Talk Like a Pirate! — Carole Marsh

The Talk Like A Pirate Classroom License is a unique, innovative whiteboard product that takes students sailing on high seas through a dictionary of fascinating words and terms straight from the Golden Age of Piracy!

Arrrggg you looking for a quick, fun, lively way to jazz up your classroom? The perfect mate for pirate studies or celebrations, this whiteboard program allows elementary school and middle school students to see “pirate” words, definitions, and artwork. The whiteboard program also explains the history behind their colorful language and gets the entire class excited about expanding their vocabulary.

History and vocabulary collide in this whiteboard dictionary of fascinating words and terms from the Golden Age of Piracy! Students will see the word, definition, and artwork. Hop aboard, all language maties, for high seas fun that leads to grade “A” word skills.

Talk Like A Pirate brings learning new words to life in a zestful, entertaining, and educational way. Classrooms nationwide can be savvy speakers for International Talk Like A Pirate Day on September 19, 2011! Purchase once and use in your classroom for years to come.

Talk Like A Pirate will include 159 vocabulary words. Here is a sample of a few of the vocabulary words with a definition:
Aloft: High up in the ship's masts and rigging
Blimey!: What pirates say when they are surprised
Booty: Pirate gold or money
Bounty: Reward for a captured pirate!
Cast off!: To let go of all lines to the dock and set sail
Crow's Nest: Small perch near the top of the mast
Doubloon: Gold coin
Fair Winds: Good luck
Galleon, Sloop, Brigantine: Types of pirate ships
Galley: Pirate kitchen aboard the ship
Haven: Safe harbor
Hornpipe: Musical instrument popular on pirate ships
Land, Ho!: I spy land!