Pirate Informational Slideshow

1. Pirate InformationalSlideshow Use this slideshow to correlate with an imaginary narrative writing prompt. You can find the graphic organizers, writing paper, and conventions rubric in the Conventions Unit by Hollis Hemmings on TpT.

2. A Pirate’s Life

3. What did pirates do? In the 1600’s-1700’s, pirates sailed around places they thought other ships would be. Once they found another ship, they would raise their pirate flag and attack. Usually the other ships just gave up once they saw the flag, because pirates would be extra mean to them if they put up a fight. The pirates would then steal everything the ship was carrying.

4. What did pirates STEAL? Pirates stole anything that they could use or sell. If a ship had cannons or other good weapons, the pirates would take them. They stole food, gold, and silver. The ships they robbed were usually merchants – men who would buy things in one place, and then sell them somewhere else. These ships carried things like cocoa, tobacco, cow hides or cloth. If the pirates thought they could sell the stuff, they took it.

5. f Gold Doubloon: a Spanish coin worth $16.00 U.S. Did pirates bury their treasures? Lots of people think so, but probably not. Pirates preferred to spend their gold and silver and not bury it somewhere. Also, most of the treasure stolen were things like food and tobacco that would get ruined if they were buried.

6. Who was Blackbeard? Blackbeard was one of the most famous pirates who sailed the south seas of the Caribbean and Atlantic Ocean.

7. Blackbeard Facts • Blackbeard’s name was really Edward Teach. • He was born in Bristol, England. • He began his sailing career in the British Navy, but tired of being beaten by the captain and the many sicknesses on board Navy vessels. Sailors were paid poorly and had little money. • He quit the Navy and as a pirate in 1717-1718, he attacked many ships. • He tried to look scary by tying fuses to his long beard and then lit them so his beard appeared to be on fire.

8. Make a pirate’s treasure map.

9. Directions: • You will need: • cardinal directions • A path or route • Landmarks or symbols • Arrows • Mark where to start. • Mark the treasure with an X.

10. This PowerPoint is used in our Conventions Unit available on TPT as part of a writing lesson.Thanks! Hollis and GretchenCopy Tip: Lighten the setting on the copier before printing the ppt or the background will be too dark.

11. Common Core Conventions Unit Students will apply the following learning targets in their writing: • ELACC2W3: Write narratives in which they recount a well-elaborated event or short sequence of events, include details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide a sense of closure. • ELACC2W5: With guidance and support from adults and peers, focus on a topic and strengthen writing as needed by revising and editing. • a. May include prewriting. • ELACC2L2: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. • a. Capitalize holidays, product names, and geographic names. • b. Use commas in greetings and closings of letters. • c. Use an apostrophe to form contractions and frequently occurring possessives