The Ballad of the pirate queens  by Jane Yolen and Illustrated by David Shannon

You and a partner are invited to create an I Poem for 2 Voices.  You decide the 2 voices. I encourage you to further investigate Anne Bonney, Mary Reade, and Calico Jack Rackham through our pirate web sites. Enjoy!

Use the following information to guide you in researching your pirate:

http://blindkat.hegewisch.net/pirates/whoframe.html

http://www.inkyfingers.com/pyrates/pyrates/index.html

http://www.piratesinfo.com/biography/biography.php

http://www.rochedalss.eq.edu.au/pirates/pirate2.htm

http://tayci.tripod.com/famousmen.html

http://www.seva.net/~smithsch/Pirates.html (student Pirate pages)

http://www.isd12.org/bhe/Archives/Activities/Pirates/Pages/General/pirates.html

Historical Female Pirates

http://tayci.tripod.com/famwompir.html

http://www.katyberry.com/Dorianne/pirates.html

http://members.tripod.com/cathreese/DefiantWomen/pirates/index.html