Example of DRTA for The Not-So-Jolly Roger

Read the title. What do you think this story is gong to be about?

Who is Roger? And why might they call him “not-so-jolly?”

Pages 1-4

Where were the boys? (p. 1)

How did they get there? (p. 2)

What do you think The Book is? (p. 3)

Who do you think is on the boat? (p. 4)

Pages 5-7

Where did Joe get The Book? (p. 5)

Where did The Book first take the boys? (p. 5-6)

Why does Joe think they need to be more careful about wishing where they want to go? (p. 7)

Pages 8-10

Where do Sam and Joe think they should go? (p. 8)

Where does Fred want to go? (p. 8)

Why are the other boys afraid to go find buried treasure with Fred? (p. 8-9)

What do you think cutlasses are? (p. 8-9) What makes you think that?

What really happened to make the boys end up in the coconut trees? (p. 9-10)

Pages 11-13

Who rowed up to the island? (p. 11-12)

What did Sam say about Blackbeard when comparing him to a movie version? (p. 13) What do you think he was trying to say? Why?

Why do you think Blackbeard counted off paces before they buried the treasure? (p. 13)

Pages 14-17

Why do you think Blackbeard shot the two prisoners? (p. 15)

Why did Blackbeard growl when he discovered the boys in the tree? (p. 17)

Pages 18-22

What happened when Blackbeard fired his pistols? (p. 18)

Why did Sam tell Blackbeard they could not fight him? (p. 20)

How do you think Sam knows Blackbeard’s real name? (p. 22)

Pages 23-25

What is Blackbeard’s real name? (p. 23)

Do you think many people know Blackbeard’s real name? (p. 23) What makes you think that?

What is a doubloon? (p. 24) What makes you say that?

What did the boys hoped only happened in movies? (p. 25)

Page 26-32

Why did Blackbeard say he would “cut off some heads” if his crew had walked all the prisoners of the plank? (p. 26-27)

Why does Blackbeard think that the three boys in the story are worth quite a bit of gold or treasure? (p. 28-29)

On page 30, one of the pirates says, “Stow the gab.” What does that mean?

What did Blackbeard tell the boys they had to do if they did not show their magic on page 31? What does that mean?

Page 33-37

What does Blackbeard see when he looks through his spyglass? (p. 33)

Read the sentence near the bottom of page 34 that begins, “And Mr. Hands.” What does that mean?

What will happen if the gunpowder catches fire? (p. 35)

Where do they think The Book will be? (p. 36)

What happened as they were about to escape? (p. 37)

Page 38-41

What is the hold? (p. 39)

What is happening on the ship? (p. 39)

Who sees that Joe, Sam and Fred are about to escape? (p. 41)

What happens that distracts Blackbeard when he is approaching the magicians? (p. 41)

What do they decide to do? (p. 41)

Pages 42-45

What do you think the book means when it says “…British warship slowly lean and fall like some giant white-leafed tree?” (p. 42)

What is the relationship between Blackbeard and the boys after the attack with the British warship? (p. 43)

What favor does Fred ask from Blackbeard? (p. 44)

Why can Blackbeard not sail to New York? (p. 44-45)

Pages 46-51

What does dead man’s chest mean? (p. 47)

What does Blackbeard think has happened? (p. 50)

What do they find in the dug hole? (p. 51) What kind of book?

On page 51, it says “In my hands it [The Book] fell open by itself to a picture of three familiar guys.” Who are the three familiar guys?

Pages 52-53

What happened to Joseph’s lamp? (p. 52)

Why were Sam and Joe going to return to the island? Why do they not return? (p. 52-53)

How do you think the boys felt about the adventure?

What do you think the boys should think about when picking an adventure?

Pages 54-57

How many men did Blackbeard have on his pirate ship? (p. 54)

Who did Blackbeard receive a Royal Pardon from? (p. 54)

Who did Blackbeard face in his final battle? (p. 55)