After choosing the room in which he wanted to work and settling in, this afternoon, Quinn worked on a reading passage I had selected about an African folk tale. After a few initial prompts to focus, Quinn sustained attention and was able to answer all the multiple-choice content questions and one open-ended question for which he added details and elaborated in his response, independent of prompts. When queried about the book we have been reading, Quinn recalled literary features and important elements of the story. He filled in certain key phrases used for effect by the author, Louis Sachar, and remembered the term 'leit motif,' referring to the literary device characterized by repetition of themes and word choices. Quinn was able to recognize that the attributes of the main characters were being reversed and suggested possible reasons prompting the reversal, which added an interesting and more complex twist to the story elements. Quinn prompted me to read one last chapter although there was little time left in our session, and he stated he was pleased with our progress, revealing a bit of a competitive streak when comparing his progress to other students reading the book.