A Study Guide to the Film

Opening Scene – A ship emerges from the fog. A young girl is singing.

1. How can we tell the movie is not set in the present day?
2. What is Mr Gibbs worried about?
3. What does Elizabeth see floating in the water?
4. What is the boy’s name? What is he wearing around his neck?
5. Describe the image on the medallion.

Scene 2 – Elizabeth wakes from a dream about the day they rescued William. She goes to the drawer and places the pirate medallion around her neck.

4. How does Elizabeth react when her father gives her a new dress?
5. Why does William visit the Swan household?

Scene 3 – Captain Jack’s Arrival

6. What does Captain Jack see as his boat enters the cove?
7. What is unusual about Captain Jack’s arrival to Port Royal? (consider how his ‘boat’ is left at the dock)

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The unit of work continues by analyzing each scene through the use of questions,
similar to those in the sample.

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