In the left column, students will respond to events in the story and comment on their own thought and feelings . They also discuss what they might have done in a similar situation. After visiting the sites listed below, students fill in the right column with information about how a real pirate might have reacted in the same situation. Students choose the stories that they want to read and interact to get more information about each pirate. In a response to literature students will create geometric designs for each of the main characters from the novel and for a real pirate who they research with the sites below.
Students write a character sketch of the real pirate.
They list the characteristics of the character from the novel and the real pirate, noting similarities and differences. Finally, they design a poster with the designs, lists and sketch. Students choose the stories that they want to read, and interact to get more information about each pirate. Write Found Poetry Students will explore the sites below and write and illustrate four found poems. Read the directions for Found Poetry as a response to literature.