Socratic Seminar Questions

1. If you can design an escape route off of the

island, what would it look like? Explain.
2. How are Phillip and Timothy connected?
3. Can you prove that when Phillip and his mother
were traveling back to Miami, that they weren't going
to be sunk by the Germans on sea?
4. Create an image of the Cay.
5. If you critique the travel plan that Phillip and his
mother took, how would you do it?
6. Synthesis the idea of the first chapter of The
Cay.
7. How could you compare Phillips mother to his
father.
8. How would you construct a proper house for
Phillip and Timothy?
9. Can you create a hypothesis on what you think
would happen to Phillip and Timothy later on the
island?
10.
Can you revise the last chapter (8) in an
summarized sentence?
11.
Can you prove that Phillip and Timothy were
real people or made up characters in the German
bombing in 1942 Curacao?
12.
Revise the action that Timothy cant do but
Phillip can?
13.
How can you prove that Timothy never met
his birth parents? Explain.
14.
Develop a logical argument telling us about
why the Germans were bombing Curacao?
15.
How would you be able to compare Phillip
and his friend Henrik van Boven?

16.
How would you analyze Phillip's thoughts
about being apart of WWII.
17.
How would you compare Phillip and Turtle?
18.
Can you prove that Timothy was always
telling the truth to Phillip when they were on the raft?
19.
Create a sentence explaining Phillips
personality.
20.
If you could back into the story, how would
you create a image of Phillips home in Curacao?
Explain.
21.
How could you connect Curacao to The Cay,
by the scenery, location, plantation, and its wildlife?
22.
How would you compare Phillip and Jonas?