After reading these two articles I felt very comfortable with content given. The DED pirate diary is a wonderful tool to use in a classroom.  While students are reading in the informational books they are able to log about what they learn.  The charts are a great tool for critical thinking and student involvement for the readers.  The first part of the DED was involving because students have to draw conclusions and try to understand the background knowledge of the quotes.  Students also get concrete understanding of the nautical terms that they are reading.  Doing these activities can give students a deeper understanding and comprehension of what they are actually reading.  The Swashbuckling article had the same concept but used a different tool such as the KWL chart.  This enabled students to propose their own questions and find their own answers.  Each of these articles were very constructive!