Oak Island

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Oak Island is a very short / small island on the south shore of Nova Scotia, Canada. It’s famous for the money / monkey pit where many explorers come to look for a mysterious pirate treasure chest. The legend says that seven / seventeen men must die before finding the treasure. The treasure is still a mystery today.

This is the Scottish pilot / pirate, Captain William Kidd. Some people think the treasure belongs to Captain Kidd.

2 Read, think and answer.

1 Where is Oak Island?

2 Is Oak Island a desert island?

3 Is the money pit a secret place?

4 Who is Captain Kidd?

Real Task

There are other islands around the world where people look for treasure. Surf the Internet and find some examples.

There are women pirates, too!

Anne Bonny and Mary Read are two famous female pirates from the 18th century. Here they are wearing pirate clothes. There are lots of stories about their adventures on the seas.

This is the Golden Hinde. It is a full-size copy of an English pirate ship. The ship is in London and you can explore the decks and imagine you are a pirate!

4 Listen, follow and find the buried treasure. 118

5 Now you are the pirate. Bury your treasure and give your friends instructions to find it!

1 Listen to the dialogue between Alice and Thomas. While listening choose the correct answers for each sentence. 119 DIGITAL

1 Alice sees…

A two tapirs.

B a family of tapirs.

C two families of tapirs.

D five little tapirs.

3 In Thomas’s rucksack there is…

2 Alice asks Thomas for…

A a camera.

B a picture of the tapirs.

C a sandwich.

D a rucksack.

4 Henry...

A a torch, a notebook, a compass.

B a notebook, a compass, two sandwiches.

C a torch, a notebook, a compass, a sandwich.

D a torch, a notebook, a compass, a camera.

5 Alice needs…

A a compass.

B a picture.

C a family of tapirs.

D Henry’s phone.

6 The tapirs are…

A behind a big black rock.

B on a small black rock.

C in front of a big black rock.

D in front of a small black rock.

A has got glasses and curly hair.

B hasn’t got glasses or curly hair.

C has got glasses and straight hair.

D has got curly hair but he hasn’t got glasses.

2 Read the text about Grandfather John and answer the questions. Use a maximum of 5 words.

Hi, my n ame’s S a m. At the weekends, my sister and I often st a with my Gr andf ather John.

He’s my mother’s f ather and he’s got red h and blue eyes like my sister. On S aturd a ys Sund ays, he alw a ys we ars green trousers brown j acket. He h a s also got an explorer’s h but he never we ars it. When the we ather is w and sunny we go to the river and look for spiders and insects.

He t akes be autiful photos and he h a s a huge collection of insect pictures.

He is excellent at dr awing, so in winter, when it’s cold and snowy we st a y at home and dr flowers and insects.

1 Who often stays with Grandfather John at the weekends?

2 Who’s Grandfather John?

3 Who’s got red hair in Sam’s family?

4 What does Grandfather wear at the weekends?

5 What do they look for at the river?

6 What do they do in winter?