“Pirates in Historical Fiction and Nonfiction: A Twin-Text Unit of Study” Review

I found this article highly interesting. I love how the classroom was set up to set the mood of the article right as the students entered the room. The piratical “artifacts” were an awesome idea, the fact that the students had different texts to pull information was great. I liked the “Pirate Notebook” as well, I found it to be helpful for the students to keep track of what they know, what they want to know, and what they have learned. Plus, the dictionary in the back of the notebook was good because there are several words that pirates used that you do not hear now days, for example booty (treasure), land lover (prefers land over sea), etc. The part where students view different materials to gain information (DVDs, fiction/non-fiction books, etc) and guided by questions given by the teacher was clever, because this will show students different point of views about pirates. Overall, great article.