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Synopsis BB is a pirate, 20 years ago her ship sank and since then she has lived on Pirate island. She lives alone and has everything exactly the way she likes it. One night there is a big storm and two new people arrive on Pirate Island. Their names are Max and Mini. Max and Mini, live, eat, sleep and talk very differently to BB. She is not happy, she doesn’t want to share her island. She doesn‘t like difference and she doesn’t like change. The three of them start fighting over the space, food and the way things should be done. They find it very difficult to live together. One day a message in a bottle arrives on the Island. It is from the Mango tribe, who live on the island next door. King Mango is expecting a party on Pirate Island. BB, Mini and Max are in danger, if the party isn’t good King Mango is going to be very angry. Suddenly BB, Max and Mini have to work together to organise the party. Will they survive the challenge? Can they overcome their differences and work together?

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PIRATE ISLAND- TEACHER’S NOTES

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VOCABULARY TRACK 1 --- CHARACTERS TRACK 2 Learn vocabulary related to the play. Practice listening and writing. Meet the characters.

WORKSHEET 1 Look at the vocabulary on worksheet 1 and practice reading each item. Make sure the students understand all the words. Play track 1 and have them point to each item as you go along. When you’re finished, move on to characters part 1. Tell the students that those are the characters in the play: BB, Mini and Max. Have them describe what they see in each one (baseball cap, blue eyes, black hair, boy…). Now play track 2 and tell the students to fill in the gaps using the vocabulary the just learnt. ANSWERS: BB > 4-looking for ships 5-knife and fork 6-hut Mini > 4-Tai Chi 5-chopsticks 6-floor 7-bow Max > 4-basketball 5-hands 6-hammock 7-cool handshake

LET’S BE CHARACTERS Practice writing, speaking and comprehension.

WORKSHEET 2 Now that the students know a bit more about the characters, they can act as them! Put them in groups of 3, so each one can be BB, Mini and Max. They should ask and answer the questions and then swap if they want. Help them use complete sentences. Tell them to use their imagination to try and act like the characters, the way they speak, their gestures… If you find the students are comfortable acting, each group can come up and present to the class! They can also complete Mini and Max’s speech bubbles. ANSWERS: 1-My name is… 2-BB > I’m from the North. Mini > I’m from the East. Max > I’m from the West. 3-BB > For 20 years. Mini > For 1 day. Max > For 1 day. 4-BB > Looking for ships. Mini > Tai Chi. Max > Basketball. 5-BB > With a fork and knife. Mini > With chopsticks. Max > With my hands. 6-BB > In my hut. Mini > On the floor. Max > On my hammock. 7-BB > I say “Arr!!”. Mini > I bow. Max > With a cool handshake.

PIRATE ISLAND SONG TRACK 3 Practice vocabulary, writing, speaking and listening. Sing along.

WORKSHEET 3 Tell the students to look at the pictures and review the vocabulary with them. Then have them use the words in the box and write them under each picture. When they’re finished, correct the exercise. Now listen to track 3 a few times and have the students sing along. With the words they just used, they can fill in the gaps to the song. ANSWERS: 1-sleep 2-basketball 3-ships 4-looking for 5-hut 6-eat 7-island

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PIRATE ISLAND- TEACHER’S NOTES

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WELCOME SONG TRACK 4 Practice vocabulary, writing, speaking and listening. Sing along.

WORKSHEET 4 Look at the 5 pictures on the page and read the words out loud with the students. Play a game for a few minutes: have them stand in a circle and when you shout out one of the 5 words, they have to act it out: “Everybody… dance!” Do each word a few times and have fun! When you’re finished, listen to track 4 a few times. Then have the students fill in the gaps to the song with these words. ANSWERS: 1-shake hands 2-bow 3-dance 4-sing 5-limbo

MULTICULTURAL Practice reading, writing and comprehension. Explore the topic of multiculturalism. Group discussion.

WORKSHEET 5 Tell the students they’re going to learn about the topic multiculturalism. Ask them if they know what it means. Explain it’s a word that describes a society where many different cultures live together. If you want to explore the topic any further, each student can say where they’re from, where their family is from and have a little discussion about foods they eat, languages they speak or any relevant issue. Then, complete exercises 1, 2 & 3 as a group. In exercise 3, you can talk about how people from different countries are different in some ways. Ask the children if they have any ideas and how they feel about the differences: if they’re important, if they’re interesting or scary. Refer to the play and how each character is different. How do those differences affect what happens on the island? When you’re finished discussing, they can write their answers. In exercise 4, they can do the wordsearch individually. In exercise 5, they can work in groups of 2. Tell them they have to fill in the chart with the correct words from the box: what words are a language, a food, a festival and a way to greet. ANSWERS: 1-c) ; 2-Romania-A, Morocco-I, United Kingdom-C, Ecuador-B Italy-G, Colombia-D, China-E, Germany-F, Bulgaria-J, Bolivia-H 4- 5-Languages-Arabic, Spanish, Chinese Food-sushi, burger, crema catalana Festival-Diwali, Ramadan, Christmas Way to greet-say hello, bow, handshake

MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE Practice writing and speaking. Group discussion.

WORKSHEET 6 It’s party time! Tell the students to imagine they’ve received and invitation, rolled up in a bottle. You can exemplify with the objects. Read the invitation and answer the questions together. When you’ve finished, ask the students if they would like to go to this party. Tell them to imagine they have to organise a party of their own. Divide the class into groups of 5. Each group will be responsible for: food, drinks, decoration, music and games, and invitations. What will each group need? They should write it down on the chart, including how much it will cost. When each group is finished they can show each other their suggestions and discuss them. If you want, you can actually have a tropical party after the show! ANSWERS:1-a)In a bottle. b)On Pirate Island. c)A good party. d)They will die.

POST SHOW QUESTIONNAIRE Practice reading and writing, Group discussion.

WORKSHEET 7 After you’ve seen the show, ask students to draw a picture of it. Answer the questions and to rate the show from 1-10. Discuss their answers and have a group discussion about the play.

Listen to the characters talking and fill in the gaps with the words from the vocabulary.

PIRATE ISLAND WORKSHEET 1 Track 1

Vocabulary

a) chopsticks b) knife and fork c) hands d) hut

e) basketball f) Tai Chi g) hammock h) bow

Track 2 Characters (part 1)

i) foor j) Cool handshake k) looking for ships

1. BB 2. North 3. 20 years 4. k) ________________ 5. b) ________________ 6. d) ________________ 7. “Arr!!”

1. Mini 2. East 3. 1 day 4. f) _________________ 5. a) ________________ 6. i) _________________ 7. h) _________________

1. Max 2. West 3. 1 day 4. e) _________________ 5. c) _________________ 6. g) _________________ 7. j) __________________

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1 What’s your name? BB Mini Max

2 Where are you from?

3 How long have you lived on the island?

4 What’s you favourite hobby?

5 How do you eat?

6 Where do you sleep?

7 How do you say “Hello”?

PIRATE ISLAND WORKSHEET 2

Let’s be Characters!

In groups of four, answer the questions as the characters.

My name is BB!


I like _________ ____ ______ I like to _______ in my _____ I like living by the sea, it's a pirate's life for me! Chorus

YO HO, YO HO, it's a pirate's life for me (x2) Pirate, pirate, pirate ________ (x4)

I like doing Tai Chi I like to _______ on the floor I like living by the sea, it’s a pirate’s life for me!

Chorus I like to play ___________ I like to ______ coconuts I like living by the sea, it’s a pirate’s life for me! Chorus

PIRATE ISLAND WORKSHEET 3

Pirate Island Song

Track 3

hut looking for eat basketball sleep

ships island

1 _________ 2 ____________ 3 _________

5 _______

4 _________ _____

6 _______ 7 __________


Welcome (welcome) To our beautiful island Welcome (welcome) To our beautiful place (x2) I say hi I say hello I ________ ________ (1) And I ______ (2) low (x2) Welcome (welcome) To our beautiful island Welcome (welcome) To our beautiful place (x2) I like to _______ (3) I move my feet I like to _______ (4) And I like to eat (x2) I say high And I say low I say try I say ________ ! (5)

sing

PIRATE ISLAND

The Welcome Song Track 4

shake hands

bow

dance


WORKSHEET 4

limbo

1. How many people live in Spain? a) 2000 b) 80 400 678 c) 47 007 367

2. Match the countries in the box with the flags.

A B C D E 10 countries of origin in Spain Romania Morocco United Kingdom Ecuador Italy Colombia China Germany Bulgaria Bolivia

3. How are people from different countries different? (Language…)


PIRATE ISLAND

Multicultural (part 1)

WORKSHEET 5

F G H I J

Let’s answer some questions and celebrate differences in people!

Chinese Diwali Christmas bow pizza Spanish burger

say hello crema catalana handshake Arabic sushi Ramadan

Language Food Festival Way to greet

5. Fill in the chart with the correct words from the box.


LANGUAGE

CLOTHES

FOOD

COLOUR

FESTIVALS

RELIGION

GREETING

C O L O U R G F S E Q R O E E N O O E G T A M K G O S E H N H V G Y D J C M T I K P S X N I O N O T L A N G U A G E L E N O I G I L E R C E F E S T I V A L S R O T W C P S W N D G W M S X Y H H D J Y

4. Find the words in the word search.

PIRATE ISLAND

Multicultural (part 2)

WORKSHEET 5

Party at Pirate Island - 8pm King Mango wants a party. The party has to be good or... Signed:

The Mango Tribe

a) How does the message arrive?

b) Where is the party?

c) What do The Mango tribe want?

d) The party has to be good or… - They will die. - They will be happy. - They will fall asleep.

What do you need? Cost

1. Read the invitation and answer the questions.

Food Drinks Decoration Music and Games Invitations

2. Imagine your class has to organise a party. Get into 5 groups. Each group is responsible for one of the following:


PIRATE ISLAND

Message in a Bottle

WORKSHEET 6

It’s time for a party!

1.  Was BB happy when Max and Mini arrived? __________________________________________________________

2. How did the characters help each other? __________________________________________________________

3. Which character did you like? __________________________________________________________ 4. What was you favourite moment? __________________________________________________________ 5. What will happen on Pirate Island after the end of the play? __________________________________________________________


PIRATE ISLAND

Post Show Questionnaire

WORKSHEET 7

Draw something from the show.

Give a number from 1-10 to show how much you enjoyed the show: 1 = I didn’t like the show | 10 = I loved the show

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