KS2 English - Treasure Island: Episode 4

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The voyage to the Caribbean is largely uneventful...until the Hispaniola nears Treasure Island.

4. The voyage and the apple barrel

The Hispaniola sets sail for the Caribbean and the voyage is largely uneventful.

Jim becomes firm friends with Long John Silver and his parrot, which is named Captain Flint after the infamous pirate.

Neither Jim, Squire Trelawney, Dr Livesey or Captain Smollett has any inkling of the terrible truth about Long John Silver and his crew.

On the very evening that the Hispaniola arrives near the island marked by the treasure map, Jim reaches into an apple barrel on deck and then falls inside. Jim then listens in horror as Silver and the crew discuss how they intend to take control of the ship that night and murder Squire Trelawney.

At that moment the sailors spy land and in the commotion Jim slips away to warn the others that they are in immediate danger.

Resources

Resource Pack

Resource Pack

Guidance, worksheets and follow-up activities for use in school and at home (pdf)

Meet the characters
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Meet the characters

A quick guide to the characters in Treasure Island.

Sequencing activity
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Sequencing activity

Number the images on the PDF to place the events of the story in the correct order.

Resource Sheet 4
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Resource Sheet 4

Download / print a worksheet exploring the characters' thoughts (pdf)

Resource Sheet - Illustrations
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Resource Sheet - Illustrations

Download / print illustrations for follow-up activities (pdf)

Episode 4 script to download / print

More from this series

3. Long John Silver and the Hispaniola
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3. Long John Silver and the Hispaniola

Jim arrives in Bristol where he has been told to find Silver and join the ship's crew

5. Escape to the island and Ben Gunn
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5. Escape to the island and Ben Gunn

The Squire, Doctor and Captain escape the Hispaniola... under attack from the pirates.

6. The stockade and the pirates attack
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6. The stockade and the pirates attack

Jim's friends have taken refuge in an old stockade...but the pirates are advancing.

BBC Teach > School Radio > English > KS2: Treasure Island

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