Pirates

** Multiple Intelligences Key **
 * North Carolina **** Pirate Projects **
 * 4th Grade AG Reading Class **
 * Directions: We have just finished a unit on North Carolina Pirates. As a culminating activity you are going to be working individually on projects of your choice. Attached you will find three different Tic-Tac-Toe boards filled with a variety of pirate projects. Each square represents a different intelligence; the key is listed below. You may choose to pick an area you are already strong in or try to strengthen an area. Pick a line across, down or diagonally that you would like to complete. List your projects below. As always if you have an idea for a project let me know and I may let you substitute it for one of mine. HAVE FUN! **
 * Project One: **
 * Project Two: **
 * Project Three: _ **
 * VL= Verbal/Linguistic LM=Logical/Mathematical VS=Visual/Spatial **
 * BK=Body/Kinesthetic MR=Musical/Rhythmic IE=Interpersonal IA=Intrapersonal ** __** Project Check Date: **__
 * Final Due Date: **


 * ** Research pirates. Read a variety of non-fiction books about them. Write notes on index cards about the information that you gather. Prepare an oral presentation with one visual aid (your choice). **
 * ~Do not read every single word in every book. **
 * ~Write down the information in your own words not verbatim from the resource. **
 * ~Write down the name of the book you are getting the information from and the author’s name. **
 * ~Write a bibliography on each book you research. **
 * VL ** || ** Some very fierce pirates roamed the seas during the golden age of piracy. Blackbeard, Mary Reed, Barthomew Roberts, Anne Bonney were just a few of the nasty pirates who chose this lifestyle. Research two of these pirates. Create a Venn diagram comparing and contrasting their similarities and differences. How do you think they would have felt? What do you think they would have said to each other? Create a dialogue between the two pirates as though they ran into each other in a local tavern at a port using appropriate punctuation. Draw a comic strip of this conversation using macaroni for quotation marks. Illustrate it when finished. **
 * IA ** || ** Make a diorama of a pirate scene. It can be a marooned pirate on a deserted island, a mutiny aboard a pirate ship, a small tavern in a port town, a scene at a bustling trading port, a battle between a pirate ship and a trading vessel at sea, or another familiar pirate scene. Label all interesting items in your diorama being sure to use a lot of your pirate vocabulary. Afterwards write a two-page summary about your scene. **
 * BK ** ||
 * ** There are many jobs on a pirate ship. Master gunner, captain, quartermaster, etc…. Research these jobs. Make a job manual about pirate jobs and name it __The Pirate Handbook__. Illustrate each page using paints. Each page should also include a description of the job and their salary in pirate booty. **


 * VS ** || ** Write original poetry about Life as a Pirate. Your poetry book should include pirate vocabulary, your feelings, sights, sounds, smells, etc…. It can include a diamonte, character poem, lantern, outside/inside, septet, cinquain, acrostic, name, shape, limerick, quatrain or any format you want to utilize to help express your thoughts. Use personification, similes and metaphors in your poetry. **
 * VL ** || ** Draw a treasure map. Using a ruler draw a 1 inch grid over the top of your map. Make the drawing of your island to scale. Be sure to include a legend and a scale on your map. Afterwards make clues using coordinates to find objects on your map to share with a classmate. After your rough draft is finished copy it onto a brown paper grocery bag using permanent markers. Make it look weathered by adding water and crumpling it up and then flattening it out to dry. **
 * LM ** ||
 * ** Set up a mock trial for a famous captured pirate. The trial should include a pirate defendant, defendant’s lawyer, prosecutor, judge, expert witnesses, and witnesses. During the mock trial you should defend, debate, criticize, justify, argue, assess, and make recommendations. In the end decide on a verdict/punishment. **


 * IE ** || ** Create a short drama about life as a pirate. You can write the play about anything you would like. Use proper quotation marks and other punctuation marks. After the play is written and approved by your teacher, audition and hire actors to become part of your cast. Prepare costumes, props, sets, posters, and an invitation to advertise your play. Be prepared to present it to the rest of the AG class. **

** VS **  ||
 * BK ** || Create a wanted poster for a pirate. It may be a real or an imaginary pirate. Be sure to include your pirate’s name, a full description, the reward (in pirate booty), what crimes the pirate is wanted for specifically, name of the location the pirate was last seen, list of pirate crimes, whether or not they are wanted dead or alive, and anything else you can think to add. Your poster needs to have a vivid picture of your pirate.
 * **Pretend that you are a prisoner held captive on a pirate ship. Create a journal of the experience. Write a journal entry for each day you are on the vessel. Your entries should include (but are not limited to): your treatment, any punishment or torture you receive while on board, vivid descriptions of your surroundings, fellow prisoners’ descriptions, any sights, sounds, smells, tastes etc… Your journal should have at least five detailed entries.**

ship parts, pirate math, pirate booty, famous pirates, pirate rules, weaponry. Each category should have five questions each. Be ready to play the game with your AG class.
 * IA ** || Design a new pirate jeopardy game using the following categories:

**BK** || **Pirates sang a lot out at sea to pass the time. “Yo, ho, blow the man down…” Make up a modern day jingle, rap or song that represents what you think of pirates and their actions. Compare them to something or someone in today’s time. Use your imagination. You may choose to use instruments, the internet, recordings devices etc…** **MR** ||
 * **You are a stow-away on a British Merchant ship heading to America. As the ship approaches land off of the North Carolina coast it is attacked by a pirate ship. A fierce battle ensues. Describe this battle and your part in it. Did you fight with the British or the pirates? Draw a mural of the fight and add your description. Develop a title for your mural as though it hangs in a North Carolina history museum today.**

**VS** || **Look up additional information about pirates on the following websites:** [|**www.piratesinfo.com**] [|**www.wizkidsgames.com/pirates**] [|**www.puzzlepirates.com**] [|**www.nationalgeographic.com/pirates**] [|**http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/jcheek3/pirates.htm**] **Create a flip book with the information you learned from these websites. Prepare for a five minute oral presentation on your research.**

**VL** || **Construct a timeline depicting all significant events in the life of Blackbeard the Pirate (Edward Teach). Begin with his birth in Bristol, England and end with his capture and death at Ocracoke Inlet. Be sure to include all important times and dates. You may add illustrations to your timeline if you would like. If you would like to do the factual timeline in one color and then go back and add some fictional items in a different color you may. Be sure to indicate the fictional items in a different color on the key.**

Create a bar graph depicting all of the supplies that a pirate ship carried. Be sure to look this information up first to be accurate. Include at least ten commonly used items carried on board during the golden age of piracy. After creating your bar graph develop ten questions that someone could answer while looking only at your graph.
 * LM ** ||

**LM** || **Draw a map of a pirate route in the ocean. Label all major land masses and water ways. Be sure to include Oceans, continents, countries, states, inlets, sounds etc…. Also include major ports of North Carolina and other states from the time period.**

**VS** || Write a book review on one of the books you have read this year about pirates. Begin with some information about the author. Write a detailed summary of the book. Give your recommendations on the book substantiated with quotes from the book. **IE** ||
 * Create your own pirate jolly roger flag. Each symbol on the flag must represent something about your pirate and their personality. Write a summary about how you came up with the design. Make your final flag on a sheet or pillow case and attach it to a branch or pole of some kind to display proudly.

**VS** || Create a board game using facts that we have learned about North Carolina pirates this year. Decorate your poster board using scenes from books we have read. Be ready to play your game with the rest of the class. **BK** || Write a letter to an author of one of the pirate books we read this year. Tell him/her your reactions/feelings about the book. You might also give them advice about another book idea you have for them about pirates and how to make it appealing for kids your age!

**IA** ||
 * Plan a movie about the life of a famous pirate we have read about his year. Write an outline including your title, setting, plot, problem, solution, main characters etc… Create advertisements for your movie.

**VS** || We have read many true stories about Blackbeard (Edward Teach) the pirate. We have also read some legends about him. Create and write a legend about a made up pirate from North Carolina. What is his/her name? What made them famous? **VL** || Create lyrics for a song about pirates or a specific pirate that we learned about this year. You can make up your own tune or use a well-known tune to sing it to when finished. Use musical instruments or home-made ones for back ground music too!


 * MR** ||
 * You are the owner of a restaurant that caters only to pirates in the town of Bath, North Carolina. What will you name it? What are your specialties? What does it look like on the inside/outside? Create a menu and advertisements for your restaurant. Remember to charge in doubloons and pieces-o-eight on your menus.

**VL** || Imagine you are on a pirate ship. Create post cards to send home to your loved ones from far away places. On the front draw scenes from where you have visited. On the back side write to friends telling them about battles your have fought, prisoners you have captured or ships you have plundered. **VS** || Write your own pirate story to share with the kindergarten and first grade here at school. Remember your audience while writing your story. You may want to make it a puppet show using props and sounds effects.

**IE** || **Created by Betty Ann Chester and Lisa Millik** **AG Reading North Carolina Projects**
 * Student Reflections**

1. The most interesting facts I have learned while completing these projects were the following:

2. Skills I learned that I am good at while working on these projects are:

3. Skills that I need practice in are:

4. My favorite part of completing these projects was:

5. My least favorite part of completing these projects was:

6. Something I would like to learn more about after completing these projects is:


 * ~ Wake County Schools ~ Raleigh, North Carolina**