Reading

Week 1 Reading

“Pirates and their Vessels,” Chapter 5 from The Buccaneers of America, by Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin (1678)

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The Charles Vane chapter from A General History of the Pyrates, by Charles Johnson (1724)

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Bartholomew Robert’s code from A General History of the Pyrates, by Charles Johnson (1724)


Week 2 Reading

Chapters 1 through 6

Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson (1883)


Week 3 Reading

Chapters 7 through 15

Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson (1883)


Week 4 Reading

Chapters 16 through 27

Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson (1883)


Week 5 Reading

Chapters 28 through 34

Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson (1883)


Week  6 Reading

“The Ghost of Captain Brand,” By Howard Pyle (1896)

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Chapters 14 and 15, concerning James Hook:

Peter Pan, by J.M. Berry (1911)


Literary Terms for Discussion and Film Responses

1)   Theme

2)   Character Development

3)   Conflict (of any kind)

4)   Mood (not tone)

5)   Setting

6)   Imagery 

7)   Symbol 

8)   Motif

9)   Extended Metaphor

10) Irony (dramatic, situational, and/or verbal)