PIRATE ISLAND – TEACHER’S NOTES. BLUE MANGO THEATRE
SYNOPSIS
BB is a pirate, 20 years ago her ship sank and since then she has lived on Pirate island. She lives alone and has
everything exactly the way she likes it. One night there is a big storm and two new people arrive on Pirate Island.
Their names are Max and Mini. Max and Mini, live, eat, sleep and talk very differently to BB. She is not happy, she
doesn’t want to share her island. She doesn’t like difference and she doesn’t like change. The three of them start
fighting over the space, food and the way things should be done. They find it very difficult to live together. One
day a message in a bottle arrives on the Island. It is from the Mango tribe, who live on the island next door. King
Mango is expecting a party on Pirate Island. BB, Mini and Max are in danger, if the party isn’t good King Mango is
going to be VERY angry. Suddenly BB, Max and Mini have to work together to organise the party. Will they survive
the challenge? Can they overcome their differences and work together?
WORKSHEET 1
TRACK 16 - Vocabulary – Listen to the vocabulary and look at the vocabulary in (A). Ensure that
the children understand the words
TRACK 17 – Characters Speaking - Listen to the characters speaking and get the children to fill
in the gaps using the vocabulary in (A)
WORKSHEET 2
1) Put the students in groups of 4. Get them to ask and answer the questions as if they were the
characters Student (A)- Asks the questions, Student (B) – Answers as BB, Student (C) –Answers as
Mini, Student (D) –Answers as Max
2) Match the pictures in (A) with the words in (B). Answers; A) Sleep B) Basketball C) Ships D) Hut E)
Looking for ships F) Eat G) Island
TRACK 18 – Pirate Island Song- Listen to the song and fill in the gaps.
WORKSHEET 3
TRACK 19- Welcome Song - Get the children to look at the vocabulary in. Ensure that they
understand the words, then listen to the song fill in the gaps and sing-along.
WORKSHEET 4
1) The Multicultural page is for those who want to work more on the topic of multiculturalism, how we
can celebrate the difference in people from different countries rather than focus on the problems.
See if the children can guess how many people live in Spain. Answer: C) 46,524,943
2) Get the children to match the countries (A) with the flags (B). Answers: 1) Spain – H, 2) Morocco-J ,
3) Romania-A, 4) Ecuador-B, 5) Colombia-D, 6) United Kingdom-C, 7) Bulgaria-I, 8) Italy-G, 9) China-E,
10) Peru-F
3) Here you can talk about how people from different countries are different in some ways. Ask the
children if they have any ideas. Ask them how they feel about the differences, if they are important, if
they are interesting or scary. Refer to the play how each character is different how do those
differences effect what happens on the island.
4) Find the words in box (C) in the word search (D). Answers on page 2.
5) The words in Box (E) are languages, food, festivals or ways to greet. Get the children to guess where
they go in Box F. Answers: Languages: Arabic /Spanish /Chinese Food: Sushi/Burger /Crema
Catalana /Pizza Festivals: Diwalli/ Ramadan /Christmas Ways to greet: handshake/ bowing /“Hello”
WORKSHEET 5
1) 
Read the invitation (A) and answer the questions (B). Answers: 1) in a bottle 2) a party 3) a) They
will die
2)
You could get the children to organise a party,. Give different groups something to be responsible
for. Each group needs to decide what they need and how much it might cost. You could have a
post show tropical party!
WORKSHEET 6
1) 
This will give you an opportunity to answer questions about the play and check the students have
understood it. If possible, we would be very grateful if you could send us copies of some of these,
as it is very useful for us to know what the students enjoy and understand.
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PIRATE ISLAND – TEACHER’S NOTES
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Listening text and lyrics for Pirate Island – TRACKS 16, 17, 18 & 19
TRACK 16 – Pirate
Island Vocabulary
A. 
Chopsticks
B. 
Knife and fork
C. 
Hands
D. 
Basketball
E. 
Tai chi
F. 
Hammock
G. 
Bow
H. 
Floor
I. 
Cool handshake
J. 
Looking for ships
TRACK 19– Pirate
Island – The Welcome
song
Welcome (welcome)
To our beautiful island
Welcome (welcome)
To our beautiful place
(x2)
I say hi
I say hello
I shake hands
And I bow low
(x2)
Welcome (welcome)
To our beautiful island
Welcome (welcome)
To our beautiful place
(x2)
I like to sing
I move my feet
I like to dance
And I like to eat
(x2)
TRACK 17– Pirate Island
Characters speaking
TRACK 18– Pirate Island
Pirate Island Song
1. What’s your name?
a) 
Arrrr! My name is BB
b) 
Hello, my name is Mini
c) 
Hi! My name’s Max
I like looking for ships
I like to sleep in my hut
I like living by the sea
It's a pirate's life for me
2. Where are you from?
a) 
I’m from the North
b) 
I’m from the East
c) 
And I’m from the West
Yo ho
Yo ho
It's a pirate's life for me
Pirate, pirate, pirate island
Pirate, pirate, pirate island
3. How long have you lived on the
island?
a) 
I’ve lived on this island for 20
years
b) 
I’ve only lived here for 1 day
c) 
Me too, just 1 day
I like doing Tai Chi
I like to sleep on the floor
I like living by the sea
It’s a pirate’s life for me
Yo ho,Yo ho
It's a pirate's life for me (x2)
Pirate, pirate, pirate island
Pirate, pirate, pirate island (x2)
4. What’s you favourite hobby?
a) 
My favourite hobby is looking for
ships
b) 
Mine is Tai Chi
c) 
Me, I like Basketball
I like to play basketball
I like to eat coconuts
I like living by the sea
It’s a pirate’s life for me
5. How do you eat?
a) 
Of course I eat with a knife and
fork
b) 
I eat with chopsticks
c) 
I just eat with my hands
Yo ho
Yo ho
It's a pirate's life for me
Pirate, pirate, pirate island
Pirate, pirate, pirate island
6. Where do you sleep?
a) 
I sleep right here In my hut
b) 
I normally sleep on a mat on the
floor
c) 
I sleep in my hammock
7. How do you say “Hello”?
a) 
“ARRR”
b) 
I bow
c) 
I do a cool handshake
I say high
And I say low
I say try
I say limbo!
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WORKSHEET 1
PIRATE ISLAND
TRACK 16- Vocabulary
1) Listen to the vocabulary and look at the pictures
(A)
A) Chopsticks
B) Knife & fork
G) Hammock
H) Bow
C) Hands
D) Hut
I) Floor
E) Basketball
J) Cool handshake
F) Tai Chi
K) Looking for ships
TRACK 17 - Characters
2) Listen to the characters talking and fill in the gaps with the words from (A)
1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 
5. 
6. 
7. 
Bb
North
20 years
K)______________
B)______________
D)_______________
“Arr!!”
1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 
5. 
6. 
7. 
Mini
East
1 day
F)_______________
A)______________
I)_______________
H)______________
3) In groups answer the questions as the characters
(B)
(A)
1
What’s your name?
2
Where are you from?
3
How long have you lived on the island?
4
What’s you favourite hobby?
5
How do you eat?
6
Where do you sleep?
7
How do you say “Hello”?
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BB
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2. 
3. 
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5. 
6. 
7. 
Max
West
1 day
E)__________________
C)__________________
G)__________________
J)___________________
(C)
Mini
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Max
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PIRATE ISLAND
1) Match the pictures in (A) with the words in (B)
(A)
A)
(B)
B)
Hut
C)
looking for
sleep
D)
eat
E)
F)
island
basketball
TRACK 18
2) Listen to the
song and fill in
the words
I like
_______ ____
I like to
_______ in my
I like living by the sea
It's a pirate's life for me
_____
____
(Chorus)
Yo ho, Yo ho
It's a pirate's life for me ( x2)
Pirate, pirate, pirate
______
Pirate, pirate, pirate
______ ( x2)
I like doing Tai Chi
I like to
_____ on the floor
I like living by the sea
It’s a pirate’s life for me
Chorus
I like to play
___________
I like to
______ coconuts
I like living by the sea
It’s a pirate’s life for me
Chorus
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G)
ships
PIRATE ISLAND
TRACK 19
WORKSHEET 3
Listen to the song and fill in the words
Welcome (welcome)
To our beautiful island
Welcome (welcome)
To our beautiful place
(x2)
shake hands
I say hi
I say hello
I ____ __________
And I ____ low
(x2)
limbo
Welcome (welcome)
To our beautiful island
Welcome (welcome)
To our beautiful place
(x2)
I like to _______
I move my feet
I like to _____
And I like to eat
(x2)
sing
I say high
And I say low
I say try
I say ______!
dance
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WORKSHEET 4
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Top 10 countries of origin
(A)
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1) How many people live in Spain?
a) 
b) 
c) 
200
80, 000 400 678
46,063,000
2) Match the countries in (A) with the flags in (B)
(B)
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
Spain
Morocco
Romania
Ecuador
Colombia
United Kingdom
Bulgaria
Italy
China
Peru
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3) How are people from different countries different? Language…
(D)
4) Find the words (C) in the word search (D)
(C)
LANGUAGE
CLOTHES
FOOD
COLOUR
FESTIVALS
RELIGION
GREETING
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5) Put the words from (E) in the correct part of (F)
(E)
Chinese
Arabic
(F)
Language
Diwalli Christmas
bowing
Spanish
Crema Catalana
Food
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Sushi Pizza
handshake
Festivals
“Hello”
Burger
Ramadan
Ways to greet
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PIRATE ISLAND
WORKSHEET 5
1) Read the invitation (A) and answer the questions (B)
(A)
(B)
Party- Pirate Island- 8pm,
tomorrow.
2) What do The Mango tribe want?
King Mango wants a Party. Party
has to be good, or….
Signed
1) How does the message arrive?
3) The party has to be good or…
a)  They will die
b)  They will be happy
c)  They will fall asleep
The Mango tribe.
2) Imagine your class has to organise a party. Get into 5 groups. Each group is
responsible for one of the following.
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Food
Drink
Decoration
Music and games
invitations
What do you need?
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Cost
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WORKSHEET 6
PIRATE ISLAND
1) Draw something from the show.
1. 
Was BB happy when Max and Mini arrived?
2. 
How did the characters help each other?
3. 
Which character did you like?
4. 
What was you favourite moment?
5. 
What do you think will happen on Pirate Island
after the play ended?
How much did you enjoy
the show from 1-10
1= very bad
10= very good
Would you like to see
another Blue Mango
show?
q Yes
q No
q I don’t know
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presents…
Class: _______________________________________
Date: _______________________________________
Place: ______________________________________
Time: _______________________________________
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