Raz lk29 Blackbeardpirate CLR
Raz lk29 Blackbeardpirate CLR
Blackbeard
the Pirate
Grade 2 Word Count 578
Lexile 590L Nonfiction • Biography
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Focus Question
Blackbeard Who was Blackbeard, and why is he
the Pirate
considered the most famous pirate of all?
Words to Know
attacked pirate
captured sail
crew treasure
The wreck of the Queen Anne’s Revenge was found near the Beaufort Inlet,
Charleston off the coast of North Carolina, in 1996.
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
Blackbeard’s Last Fight
Georgia
For a time, it seemed that Blackbeard
had stopped being a pirate . He
got married and bought a house .
North Carolina People stopped worrying about him .