Blackbeard the Pirate!
Timetable Monday 20th April 2020
Reading Ask your child to read the text below and support them where necessary. Then ask your child to Mission: answer the questions below. The answers can be spoken, written, typed, or even drawn! 30 minutes Blackbeard the Pirate!
Blackbeard’s real name was Edward Teach and he was born in Bristol. He was a sailor in the Royal Navy but then he became a pirate. He joined the crew of a pirate called Benjamin Hornigold who gave him his own ship which he called Queen Anne’s revenge.
To attack ships, they raised a false flag to pretend they were nice and friendly but when they got close they would raise Blackbeard’s flag and attack! Blackbeard twisted pieces of burning rope in his beard so that he appeared in a thick cloud of black smoke.
Blackbeard had 14 wives but he did not treat them very well. He also left 15 of his crew members stranded on an island and took their share of the treasure.
Blackbeard was killed in battle with a man called Robert Maynard. This man cut off Blackbeard’s head and tied it to his ship as a warning to other pirates not to mess with him!
1. What job did Blackbeard have before he became a pirate? 2. How did Blackbeard trick other ships so he could steal from them? 3. Why did Blackbeard twist burning rope into his beard? 4. How many wives did Blackbeard have? 5. What did Robert Maynard do with Blackbeard’s head?
Writing Today you have two choices for your mission! Mission: 30 Choice 1 is to use the picture below to help you write a character description of Blackbeard. minutes This should tell people what Blackbeard looks like and what sort of a person he is. You can use the reading that you did earlier to give you some ideas.
Choice 2 is to make a wanted poster for Blackbeard. We made one of these in school together. Your poster should include:
1. A picture of Blackbeard 2. A sentence or two to describe what he looks like 3. Where he was last seen 4. What he is wanted for (what bad things has he done?) 5. How much money the reward will be for finding him
An example of a wanted poster is on the next page:
Maths Do Now: 6 Mission: 30 minutes
Today you will be using the language of direction to find treasure hidden around your house.
Star words: forwards, backwards, left, right.
Mission 1: For this challenge you need to hide a piece of treasure for your child to find. Once you have hidden the treasure get your child to stand by the door and give them instructions how to find the hidden treasure using the star words above. For example, forward 5 steps, turn left, forwards 2 jumps, turn right, backwards 1 step- Wow you have found the treasure! Play this game a couple times moving the treasure and around and giving different directions to find the treasure.
Mission 2: Now it’s your child’s turn to hide the treasure and give you instructions for how to find it using the star words. Happy hunting!
Teacher Tip: a good way for children to remember their lefts and rights
Extension: Describe what you see using the words below to help you. For example, the clownfish are above the shell but below the lid of the fish tank.
Topic Mission: Can I design my own pirate flag? Mission: Day 3 Your topic mission this week is based on the theme ‘Pirates and mermaids’.
Ahoy, Me Hearties! Blackbeard here! We pirates design flags to hang on our ships to tell the other pirates things about the crew on board and who the ship belongs to. Your mission today is to design your own pirate flag to put up in your bedroom window so the other pirates can learn something about you. For example, you might want to draw your favourite colour, animal, food or even draw a Jolly Roger (skull and crossbones).
There is a pirate flag outline below and a picture of the flag on my ship, the Queen Anne’s Revenge. Argggghhhhh! Happy designing.
These Missions have been designed to be accessible, using little resources and most importantly fun for your children to complete. Please use what you can, any resources you do not have could be substituted for something else and suggestions have been made for this where possible.