Cam participated in a lively discussion with two of his peers about the 4 new characters that were introduced in S.E. Hinton's, "The Outsiders." He demonstrated excellent recall and retrieval skills and identified and assigned the different characters to the group - identifying with one of the social classes depicted and stating his rationale. We identified the language techniques used by Hinton to enrich her writing, and Cam demonstrated that he understood various elements of writing style used in the novel. Cam was engaged and productive in class - sharing his perspective on the characters and making predictions about the plot. Vocabulary was also reviewed as it was specific to the southwest - (a fictional town in Tulsa Oklahoma) in the 1960's.