GASC+Lesson

Arrrr! The Pirates Have Arrived! Students will work collaboratively to tell their pirate tale. Introduction: The students will be told they are pirates sailing to different islands in search of treasure. Sailing over the past five years they have acquired quite a bit. While on land they overheard a group of people talking about another larger group of pirates that are moving in on the territory and taking everything they can find. After considering the options the captain decided the best thing they could do was bury the treasure to prevent the other pirates from claiming it. Students will work with their group and brainstorm (Global) locations to bury their treasure so that no one will find it without a map, deciding on one location. Next, they will be required to draw (Concrete) a treasure map that has many icons and symbols to assist and/or distract in the search of the treasure. This may come from things that already exist on land; a rock that appears to have a face on it, or from items they place; two fallen trees they prop up to look like crossbones. Any major icon or symbol that will assist in finding the location of the treasure must be included. Written instructions must be included with the map so the seeker of the treasure can follow. It will be necessary to put the map to scale and state how many paces or feet (Sequential) are in between each icon or symbol. Many years may pass before they can dig up the treasure and will not be able to do it from memory. The map is to be kept with the captain at all times. The Twist: Years go by and the captain of the ship becomes old and sick, realizing he will never see his treasure again. He decides the only way he can protect his treasure is by hiding the treasure map in a secret place. The students will write (Abstract) his last journal entry giving clues as to where the hidden treasure map is.