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1. BLACKBEARD
& The Lost Treasure
Of Skull Island
Avalon Theatre Company
Study Guide

2. BLACKBEARD
Welcome to Blackbeard & the Lost Treasure of
Skull Island by Avalon Theatre Company.
Our touring production of Blackbeard & the Lost
Treasure of Skull Island, an original one hour
presentation, has been designed to “Educate,
Enlighten & Entertain!”
In this study guide, developed by professional
educators and English-language teachers, you will find Pre- and Post-Performance Activities
and Discussion Topics, as well as teacher and student resources. For students who are learning
English we have also included key vocabulary so that your students will get the most out of our
performances. This study guide may be reproduced and distributed to students. It can be found
on our website www.avalontheatrecompany.com
Avalon Theatre Company’s Blackbeard & the Lost Treasure of Skull Island is an interactive
performance and we encourage your students’ participation and we will be asking a number of
your students to join us on stage.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
The Vocabulary and Activities that are highlighted in red are the most important in ensuring
that your students understand and enjoy Blackbeard & the Lost Treasure of Skull Island. If you
only have a limited amount of time to prepare your students for the show, we suggest you focus
on these Vocabulary Items & Activities.
All of the Activities in our Study Guide may be copied and given to your students.
The Answer Key for all of the Activities is on Page 21.
BLACKBEARD & THE LOST TREASURE OF SKULL ISLAND – Play Synopsis……….……..4
BLACKBEARD & THE QUEEN ANNE’S REVENGE …………………………………..………...5
CALICO JACK RACKHAM & ANNE BONNEY………………………………………..…….……..6
ALL ABOUT PIRATES…………………………………...…….…………………..………….………7
VOCABULARY……………………………………….……….…………………………………..…..8 & 9
VOCABULARY ACTIVITIES……………………….…...…….……………………………..……..10, 11, 12
PIRATE FLAG – Art & Imagination Activity…………………………………………………………...13
THE CARIBBEAN – Geography & Maths Activity…………………………………………………….14
TREASURE MAP PUZZLE – Vocabulary Activity………………………………………….…..……..15& 16
THEATRE – Discuss & Draw Activity…………………………………………………………….……17
WHO’S WHO IN THE THEATRE – Discuss & Write Activity…….……………………………..……18
LIFE IN THE 17th CENTURY – History Activity..……….………………………..………………..…..19 & 20
ACTIVITY ANSWERS…………………………………………………..……………………………..21
ABOUT THE ARTISTS…………………………………………………………………………………22
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& The Lost Treasure of Skull Island
The Queen Anne’s Revenge
Avalon Theatre Company’s Play – Synopsis
Blackbeard and his first-mate, Lieutenant Oliver Lovely, have the only map in the world that
will help them find the Lost Treasure of Skull Island. But Calico Jack and Anne Bonney will
do anything to steal the map and get the treasure for themselves. Skull Island has many
surprises for these swashbuckling (and sometimes silly!) pirates. Who will be the lonely Rock
Monster’s friends? Will the Gorilla want Anne to be his bride? Will Doris hula-dance with
Blackbeard? Your students will sail the high-seas as they join our actors on-stage as
Blackbeard’s Loyal Crew and Calico Jack’s Murderous Mutineers.
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Although we have taken great liberty with their characterisations, Blackbeard the Pirate,
Calico Jack and Anne Bonney were actual pirates who roamed the seas in the 17th and 18th
century. Below are brief biographies of each of them.
BLACKBEARD
His real name was Edward Teach, and he was by far the most famous
pirate who ever lived. Though little is known of his life before he began
his career as a pirate, most historians agree that he was born in England
around the year 1680. In the early 18th century, he left for the Caribbean
to begin his life at sea.
He captured a French ship, renamed it the Queen Anne's Revenge, and
converted it into his 40-gun flagship. When Britain revoked all
privateering licenses in the Caribbean, Teach took the Queen Anne's
Revenge and turned to outright piracy, quickly becoming the most
feared pirate in the hemisphere.
He came to be known by his spectacular black beard. Before going into battle, he would tie slow-burning fuses
to the ends of his beard, then light them as he approached enemy vessels. Many times the mere sight of him
standing on the deck, his legendary jet-black beard glowing and smoking, was enough to terrify other captains
into immediate surrender.
In 1718, Blackbeard left the Caribbean to raid the coastal towns of the United States. It was a relocation that
would lead to his death. The governor of Virginia eventually put a price on Blackbeard's head and Blackbeard
was finally captured November 22, 1718. Captain Maynard cut off Blackbeard's head and hung it on his ship.
THE QUEEN ANNE’S REVENGE
I n 1997, under the direction of the Underwater Archaeology Branch of
the North Carolina Division of Archives and History, archaeologists
began exploring, documenting, and recovering archaeological remains at
the Queen Anne's Revenge shipwreck site.
Since the start of The Queen Anne's Revenge shipwreck project in 1996,
tens of thousands of artefacts have been recovered and many more still
lie on the sea bed floor.
To learn more about this amazing underwater archaeology
project visit www.qaronline.org or www.friendsofqar.org
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CALICO JACK
In reality, Calico Jack Rackham was only a mediocre pirate. His fame comes
from the fact that the two most famous woman pirates in history, Anne Bonney
and Mary Reade sailed with him.
Calico Jack got the nickname Calico, because he was always wearing “lousy
striped calico pants.” He never had a large enough ship to attack the heavily
protected treasure ships and usually attacked fishing vessels and local merchant
ships.
In 1718, Jack Rackham became a captain of a small pirate ship, but because his
share of plundered gold was so small, he decided to retire and in 1719 he
returned to the Bahamas and received a King's Pardon from the governor.
There, he met and fell in love with Anne Bonney and she decided to leave her
husband and ran away with Rackham.
But after a year, Jack's money was running out, so he stole a small ship named the William and returned to
piracy. He cruised between Bermuda and Hispaniola and again, he only attacked smaller vessels and mostly
local craft. During this time he captured a woman named Mary Reade, who later became one of his pirates.
Calico Jack Rackham was captured in 1720, near Jamaica. The day before he had captured a Spanish ship and
Calico Jack and his crew had been celebrating all night. According to testimonies, only Anne Bonney and Mary
Reade resisted. Calico Jack and the rest of the crew were too drunk to defend the ship.
Captain Calico Jack Rackham would certainly be forgotten quickly, if not for the two women who sailed with
him. Anne and Mary were more than “just woman pirates” because for the 18th century they broke society's
strict rules and escaped traditional restrictions placed on women.
After his trial, the names of Calico Jack Rackham, Anne Bonney and Mary Read, spread quickly throughout
Europe and the America and they became legends, although in reality as pirates they were just a minor
nuisance. Calico Jack and his crew were found guilty, of the crime of piracy. Anne and Mary were pardoned,
when it was discovered that they were both pregnant. Calico Jack was hanged with the rest of his crew.
ANNE BONNEY
“I refuse to be bought and sold like cattle!”
Anne Bonney did not disguise herself as a man as is often claimed. She took part in
combat alongside the men on the ship and the accounts describe her as a competent
“swordsman” who gained the respect of her fellow pirates. Although Bonney is one of
the best-known pirates in history, she never commanded a ship of her own. Her fame
derives from the fact that she was a rarity: a female pirate.
After Rackham and his crew were sentenced to be hanged, Bonney's last words to the
imprisoned Calico Jack were that she was "sorry to see him there, but if he had fought
like a Man, he need not have been hang'd like a Dog."
There is no historical record of Bonney's release or of her execution. However,
evidence provided by her descendants suggests she was released from jail and 6
returned to South Carolina, where she gave birth to Rackham's second child. In 1721
she re-married and later had eight children. She died in South Carolina, a respectable
woman, at the age of eighty and was buried in 1782.

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THERE BE PIRATES!
When most people think of today’s pirates, they imagine Long John
Silver and Captain Jack Sparrow. In fact, the first known pirates were
the fierce “Sea People”, who attacked Greece from the Aegean Sea in
the 13th century BC, stealing treasures and capturing hostages. In fact,
the word “pirate” comes from a Greek word, “peira,” which has been
taken to mean, “to find luck on the sea.”
By the time the 1st century BC rolled around, pirates were a part of
everyday life. Pirates even kidnapped Julius Caesar at one point. In the
Middle Ages, even when pirates were committing crimes they were
helping to change history. St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, only
ended up in Ireland because pirates kidnapped him and sold him into
slavery when he was sixteen. He escaped, but later returned and played
a huge role in converting the country to Christianity.
Perhaps the most famous pirates are the pirates of the Caribbean. The Golden Age of Piracy lasted
from the 1560s to the late 1700s. It was during this time that the pirate code was created, and from
where our image of pirates as a rag-tag group of brotherly buccaneers comes.
Pirates had a system on board their ships determining how captured money was distributed. However,
pirates were more "egalitarian" than any other area of employment at the time. The majority of plunder
was in the form of cargo and ship's equipment with medicines the most highly prized. (A ship’s
doctor's chest would be worth anywhere from £300 to £400, or around $470,000 in today's values!)
Jewels were common plunder but not popular as they were hard to sell, and pirates had little concept of
their value. On average, a pirate could expect the equivalent of a year's wages as his share from each
ship captured while the crew of the most successful pirates would often each receive a share valued at
around £1,000 ($1.17 million) at least once in their career!
Modern Day Piracy
Although we all love stories, such as Pirates of the Caribbean and
Treasure Island, piracy in the 21st century is a deadly reality that costs the
world over 10 million Euros a year.
Here is the deadly modern reality. In the year 2000 alone:
- 15 merchant vessels were highjacked by pirates;
- 138 merchant vessels were boarded by pirates;
- Over 400 people were taken hostage by pirates and over 75
people were murdered in cold blood.
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Vocabulary
The following is a list of some of the vocabulary from the play which teachers may choose to
pre-teach before the performance.
VERBS
To eat To drink To inhabit To sail
To sail To steal To mutiny To attack
To behave To promise To admit To choose
To offer To require To hurry To take control
To hunt To hide To bury To stink
To search To seek To find To insist
To warn To protect To be sorry To be proud
To scare To lie To trick To disguise
To scrub To read (a map) To trust To bother
To spend To leave To hug To embrace
To be alone To calm To be calm To be confused
To hate To decide
NOUNS
Sea Barnacle Telescope Manacles
Sword Knife (Knives) Sack Path
Island Bamboo Cage Rock Castle
Creatures Monster Sea Monster Gorilla
Beast Chicken Sack Rubber
Treasure Treasure Hunt Map Landmark
Captain Lieutenant Lady (Ladies) Passengers
Port Lifeboat Crew Lad
Criminal Mutineers Arch-enemy Villain
Cage Lemonade Bucket Scrubbing brush
Legend Story Tradition Clue
Problem Decision Situation Leadership
Nickname Idiot Friend A Showdown
Warning Contest Showdown Team
A Cruise Kitchen Timbers
EXPRESSIONS
All the rage (to be very popular) My word (my promise)
A crush (to be in love with someone) In a minute (very soon – right away)
To give up (to quit) To sack (to fire from a job)
To be in a good mood To back away from
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Vocabulary
ADJECTIVES
Dark Terrible Horrible Crazy Shrunken
Nasty Evil Terrifying Scary Bad
Smelly Murderous Awful Mad Villainous
Brainless Ugly Dangerous Dark Unfair
Rich Wonderful Exciting Famous Feared
Bleak Confusing Disguised Proud Lost
Pretty Gorgeous Beautiful Pretty Kind
Clever Brilliant Loyal Amusing Unfunny
Buried Hidden Nearest Behind Close
First Second Third Final Dead
Hungry Thirsty Safe Disappointed
Small Shy Outrageous Onboard
Superlatives
Roughest Toughest Deadliest Most Feared
TERMS OF AFFECTION
A softie A sweetie My darling My little pumpkin
My little lamb My little honeysuckle.
EXCLAMATIONS OF SURPRISE
Oh my goodness!
PIRATE PHRASES
Shiver my timbers! Rattle my rafters!
Blow my bellows!
The Seven Seas
Thar she blows!
Land Ahoy!
Hoist the mizzen!
Landlubber!
Barnacle brain
Scurvy lad
Saltwater swine!
Clap them in irons
Davy Jones’ Locker!
The Deck
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ACTIVITY # 1 – Vocabulary-Adjectives
Match the people in Column A to their descriptions in the play, in Column B. Then watch the
play and check your answers.
COLUMN A COLUMN B
1.) Lovely, Blackbeard’s assistant a.) “As beautiful as ever.”
2.) The teachers b.) “Small, nasty and evil.”
3.) Blackbeard c.)“They’re here to boss the children about.”
4.) Lady Georgina, a passenger d.) “Brainless:”
5.) The students at your school. e.) “A sweetie.”
6.) Anne Bonney f.) “A good man.”
ACTIVITY # 2 – Vocabulary- AdJECTIVES
Below are some adjectives from the vocabulary list. Ask students to think of words that mean
the opposite.
ADJECTIVE
1.) Hungry (example) Full 2.) Pretty 3.) Evil
4.) Exciting 5.) Safe 6.) Kind
7.) Shy 8.) Horrible 9.) Confusing
ACTIVITY #3 – Vocabulary- DICTIONARY WORK
Use a dictionary or the internet to find the meaning of the following words and phrases that
appear in the play:
To have a crush on someone (Verb) To scrub something (Verb)
An arch enemy (Noun) A nickname (Noun)
Delightful (Adjective) Shrunken (Adjective)
Now, answer the following questions:
1. Which passenger does Blackbeard not have a crush on?
2. At the end of the play who scrubs the deck of the ship The Queen Anne’s Revenge?
3. Who is Blackbeard’s arch enemy?
4. What is Anne Bonney’s nickname?
5. Which person is called delightful by Blackbeard?
6. Who does Blackbeard describe as “horrible, shrunken creatures”?
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ACTIVITY # 4 – Vocabulary – NOUNS
Ask students to select the nouns from the list and put them into the correct related categories
below. (The maximum number of words per category is indicated in brackets.)
NOUNS
Sea Friend Gorilla Barnacle Telescope
Port Manacles Lady Crew Cage
Sword Knife Island Lad Castle
Sea Monster Treasure Beast Chicken Sack
Map Landmark Passengers Kitchen Bucket
Scrubbing brush Arch enemy Villain Captain Lieutenant
Lifeboat Criminal Mutineers
People (10) Places (5) Objects (11)
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___________________ _________ _____________ ___________________
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___________________ Creatures/Animals (4) ___________________
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ACTIVITY # 5 – Vocabulary – VERBS
There are several examples of phrasal verbs which appear in the play. Can you match the
phrasal verbs in Column A to their synonyms in Column B?
COLUMN A COLUMN B
1.)To put your hands up a.) To leave
2.) To back away b.) To quit, To desist
3.) To go away c.) To capture, get control
4.) To let someone go d.) To surrender
5.) To take over e.) To release, To free
6.) To give up f.) To retreat
ACTIVITY # 6 – Vocabulary & Comprehension
AFTER THE SHOW
Now, see how well you remember the play.
1. Who does Anne Bonney say “Hands up” to?
2. Who tells Blackbeard to “back away from the treasure”?
3. Who says “Go away and let me spend my money”?
4. Who says “give us the map and we’ll let you go”?
5. Who does Calico Jack ask to help him “take over the ship”?
6. Who says “I give up. I’m lost. I can’t find the treasure”?
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Pirate Flags
Blackbeard’s Flag Calico Jack’s Flag
Pirates sailed under flags called “Jolly Rogers.” The name “Jolly Roger” either comes from the French term
“Joli Rouge” meaning “pretty red” or from an old English expression for the Devil, “Old Roger.”
If a pirate flag was all red, it meant “no quarter given” and that there would be no survivors after the attack. So
in many ways it was better to see the black “Jolly Roger” flag on an approaching pirate ship because it meant
that you might survive either to be kidnapped to work on the pirate ship, held for ransom or sold into slavery.
Each Pirate had their own flag and usually they were designed by the pirate himself. They were designed to
strike terror in their victims. For example, the Pirate Emmanuel Wayne had an hour glass on his flag to show
his victims that their “time was running out.”
Common Symbols on a Pirate Flag
Hour glass Skull Dagger Bleeding hearts
Crossed Bones Skeletons Sword
ACTIVITY # 7 – MAKE YOUR OWN PIRATE FLAG!
Ask students to design their own flag that includes
symbols of who they are and also symbols that show
what they want people to think of them.
For an example, if a student loves to listen to music,
they could put headphones on the skull or if they love
to play guitar, their “Jolly Roger” could have
crossed guitars instead of crossed bones.
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ACTIVITY # 8 – Geography & Maths
Sailing the Caribbean
Calico Jack and Blackbeard are in a race around the Caribbean. Calico Jack’s ship, The
Revenge, was a sloop that could sail 15 knots (27 kms per hour). Blackbeard’s frigate was
much larger and heavier and could only sail about 9 knots (17 km per hour.)
Blackbeard sailed from the Bahamas to Jamaica (790 kms), then to Barbados (1920 kms) then
back to the Dominican Republic (1350 kms).
Calico Jack sailed from the Bahamas to Aruba (1593kms), then to the Cayman Islands
(1375kms) and then to the Dominican Republic (1097kms)
How many kilometres did each travel and how long did it take them (days or hours)? Who won
the race?
Calico Jack - ______________ ______________ or ______________
Kilometres Hours Days
Blackbeard - ______________ ______________ or ______________
Kilometres Hours Days
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ACTIVITY # 9 – Vocabulary – Treasure Map Puzzle
Lieutenant Oliver Lovely has discovered the map to the Lost Treasure of Skull Island! But
the treasure map is old and hard to read. One must travel to three places on the island
before finding the treasure. Solve the 3 puzzles on the next page to help Lieutenant Lovely
find the names of the places.
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2
3
1
1 ______ ____
2____ ______
3 _ _ _ _ _’_ _______
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Unscramble each of the clue words. Copy the letters in the numbered cells to other cells with
the same number. (All the words are from the “NOUN” Vocabulary list.)
1 ______ ____ 2 _ _ _ _ _’ _ _______
3____ ______
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THEATRE
~ Theatre features live on-stage actors. They have spent
many weeks rehearsing for the performance.
~ The audience is a very important part of the performance.
The success of the play often depends on the audience
and their enthusiasm and participation.
~ It is easy to identify with live actors. You can see how
they use their bodies and voices to convey different
emotions.
~ Actors wear clothing and make-up to help create the
characters they play.
~ There is much more to most live performances than
actors. Special scenery, effects, lighting, music,
costumes, and of course, the audience add to the total
experience.
ACTIVITY #10 – Discuss & DRAW!
After reading the above, ask students to discuss some of
the theatre questions below
1.) What was your favourite part of the play? Who was
your favourite character and why?
2.) What is the difference between TV and a live play?
Which do you like better and why?
3.) Draw a picture of a favourite scene or character.
4.) Design a programme cover for the play using the title,
and an illustration inspired by the play.
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Who’s Who at the Theatre
The Writer researches and then writes the dialogue of the play.
The Director reads the script and then interprets the story, using
the talents of Actors, Designers and Technicians.
The Set Designer works with the Director to determine the
different “looks” that will be used in each scene to tell the story.
The Properties (Props) Designer with the Director and the Set
Designer, then creates the props that help to tell the story.
The Costume Designer works with the Director to determine the
costumes (clothing) that each performer will wear that will help
to tell more about each character in the story.
The Actors work with the Director to tell the story through their
voices, their faces, and their body movements.
ACTIVITY #11 – Discuss & Write!
1.) Talk about different things used during the play that helped to tell
the story. What things (voices, body movements, props, sounds music
and costumes) were used to portray different characters?
2.) Pretend that you are the Writer of Blackbeard and the Lost Treasure of Skull Island. What
other ideas would you have added to the play?
3.) Think about what the actors did on stage, where they were standing, how they moved and
how they said their lines. How did the Director use these things to tell the story?
4.) Talk about the sets and props in the play. What props or details were used to suggest specific
times or settings? What materials might have been used in building the sets? What might you
have done differently?
5.) What would you need to know to create costumes for a play (research, sewing, theatrical
effects, etc.)? Why is the right costume important to the character in the play?
6.) Choose a character from the play and discuss things the actor did to create that character.
Why might an actor change his presentation because of audience reaction? Would it be easy to be
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7.) Conduct an interview with a classmate pretending to be one of the actors and find out the
actor's feelings about being on stage, memorization, rehearsals, costumes, audience, etc.

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ACTIVITY # 12 – HISTORY
FAMILY LIFE IN THE 1600s
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Life in the 17 century if you were an ordinary person was far from
warm, loving and caring.
A typical household usually included the family as well as lodgers and
hired hands. Women gave birth to between 8-10 children.
Infant and child mortality was high. One of every three infants died
before the age of one. Another third died before adulthood.
For adults, the average life span was shorter. In addition, many women
died in child birth and the plague killed thousands. Many kids grew up
without parents.
Children left the home to work full-time as shepherds, cowherds or apprentices at age of 7 or 8. All
were gone by age of 15. Daughters remained at home until married.
"Good mothering is an invention of modernization." Very young
children were untended and alone for much of the day. There are many
accounts of children burning to death because they were left alone by
the fire. There are even reports of un-watched children being eaten by
barnyard pigs.
Even if the parents had been around, it doesn't appear that it would
have mattered very much. The parents basically ignored them. Children
were never played with. Mothers did not even refer to their children by
name. They would call them "it" or "the creature."
Parents were reluctant to form strong emotional bonds with a child
who was probably going to die. If a child wandered away, he or she
was soon forgotten by their parents.
It was crowded! Most families lived in one-room houses. Families
shared their one-room houses with livestock and poultry! The one-
room was very small. At night, beds were laid on the floor and all
the adults and children crowded together for warmth.
Everyone was crawling with lice. A bath was a rare event. Everyone stank. If someone was sick with
something, everyone got it.
Marriages were economic arrangements-for money, land, labour, dowry. Emotional attachments were
of no importance to parents who arranged the marriages.
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ACTIVITY # 12 – HISTORY
WHAT DID THEY EARN?
Wages were low for the average 17th century person. The typical
daily wage for a labourer was about 8 pence (cents) per day.
Most labouring people rarely ate meat. When they did it was
usually mutton. A quarter of mutton was two shillings (24 cents.)
A "fat pig" was one shilling, four pence (16 pence.)
WANT TO GO TO SEA?
Impressment, known as, "the Press", was the forcing of men to serve in a
navy during wartime. Any man between the ages of 18 to 45 could be
forced to sea. And in many cases they were simply kidnapped off the
streets and never heard from again.
Many “impressed” sailors were happy to join a pirate crew...if the pirates
allowed them to live
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
1.) In the 1600s, why would someone be happy to become a pirate? (Ask students to remember
some of the information about pirates on pages 5 - 7.) How would their life be better? How
would it be worse?
2.) Ask students to compare their family life with family life in the 17th century. How are they
different? What would they like and dislike about living in the 17 th century.
3.) We all sometimes dream about living in a different time and place. Ask students to choose a
time and place they think they would have liked to live. Then ask students to research that era
on the internet. What did they find that might make them change their mind.
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ANSWERS
ACTIVITY # 1 – Vocabulary-Adjectives
ANSWERS: 1.) f 2.) c 3.) e 4.) a 5.) b 6.) d
ACTIVITY # 2 – Vocabulary-AdJECTIVES
ANSWERS: (examples) 1.) Full 2.) Ugly 3.) Good 4.) Boring, Dull 5.) Safe
6.) Mean 7.)Outgoing, Loud 7.) Wonderful 8.) Simple, Understandable
ACTIVITY #3 – Vocabulary- DICTIONARY WORK
ANSWERS: 1.) Lady Celia 2.) Jack and Anne Bonney 3.) Calico Jack. 4.) Anne Bonney
5.) Lady Georgina 6.) The students (in the audience).
ACTIVITY #4 – Vocabulary
ANSWERS:
PEOPLE PLACES CREATURES and ANIMALS OBJECTS
Friend Port Gorilla Telescope
Lady Island Manacles
Crew Castle Sea Monster Cage
Passengers Landmark Beast Sword
Villain Kitchen Chicken Knife
Captain Treasure
Lieutenant Sack
Criminal Map
Mutineers Bucket
Lad Scrubbing brush
Lifeboat
ACTIVITY # 5 – Vocabulary – VERBS
ANSWERS: 1.) d 2.) f 3.) a 4.) e 5.) c 6.) b
ACTIVITY # 6 – Vocabulary & Comprehension
ANSWERS: 1.) Blackbeard 2.) Anne Bonney 3.) Calico Jack 4.) Lieutenant Lovely
5.) The Murderous Mutineers 6.) Calico Jack
ACTIVITY # 8 – Geography & Maths
ANSWERS: Calico Jack - 4,065 KMs - 150.55 hours or 6.27 days
Blackbeard – 4,060 kms - 238.82 hours or 9.95 days
ACTIVITY # 9 – Vocabulary – Treasure Map Puzzle
ANSWERS: Puzzle 1 – Jolly Roger, Skull, Timbers, Calico Jack - BAMBOO CAGE
Puzzle 2 – Blackbeard, Gorilla, Mutiny, Captain, Sword – GIANT’S EMBRACE
Puzzle 3 – Loyal Crew, Treasure, Nickname, Map – ROCK CASTLE
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About the artists
Erica Amaro (Lieutenant Oliver Lovely) Trained in Ballet and Contemporary Dance
at the Conservatoire of Lisbon. After working as a dancer in Portugal for a number of
years, she decided to continue her studies in Musical Theatre and went on to audition
for London Studio Centre. Fortunate enough to win a scholarship from the college, she
went directly into the 2nd year and trained as a Singer/Dancer/Actress. Since then she
has been involved in varied projects, including the London Studio Centre’s production
of the play THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA in the role of "Angustias"; the
musical GODSPELL, the professional production of GREASE, playing “Cha Cha” and also performed on a six
month worldwide cruise as the lead singer. Back in Portugal she has been involved in many different projects,
including performing as a dancer in the opera-tango MARIA DE BUENOS AIRES (Piazzolla), at the National
Theatre of S. Carlos, in Lisbon. She was also seen at Teatro Tivoli, Lisbon, where she performed the role of
"Ariel" in FOOTLOOSE and as "Mia Farrow" in the musical SINATRA - BLUE EYES.
Meg Thurin (Anne Bonney, Lady Celia, Doris), graduated from John Cabot University
with a Bachelor of Arts and received her postgraduate degree from the Istituto Arte
Artiginato e Restauro, Rome, Italy. Since moving to Portugal in 2009, Meg has worked
with Avalon Theatre Company and has also participated in various voice-over projects
and has performed in a recent TV sitcom pilot filmed in Lisbon.
Keith Harle (Blackbeard) – Keith is an actor, director and theatre teacher and has
been based in Lisbon for over 15 years. He has been involved in professional theatre,
film, television and voice work for 30 years. He has worked for numerous companies
in the UK, The USA, Japan and Portugal. He has also performed at several
International festivals in Edinburgh, Holland, Hong Kong, Portugal and at The
International Theatre Festival in Arrezzo, Italy where he was nominated and received
the award for “Best Actor in Consecutive Years.” On Portuguese television, Keith
appeared as the evil cyber villain, Costa, in “O Bando dos
Quatro” and as Captain McQuinn in the TV series “Equador.” As well as working as a linguistic consultant
and materials writer for Santillana Editores, a publisher of educational books and materials, Keith has over
twenty years experience as an English teacher. Keith is a founding partner of Avalon Theatre Company.
Grant Shepherd (Calico Jack, Lady Georgina,Rock Monster) – Grant has lived in
Portugal for 10 years and has been involved in a number of productions, both as actor
and director. He studied Drama at University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, where, as
well as acting and directing, he specialised in Shakespeare, Neo-classical French and
Restoration Theatre. Directorial credits include The Virtuoso by Thomas Shadwell, The
Winter’s Tale by William Shakespeare; True West by Sam Shepard; and The Country
Wife by William Wycherley. Favourite roles include Lee (True West); Leontes (The
Winter’s Tale); and Vindice (The Revenger’s Tragedy). Grant appeared in the TV series
“Equador” as William Cadbury. Grant is a founding partner of Avalon Theatre 22
Company.