Thursday, March 10, 2016

Pirates Past Noon Chapter 7

Magic Tree House Chapter 7

What would you like to do in a storm?  Dig for Buried Treasure?


Vocabulary

a gale
howling
battled
piled
gulped
a-blowin


Questions:
What happened in Chapter 6?
What is Jack and Annie's problem now?
How are they going to get back to the island?
Why do Jack and Annie say that they are going to show the pirates the treasure?
Why doesn't Captain Bones help dig for the treasure?
Why doesn't he use proper English while speaking?
How do Jack and Annie use their knowledge to get what they want?


More reading about buried treasure
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/21/hidden-treasure_n_5274647.html

A real treasure that was dug up

http://www.chron.com/neighborhood/bayarea/article/World-s-only-real-pirate-treasure-dug-up-and-5200102.php

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