Peter and the Starcatchers

Peter and the Starcatchers

Dave Barry & Ridley Parson

“Here, on this island, I have the freedom to be who I am.” Peter

“He was a strikingly unpleasant figure…His long black hair, greasy from years without washing, stained the shoulders of the red uniform coat he’d stolen from a Navy sailor on the high seas, just before escorting that wretched soul over the side of the ship…But his most prominent feature was the thick growth of hair on his upper lip, long and black, lovingly maintained, measuring nearly a foot between its waxed and pointed tips. It was this feature that gave him his name, the most feared name on the sea: Black Stache.”

Name: ______

Books In A Room:

What I Noticed About

These Areas

AREA 1

AREA 2

AREA 3

K-W-L

You will be completing a K-W-L on pirates. Think about what you know, what you want to know, and finally what you have learned. Use the following words to help you come up with questions you would like answered for the “W” column.

WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, WHY, & HOW

K
What I Think I KNOW / W
What I WANT To Know / L
What I LEARNED

After reading The Best Book of Pirates by Barnaby Harward and gaining an understanding of your topic, go back to the “K” column and see if any of the ideas you ‘”thought you knew” were inaccurate. Check any of them that are inaccurate, according to the text. Rewrite any of your statements that were inaccurate so that they are correct. Then go to the “L” column and begin grouping or categorizing what you have learned.

Concept Map for Peter and the Starcatchers

Please use the following pattern to create a concept map:
Brainstorm ideas and connections you have to Peter Pan. Create a Bubble Concept Map (like the one below), and write these ideas in bubbles surrounding Peter Pan, in the middle. Put this map in your pirate notebook. You may also wish to think about the following concepts: Magic and Transformation.

What do you think the title of this book means?

Who are the starcatchers?

What is their purpose?

Before You Read: Look carefully at the front and back covers of Peter and the Starcatchers. Write down your predictions about the following:

Setting (Time and Place):When and where do you think this book takes place? ______

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Characters (The people, animals, or objects around which the action of the story is centered): Who do you believe the main characters in the book will be? ______

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Problem(s) & Solution(s) (What goes wrong in the story and how is it solved?):What do you predict will be the most significant problems in this book? How do you believe the problems may be solved? ______

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Vocab-o-gram/Predict-o-gram

Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson

Vocabulary: cargo, trunk, shooting stars, mermaids, porpoises, wayward boys, Jolly Roger, wharf, mainsail, mast, magic island, plunder, maroon, capture, transformation

Use the words above and the title of the book to help you make predictions about the following elements of story;write your predictions in your pirate journal/notebook.

Setting
What is the setting likely to be? / Characters
Who are possible characters in the novel?
Problem
What might some problems be for the characters? / Characters’ Goals
What are likely goals for some of the characters?
Solution
What are possible solutions to the problems? / Prediction/Questions
Any other predictions?
Do you have any questions about how the story might evolve?

Making an ABC Book

Choose one or two items from the chart below to create pages for an alphabet book for all to share. Each page should include a large capital letter, an illustration or some artistic impression, and a paragraph (at least 5 sentences) explaining your letter representation. Design your page with an interesting format and type font. Your page should be vertical. The following words are examples you may use but are not limited to:

A
Ammm
Alf / B
Boys
Black Stache / C
Captain Scott / D
Dory / E
England
F
Flying
Fighting Prawn / G
Guards
Glow / H
Harbuckle / I
Idgits
Island / J
James
Jolly Roger
K
Kill
Keelhaul / L
Locket
Little Richard / M
Molly
Mrs. Bumbrake
Mister Grin
Mermaid
Mollusk People / N
Neverland / O
Orphan
Ocean
Others
P
Pirate
Peter
Porpoise / Q
Queen / R
Rum
Rundoon / S
Starstuff
savages
Sea Devil
Slank / T
Teacher
Trunk
Tinkerbell
U
Underwater
Urchin
Union Jack / V
Voyage
Visitors / W
Wasp / X
eXciting / Y
Youth
Z
Zarboff

Character Sketcher

Your job as Character Sketcher is to think carefully about your assigned character as you read. You will be given a passage with a page and paragraph where you can find information about your character. Reread the passage carefully. As you are reading, think about descriptive words that capture how your character acts or looks. You do NOT want to use words like good, bad, nice, and mean. Be sure to use your “Descriptive Character Traits” page for help. In addition, you will create an artistic impression of your character. When you begin artistically representing your character, try to use any physical descriptions from the text to help you. Your “artistic impression” of the character will probably be on a separate piece of paper.

Your job as Character Sketcher is to think carefully about your assigned character as you read. You will be given character traits that describe your character. You need to be aware that the character traits you will be given are impliedcharacter traits. In other words, they are not directly stated in the passage. So, your job is to find passages that support these traits. In other words, if you are given the trait determined then you will be searching for a passage where your character is acting determined. Remember to write the page and paragraph number and explain how your character is acting determined. In addition, you will create an artistic impression of your character. When you begin artistically representing your character, try to use any physical descriptions from the text to help you. Your “artistic impression” of the character will probably be on a separate piece of paper.

Your job as Character Sketcher is to identify a character’s actions (traits) and explain or prove these traits, identify the character’s goal (which is what the character wants to do or accomplish), identify the problem and solution in the reading, and complete an artistic impression of the character.

You need to be aware that the character traits you will choose will be impliedcharacter traits. In other words, they are not directly stated in the passage. You will want to use descriptive words for your character traits. You do NOT want to use words like good, bad, nice, and mean. Be sure to use your “Descriptive Character Traits” page for help.

Sometimes the solution to your character’s problem will not be in the section of the book that you are reading. In this case, you will need to come up with a possible solution for you character’s problem. When you begin artistically representing your character, try to use any physical descriptions from the text to help you. Your “artistic impression” of the character will probably be on a separate piece of paper. The next page gives you an example of how your paper may look with the character information.

Implied Character Traits (3)

(Trait) ______p.______par.______

(Explanation or proof of trait)

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(Trait) ______p.______par.______

(Explanation or proof of trait)

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(Trait) ______p.______par.______

(Explanation or proof of trait)

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Character’s Goal:

______’s goal is to ______

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Problem:

______’s problem is ______

______.

Solution or Possible Solution: ______

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Character Log

At the beginning of a novel, authors usually introduce the main characters. As we read, we will discover more about some of these characters and come to know many of them very well. Create a section in your notebook for characters: a character log. In this section you will record the name of each main character below and describe what you found out about each character as you read pages 1- 46. Note something that the character said, did, how the character acts, and looks.

Peter / Thomas / Prentiss / James / Tubby Ted
Slank / Alf / Mack / Captain
Pembridge / Molly
Little Richard / Mrs. Bumbrake / King Zarboff / Black Stache / Smee