Question

wednesday week 4 language practice

1. what is the main idea?

it was during that blackbeard died a violent death. this pirate was wreaked devastation and death on over 40 ships in his career. he carried swords, pistols, and knives at all times. with his harsh temper and scary black beard, he terrified everyone, including his own crew. he was a nasty, fearsome man.

1. circle the words that need capital letters.

even though flags differed from ship to ship, the name jolly roger is given to all pirate flags.

1. identify the sentence as declarative, imperative, exclamatory, or interrogative.

ahoy, mateys, how’re ye doin’ today?

1. what is the tone of the passage in question one?
2. explain each icon/ symbol.

symbols of piracy
parrots — the idea of a parrot sitting onto long john silver’s shoulder came from the treasure island story.
peg legs — this symbol came from treasure island (too. pirates (who) would to have injured legs cut off to ease pain and save their lives.
hooks — this symbol began with captain hook (in the peter pan story). it is true, a pirate might lose a hand in battle. a blacksmith made a hook from metal found on board the ship.
the plank — the symbol brings into mind enemies sent to walk a plank into the sea.
thursday week 4 language practice
name

1. write two or three sentences describing a pirate’s flag that you would design. include specific details. then draw the flag.
2. circle the conjunction.

an 1856 declaration outlawed privateering, but it was not honored by all countries.

1. correct the spelling.

echoe volcanoe mosquitos
tives pratice mottdes

1. finish the analogy.

blackbeard : piracy :: ______ : entertainment

1. alphabetize these movies.

dvd sale
the princess bride
wolves of the sea
the curse of the sea
treasure island
the adventures of peter pan
the pirate’s daughter
pirates of the caribbean

Answer:

To alphabetize the movies, we follow the order of the English alphabet (A - Z) for the movie titles:

1. First, list the titles: The Adventures of Peter Pan, The Curse of the Sea, The Princess Bride, The Pirate’s Daughter, Pirates of the Caribbean, Treasure Island, Wolves of the Sea
2. Sort them alphabetically by their titles (ignoring "The" for sorting, or including it as part of the title as per standard alphabetization rules for titles):

• The Adventures of Peter Pan (starts with "Adventures")
• The Curse of the Sea (starts with "Curse")
• The Princess Bride (starts with "Princess")
• The Pirate’s Daughter (starts with "Pirate’s")
• Pirates of the Caribbean (starts with "Pirates")
• Treasure Island (starts with "Treasure")
• Wolves of the Sea (starts with "Wolves")

Wait, actually, when alphabetizing titles with "The", we typically sort by the main noun phrase. Let’s re - sort properly:

• The Adventures of Peter Pan
• The Curse of the Sea
• Pirates of the Caribbean
• The Pirate’s Daughter
• The Princess Bride
• Treasure Island
• Wolves of the Sea

But a more precise way is to compare letter by letter:

1. The Adventures of Peter Pan (A)
2. The Curse of the Sea (C)
3. Pirates of the Caribbean (P)
4. The Pirate’s Daughter (P, then "Pirate’s" vs "Pirates"—"Pirate’s" comes before "Pirates" as 'a' vs 'e'? Wait, no: "Pirates" is P - I - R - A - T - E - S, "Pirate’s" is P - I - R - A - T - E - ’ - S. So "Pirate’s" comes before "Pirates" because after "P - I - R - A - T - E", the next character for "Pirate’s" is '’' and for "Pirates" is 'S'. Since '’' has a lower ASCII value than 'S', "Pirate’s" comes first. Wait, but in standard title alphabetization, we often ignore apostrophes and treat "Pirate’s" as "Pirates" for sorting? Maybe. Alternatively, use the first word after "The" or the first significant word.

Alternatively, list all titles and sort:

Titles:

• The Adventures of Peter Pan
• The Curse of the Sea
• The Princess Bride
• The Pirate’s Daughter
• Pirates of the Caribbean
• Treasure Island
• Wolves of the Sea

Sorting alphabetically (by the first letter of the title, then subsequent letters):

1. The Adventures of Peter Pan (A)
2. The Curse of the Sea (C)
3. Pirates of the Caribbean (P)
4. The Pirate’s Daughter (P)
5. The Princess Bride (P)
6. Treasure Island (T)
7. Wolves of the Sea (W)

But to be accurate, let's do a strict alphabetical sort:

1. The Adventures of Peter Pan (starts with "A")
2. The Curse of the Sea (starts with "C")
3. Pirates of the Caribbean (starts with "P")
4. The Pirate’s Daughter (starts with "P"—after "Pirates of the Caribbean", "The Pirate’s Daughter" has "Pirate’s" which is similar to "Pirates" but with an apostrophe. Depending on the rule, if we ignore apostrophes, "Pirate’s" is "Pirates", so "Pirates of the Caribbean" comes before "The Pirate’s Daughter" because "of" vs "’s". Wait, this is getting complicated. Maybe the intended way is to sort by the first word of the title:

• Adventures (The Adventures...)
• Curse (The Curse...)
• Pirates (Pirates...)
• Pirate’s (The Pirate’s...)
• Princess (The Princess...)
• Treasure (Treasure...)
• Wolves (Wolves...)

So the alphabetical order is:

1. The Adventures of Peter Pan
2. The Curse of the Sea
3. Pirates of the Caribbean
4. The Pirate’s Daughter
5. The Princess Bride
6. Treasure Island
7. Wolves of the Sea

If we consider "The" as part of the title and sort strictly:

• The Adventures of Peter Pan
• The Curse of the Sea
• The Pirate’s Daughter
• The Princess Bride
• Pirates of the Caribbean
• Treasure Island
• Wolves of the Sea

But this is a bit ambiguous. However, the most common way in schoolwork is to sort by the first letter of the title, so:

1. The Adventures of Peter Pan
2. The Curse of the Sea
3. Pirates of the Caribbean
4. The Pirate’s Daughter
5. The Princess Bride
6. Treasure Island
7. Wolves of the Sea

Or, if we list them with their initials:

• A: The Adventures of Peter Pan
• C: The Curse of the Sea
• P: Pirates of the Caribbean, The Pirate’s Daughter, The Princess Bride
• T: Treasure Island
• W: Wolves of the Sea

Then, within the P group:

• Pirates of the Caribbean (P)
• The Pirate’s Daughter (P)
• The Princess Bride (P)

Sorting "Pirates...", "Pirate’s...", "Princess...":

"Pirates" (P - I - R - A - T - E - S), "Pirate’s" (P - I - R - A - T - E - ’ - S), "Princess" (P - R - I - N - C - E - S - S). Wait, "Pirate’s" and "Pirates"—after P - I - R - A - T - E, "Pirate’s" has '’' and "Pirates" has 'S'. Since '’' is a special character, in ASCII, '’' (U+2019) is 8217, 'S' is 83. Wait, no, ASCII for 'S' is 83, '’' is a Unicode character. So in a standard text sort (using ASCII), "Pirates" (with 'S' as the 7th character) comes before "Pirate’s" (with '’' as the 7th character) because 83 < 8217. So "Pirates of the Caribbean" comes before "The Pirate’s Daughter". Then "The Pirate’s Daughter" comes before "The Princess Bride" because "Pirate’s" vs "Princess"—P - I - R vs P - R - I. 'I' (83) vs 'R' (82)? No, 'I' is 73, 'R' is 82. So P - I - R (73) comes before P - R - I (82). So "The Pirate’s Daughter" comes before "The Princess Bride".

So the final alphabetical order is:

1. The Adventures of Peter Pan
2. The Curse of the Sea
3. Pirates of the Caribbean
4. The Pirate’s Daughter
5. The Princess Bride
6. Treasure Island
7. Wolves of the Sea

If we write them as per the DVD sale list (the titles given are: The Princess Bride, Wolves of the Sea, The Curse of the Sea, Treasure Island, The Adventures of Peter Pan, The Pirate’s Daughter, Pirates of the Caribbean), then the alphabetized list is:

1. The Adventures of Peter Pan
2. The Curse of the Sea
3. Pirates of the Caribbean
4. The Pirate’s Daughter
5. The Princess Bride
6. Treasure Island
7. Wolves of the Sea

So the answer is the list of movies in this alphabetical order.