Pirate Vocabulary
What does singing "off key" mean?
What is not singing together,
What is on the pirates ship flag?
What is a skull and crossbones?
What does landlubber mean?
What is a person that lives on land.
Where was Jeremey at the beginning of the story?
What is at the beach with his family.
What happened when someone had to Walk the plank?
What is the pirates made their enemy jump off the ship into the ocean.
What does slathering mean.
What is rubbing something own very thick, or to much.
What makes the ship move?
What is the wind in the sails.
What does down the hatch mean?
What is drink it down.
What is Jeremy doing on the beach.
What is building a sand castle.
Why did a lot of pirates wear eye patches?
What is eye patches were worn to help their eyes adjust from the bright sunlight to the darkness below the deck of the ship.
What is a moat?
What is a wall or barrier to protect the castle.
What is one job that pirates always have to do?
What is swabbing the deck.
What does "Ahoy, matey, mean?
What is hello.
Why are the pirates interesting in taking Jeremey with them?
What is they think he would be a good digger.
What is a famous pirate?
What is Blackbeard, Captain Kidd
What is a crew?
What is the people that work on a ship.
What was the pirate captain's name?
What is Braid Beard.
What does "shiver me timbers," mean?
What a surprise or I didn't know.
What clues from the pictures tells how Jeremey feels about going to the pirate ship?
The pictures show him smiling at the pirates. He says he doesn't think his parents will mind if they bring him home in time for soccer practice.
What did pirates do that everyone wanted to know?
What is they buried treasure and gold that people wanted to find.
What is a sea chanty?
What is a song you sang when sailing out to sea.
What was in the pirate ship?
What is a chest of gold and jewels.
What would a pirate say to make you mad?
What is Scurvy dog.
What do the pirates do that is considered "bad manners?
What is they ate with the hands and fingers. They talked with their mouths full and didn't say please or thank you.
What is the term the pirate captain used when his crew wanted to take over the ship?
What is mutiny.