Pirates: Booklet and Opening to a Novel

Twelve lessons that teach students to write to inform and entertain children with a booklet all about pirates. Including four sections, students are taught how to use informative language techniques while studying the rules of piracy; real pirates; fictional pirates and eventually creating their own pirate. Using the opening of the novel “Dead Man’s Chest”, students are taught techniques such as:
1, sensory description to describe settings.
2, en media res
3. characterisation
4. developing action
5. creating atmosphere
6. using sound effects
Your students will learn a wide variety of vocabulary and language techniques, as well as having fun learning about how real pirates and people have inspired stereotypical pirates. All Powerpoints and worksheets included and fully adaptable.