOUT WAR CHANGED? HOW DO YOU KNOW?

6. CLOSURE TONIGHT’S HOMEWORK READ CHAPTER 3 OF THE CAY YOU WILL HAVE A READING QUIZ TOMORROW ON CHAPTER’S 1 THROUGH 3 -AS LONG AS YOU READ THESE THREE CHAPTERS AND FOLLOWED OUR CONVERSATION ABOUT THE SETTING AND CHAPTER 1, YOU WILL BE JUST FINE