#7: Jamaica and the real pirates of the Caribbean

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Lesson Jamaica and the Caribbean

At the end of this lesson you know:

 how to use comparatives and superlatives

how to "talk pirate" 

 lots of fun facts about Jamaica and pirates

Today we travel to Jamaica, island of reggae and rum, part of the British Empire until 1962

What do you know about:
Jamaica?

'Shiver me timbers!' It's adventure on the high seas today as we explore the history of Jamaica and the Caribbean Islands

Watch the video clip on the next slide where captain Jack Sparrow tries to escape from the king. Pay attention to the English pronunciation of the king and the pirates

International 

'Speak like a Pirate' Day

19 September is international

'Speak like a Pirate Day' 

Time to roll your 'r's like captain Barbossa!

It's your turn to try it for yourself! Instructions on the next slide. 

Read the following rhyme out in your best pirate voice. Send in your recording

..Twas never pirate more feared or revered,

than that salty seadog known as Blackbeard.

With his motley band,

and ship the Queen Anne,

he sailed the high seas to treasure he steered.

Have you seen the films: 'Pirates of the Caribbean? What do you know about pirates?

Compare the pair

Weet je nog hoe het ging met de vergelijkende trap in het Engels? In de lesson up over India hebben we hier al over geleerd. 

Bijvoorbeeld:

Henry Morgan was, smarter and nastier than Captain Kid, who was much nicer by comparison,

Op de volgende slide een stroomschema om je kennis op te halen

Vergelijkende trap in het Engels

Dangerouser facts?

He, dat ziet er vreemd uit!

Moet dat niet 'more dangerous' zijn?

Ja! dat klopt. In het Nederlands zeggen we 'gevaarlijk -gevaarlijker, maar voor lange woorden in het Engels geldt :

'more' ervoor als het meer is

 en 

'less' ervoor als het minder is.

Practise your new skills

Klik hier  met je rechtermuisknop (open link in een nieuw venster) om te oefenen met een worksheet. 

1. Vul je juiste vorm in van de vergelijkende trap. (Als je het even niet meer weet, check dan het stroomschema op de vorige slide)
2. Als je klaar ben druk op 'finish' onderaan de pagina
3. Select: 'Check my answers' voor je resultaat 

Wat nu als je wil zeggen dat iets het meest....... is? 

De overtreffende trap in het Engels lijkt op die van In het Nederlands.

Bijvoorbeeld:

dun-dunner-dunste

in het Engels

thin-thinner- thinnest

Allebei hebben de letters 'e', 's' en 't' alleen in een andere volgorde

De overtreffende trap

1. Voeg 'est' toe aan het bijvoeglijk naamwoord 

2. Wat gebeurt er als het woord op 'e' eindigt? Hier hoef je alleen een 'st' toe te voegen. De 'e' staat er immers al!

Maar wat gebeurt er dan als het bijvoeglijk naamwoord op een 'y' eindigt? (geldt voor één- en meerlettergrepige woorden

bijv. n.w. dat eindigt op 'e'	overtreffende trap
nice	nicest
large	largest
wide	widest

bijv. n.w. dat eindigt op 'y'	vervang de 'y' met een 'i' en voeg 'est toe
dry	driest
friendly	friendliest

Practise your new skills

1. Klik  hier met je rechtermuisknop (open link in een nieuw venster) om te oefenen met een worksheet.
2. Vul je juiste vorm in van de overtreffende trap. (Als je het even niet meer weet, check dan het stroomschema op de volgende slide)
   
3. Als je klaar ben druk op 'finish' onderaan de pagina Select: 'Check my answers' voor je resultaat 

Let's find out more about those pesky pirates! Read the instructions first, then start the video from the next slide

Instructions:

1. Read the text of the video using the eye button
2. Watch the video and listen carefully
3. There will be five multiple choice questions during the video

A kid explains history; text of video

Hello, I'm Mister Q and welcome back to A Kid Explains History. You know what I like? Pirates. So today's episode is about them.<div>The word Pirate comes from the Latin word Pirata, which means attacker, or robber. <u><b>Eventually</b></u>, (uiteindelijk) that came to mean doing those things on the water. There have been pirates for as long as there have been boats. I mean, the first guy who had a boat was probably minding his own business, fishing or something and another guy swam out to him with a club (knuppel) and took his boat.And his fish. Since then, there have been pirates all over the world, all throughout history. There were lots during the Roman times, some even kidnapped Julius Caesar. Vikings could be considered (beschouwd)</div><div>pirates and there were lots of them in China too. There are even still pirates today. Somali pirates have been known to take people hostage.</div><div>(Somalia is a country in Africa) Then they demand money to give them back. Not exactly something people want to make movies about.</div><div>Well, except for this one. But <u>t<b>hat's not the point</b></u><b>. </b>(niet belangrijk) These movies are <u><b>way more fun</b></u>. (veel leuker) And why? Because they deal with something that we know as the Golden Age of Pirates. This was <u><b>roughly</b></u>&nbsp;(ongeveer) between 1680 and 1730 and it's where the most popular myths about pirates come from. Made popular by books <u>like</u>&nbsp;(zoals) 'Treasure Island', musicals like 'Pirates of Penzance' and a guy called Johnny Depp. With help from his friend 'the Kracken'.</div><div>European countries were <u><b>spending a lot of time</b></u>&nbsp;(tijd doorbrengen) traveling to the New World to set uptheir Empires. And that meant carrying money back and forth. So the Caribbean became a popular place to attack ships. Now the interesting thing about the Golden Age of Pirates was <b><u>even though</u></b>&nbsp;(alhoewel) they were <b><u>outlaws,</u></b> (vogelvrijen) there was a lot to admire about the way they ran their ships.In fact, while those European powers were busy taking people from Africa to be slaves and taking land from people already living in the Americas, basically acting like 'Bad Guys,' pirate <u style="font-weight: bold">crews&nbsp;</u>(bemanningen) were quite democratic. They would <b><u>vote</u></b>&nbsp; (stemmen) for their captain and could vote him out if he wasn't doing a good job. They had a form of health insurance to help their fellow pirates if they got hurt in battle. And they shared whatever treasure they took.But, of course there was <b><u>a bad side.</u></b>&nbsp;(slechte kant) At times, they were more interested in stealing foodso they wouldn't starve. The battles at sea were <u><b>vicious</b></u> (gemeen) and lots of people died. Not to mention the fact that everybody wanted to hang you if you were <b><u>captured</u></b>. (gevangen genomen) Some of the more famous pirates of this period were Calico Jack Rackham, Bartholomew Roberts, even women like Mary Read and Ann Bonney. But <b><u>as far as I'm concerned</u></b>, (wat mij betreft) the most piratey-pirate of them all was a man called Blackbeard. This guy had style. His real name was Edward</div><div>Teach and he was a big, tall man who enjoyed his reputation. Carrying six pistols in specially designed <b><u>holsters</u></b>&nbsp; (houders) around his <b><u>chest</u></b>. (borst) And he put slow burning <u style="font-weight: bold">fuses&nbsp; </u>(lonten)in his beard to scare people when he <b><u>fought</u></b>&nbsp; (vochten) them. That would work.This is what his flag looked like. It's a variation on the classic 'Jolly Roger.' It was smart for pirates to use flags like this, because ships were usually so scared when they saw it, they'd give up without fighting.</div><div>Blackbeard was finally killed in a sword fight with British soldiers in 1718. He refused to <b><u>surrender</u></b>, (overgeven) throwing himself into the battle, right 'till the end.England had had enough of losing money to the pirates and they spent more time hunting them down. The British Royal Navy <b><u>built</u></b>&nbsp; (bouwden) a lot more ships and they th<b><u>passed the</u></b>e <b><u>PiracyAct</u></b>&nbsp;(namen een piratenwet aan) in 1698, which made it easier to arrest and <b><u>punish</u></b>&nbsp;(straffen) them The most famous buccaneers were killed or captured and chased out of pirate towns like 'Port Royal' and 'Tortuga.' The Golden Age of Pirates faded into history.</div><div><br></div><div>
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01:04

1. Pirates have been around for a long time
2. There are still pirates today

1. 1 is true and 2 is false
2. 1 and 2 are both false
3. 1 and 2 are both true
4. 1 is false and 2 is true

01:49

Why did the Caribbean become a popular place to attack ships?

1. Because of the book 'Treasure Island'
2. Big empires such as Spain and England were carrying money across the seas
3. Because everyone was travelling to the New World
4. Pirates were getting help from the Kracken

02:08

Why were the European countries acting like 'bad boys' ?

1. They weren't. They were really democratic
2. They turned people into slaves and stole land from the native people
3. they didn't take care of their ships like the pirates.
4. They acted badly because they couldn't vote for their captain

03:18

What was strange about Blackbeard's beard?

1. It wasn't really black
2. It was very big and tall
3. he tied something in it which made it smoke
4. It had a reputation

04:07

Why did the 'Golden Age' of piracy end?

1. The British spend more time hunting them down
2. The Piracy Act made it easier to arrest and kill them
3. They built more ships to fight them
4. A,B and C are all correct

What have your learnt today? 

Well.... Lots!!

• You have learnt how to say and write that something is larger or the largest, more important or the most important and use other comparatives and superlatives
• You have learnt lots of fun facts about Jamaica and pirates