Treasure Island

⚓️ Introduction

Ahoy, young explorers! You’re about to set sail on a reading adventure through Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. Each chapter reveals new clues, challenges, and treasures to uncover! You’ll read, research, and create as you journey from the Admiral Benbow Inn to Treasure Island and back again.

📚 WebQuest Goals

• Explore character traits, motives, and changes over time.

• Summarize key events and plot structure.

• Compare settings and describe mood.

• Identify themes like courage, greed, and loyalty.

• Write reflections and responses supported by evidence.

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🗺️ Part 1: Setting Sail (Ch. 1–5)

Focus: Introduce characters and setting.

Task:

• Read Chapters 1–5.

• Create a “Character Passport” for Jim Hawkins. Include:

  • Appearance

  • Personality traits

  • Hopes/fears

  • Evidence from the text
    
    Extension: Use Google Earth or a world map to locate England and the imagined Treasure Island.
    
    Visual: Admiral Benbow Inn illustration.

🧭 Part 2: The Voyage (Ch. 6–10)

Focus: The crew, the ship Hispaniola, and hidden dangers.

Task:

• Complete a “Crew Chart” listing each member and their secret motives.

• Draw or digitally design a labeled diagram of the Hispaniola.
  
  Research: What jobs did sailors have in the 1700s?
  
  Visual: Pirate ship + compass art.

☠️ Part 3: Mutiny! (Ch. 11–15)

Focus: Conflict & foreshadowing.

Task:

• Identify clues that Long John Silver is not what he seems.

• Write a journal entry from Jim’s point of view (“I overheard the mutiny…”).
  
  ELA Standard: RL.3.3 Describe characters in a story and explain how their actions contribute to events.
  
  Visual: Split image – Jim hiding / Silver talking.

🌴 Part 4: Island Encounters (Ch. 16–20)

Focus: Setting and survival.

Task:

• Map the island (label “Stockade,” “Ben Gunn’s Cave,” “Spyglass Hill”).

• Compare the ship setting to the island setting using a Venn diagram.
  
  Social Studies Link: How do geography and resources affect survival?
  
  Visual: Treasure Island map parchment.

💰 Part 5: The Treasure Hunt (Ch. 21–26)

Focus: Theme & resolution.

Task:

• Summarize how the treasure was found.

• Discuss what “true treasure” means in the story.

• Create a final reflection: If you found treasure, what would you do with it and why?
  
  ELA Standard: RL.3.2 Recount stories and determine the central message, lesson, or moral.
  
  Visual: Treasure chest glowing with light.

• 🧩 Final Project Options

  Choose one:

• Digital Scrapbook – Create slides summarizing each part with visuals.

• Treasure Journal – Write as Jim, chronicling key adventures.

• Map & Legend Poster – Design a textured map with symbols and clues.

📖 Assessment Rubric