Séquence 5: A Pirate's Life

How Pirates are still a strong source of inspiration for fiction

A Line

Rhymes

A Stanza

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"In an honest life there is nothing but low wages, and hard labor. In this life there is abundance, pleasure, liberty and power. Why would you refuse a life where the worst thing that could happen to you is the sad face you’ll do when you’ll get hanged ? A merry life and a short one, shall be my motto." -Bartholomew "Black Bart" Roberts

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Qu'obtient-on par un travail honnête autre qu'un bas salaires et un dur labeur. Cette vie promet abondance, plaisir, liberté et puissance. Comment douter quand tout ce qu'on risque dans le pire des cas, c'est la triste mine que l'on fera lorsqu'on se balancera au bout d'une corde. Une existence courte mais bonne sera ma devise. -Bartholomew "Black Bart" Roberts

How do you call this famous symbol ?

The Black Flag: "The Jolly Rogers"

Pirates used flags to communicate between ships.

What are the meanings of these famous flags?

We're Pirates ! Surrender Immediatly! Quarter Given

No quarter! Prepare to die

We Surrender! Don't attack us!

The Bloody Flag

The Jolly Roger

The White Flag

Sir Francis Drake

Privateers

1/ Find the time period during which there were privateers.

2/ List the actions that were common to pirates and privateers.

3/ Pick out three pieces of information showing that privateers were like legal pirates.

Privateers

4/ Show what made Francis Drake a famous privateer.

Buccaneers

1/ Write down the nationalities of buccaneers.

2/ Find expressions about buccaneers and use them to create a definition.

3/ Pick out a passage from the text to define a pirate. Rewrite it in your own words.

Buccaneers

4/ Compare buccaneers to other pirates.

5/ Focus on the origins of the buccaneers. Explain their lifestyle and their names.

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Privateers

Buccaneers

Who is this very famous pirate ?

Portrait

Edward "Blackbeard" Teach

Focus on this passage

Blackbeard's reputation was further enhanced by his appearance: Before any attack and/or plunder, he was tying lit fuses under his hat to frighten his enemies, many of them were thinking that Teach was the actual Devil.

Focus on this passage

Blackbeard's reputation was further enhanced by his appearance: Before any attack and/or plunder, he was tying lit fuses under his hat to frighten his enemies, many of them were thinking that Teach was the actual Devil.

Focus on this passage

Blackbeard's reputation was further enhanced by his appearance: Before any attack and/or plunder, he was tying lit fuses under his hat to frighten his enemies, many of them were thinking that Teach was the actual Devil.

Focus on this passage

Blackbeard's reputation was further enhanced by his appearance: Before any attack and/or plunder, he was tying lit fuses under his hat to frighten his enemies, many of them were thinking that Teach was the actual Devil.

Le Prétérit Progressif: Be + Ing

En anglais on utilise l'aspect progressif pour parler d'actions en train de se dérouler. Le prétérit Be + BV-Ing vient mettre en valeur une action ou une description dans un récit au passé. On le trouve généralement après des actions au prétérit simple Black Bart plundered many spanish ships, he was stealing their gold and their rhum. Buccaneers raided many villages and stole a lot of cargo, they were often burying his treasures. En français, on le traduit généralement par de l'imparfait.

Group Work

-Choose one video and complete the board -Prepare questions to ask to the other groups -Complete your grid with the information

"I had seen the captain, and Black Dog, and the blind man, Pew, and I thought I knew what a buccaneer was like, Silver was a very different creature, according to me, a clean and pleasant-tempered landlord."

"I had seen the captain, and Black Dog, and the blind man, Pew, and I thought I knew what a buccaneer was like, Silver was a very different creature, according to me, a clean and pleasant-tempered landlord."

"I had seen the captain, and Black Dog, and the blind man, Pew, and I thought I knew what a buccaneer was like, Silver was a very different creature, according to me, a clean and pleasant-tempered landlord."

+ temper (n) + ed

Pleasant (adj)

Les adjectifs composés

(compound adjectives)

Les adjectifs composés sont un type dérivé d'adjectif qui inclut au moins 2 mots: Le deuxième mot est le plus important et le premier apporte une précision

Ils se construisent en suivant ce schéma: adjectif/nom + trait d'union + nom + ed ou adjectif/nom + trait d'union + verbe + ed

ex: Edward Teach was a black-bearded demon The Caribbean were pirate-infested islands

Guess the compound adjectives

Grey-Haired

One-Handed

One-Eyed

Guess the compound adjectives

The text mentions another character named «Black Dog» imagine his appearance: describe him using at least 3 different compound adjectives.

Roronoa Zoro -Captain Luffy's first commander -Famous for his skills with swords

X Drake -Works for the government -Technically a privateer -Knighted

Both of these characters were based on real people

Remember their names ?

François L'Olonois

Francis Drake

What are the common points with the characters ?