pirates of the caribbean worksheet

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Pirates of the Caribbean Worksheet

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1) Describe Captain Jack Sparrow.

2) Describe Captain Hector Barbossa.

3) Describe Joshamee Gibbs.

4) Describe Will Turner.

5) Describe Elizabeth Swann.

6) Where is the Caribbean?

7) What does a pirate do and why?

8) When did pirates of this movie series exist?

9) What is the connection between Disneyland and this film?

How to Talk like a Pirate!

Pirate Vocabulary and Phrases

Affidavit - sworn oath to be truth, aka Affy Davey

Arrr - yes, I agree, hmmm

Articles - legal binding agreement, list of rules

Aye - yes (aye aye = yes sir)

Bar Silver - silver bars, usually weighing several pounds each

Barbecue - ships cook

Batten Down the Hatches - tie down the hatches, shut your mouth

Bearings - location, to find where you are

Bite the Bullet - be brave

Black Spot - summons to a meeting, usually deadly

Blaggards - aka blackguards, a scoundrel or jerk

Blighter - a bad, gross person

Blockhouse - wooden fort with holes to shoot from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Sparrowhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hector_Barbossahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshamee_Gibbshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Turnerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Swannhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Swannhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Turnerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshamee_Gibbshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hector_Barbossahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Sparrow


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Bloody - damned or very good

Buccaneer - pirate

Bungling - messing up, making mistakes

By Thunder - also By the Powers, swearing by something, usually God

Chart - map

Cry Havoc - from Shakespeare, meaning to start a war

Cutlass - short sword with a slightly curved blade

Davy Jones Locker - bottom of the sea, death, Jones is evil spirit that preys upon sailors

Dog- bad man

Dog Watch - late afternoon or early evening work shift

Doubloon - Spanish gold coin

Execution Dock - where the gallows are located in a sea port

French Leave - sneak off and abandon your shipmates, cowardly

Gallows - framework with a rope noose to hang criminals

Gig - small rowboat used to go back and forth from ship to dock or shore

Guinea - English gold coin

Gunner - sailor who fires the cannons

Hand - to tie sails to the yardarms

Hands - sailors

Have the Wind of- to be in a better position than another person

Heave - pull

Honest Air - sweet, pure air or not swampy

Irons - handcuffs and shackles

Jolly Roger - pirate flag, usually has a skull and crossed bones

Keelhauling - to drag a person across or along the keel of a ship, often fatal

Lad - a boy, aka laddy

Leeward - aka lee shore, the wind blows toward this side, bad position


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Life or death on a lee shore - Dead men tell no tales

Lubber - land lover, not a sailor, a wimpy person

Magistrate - local officer or judge

Make Sail - unroll and put sails down

Make Terms - agree to rules

Maroon - abandon on a deserted island, a person who was abandoned

Matey - aka mate, another sailor on your ship who is your friend

Me - my

Mess- the place where meals are eaten

Messmate - sailor on your ship, someone you share meals with

Musket - gun or rifle which requires loading after every shot, uses gunpowder and shot

Mutiny - when members of a crew or army overthrow their officers

Overboard - to all over the rail of a ship into the water

Parley - discussion between enemies

Pieces of Eight - Spanish silver coin

Quartermaster - officer in charge of assigning rooms and supplies

Reef- to tie part of a sail to the yardarms

Roundshot - bullets or musketballs, shot

Saber - cavalry sword with a curved blade

Sauce - back talk

Seafaring - working or traveling on the sea

Sealegs - ability to walk steadily on the deck of a moving ship

Seaman - a sailor

Sequin - Italian gold coin

Shipmate - sailor on your ship, a friend

Shiver My Timbers - Scary, makes my bones shake

Smart as Paint - smart, fresh, new, honest


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Spanish Main - Caribbean Sea, area controlled by Spain

Squall - storm

Square - fair, honest

Steer - to guide a ship by using its rudder and ships wheel

Swab - a sailor, usually one of low rank

Swing - hang by the neck

Swivel Gun - small cannon whose aim can be changed easily

Tall Ship - any ship with tall masts

Trim Sail- adjust the sails

Weigh anchor - lift the anchor from the water so a ship can move

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