We continued to collaboratively read Louis Sachar's book, "There's A Boy in the Girls' Bathroom. Nico expressed an interest in the author, so we read a biography about him. I also suggested the book "Holes" as 'a summer reading novel, which won the Newberry Medal of excellence, after he finishes the authors books he's currently reading (Sideways Stories from Wayside School'). We examined the literary element known as 'leit motif,' used in literature, art, and music. In literature, I explained that leit motif is a repeated pattern, such as an image, sound, word, or symbol, that comes back over and over again within a particular story. We identified the phrase "last seat, last row" as an example and Nico raised his hand whenever that phrase was repeated in the book. Nico professes that he does not reading, so it's a bit challenging to spark his interest, but he demonstrates very good comprehension, synthesis and analysis of literary content - as well as recall and retrieval skills when queried. He did look up the book "Holes,' which may have somewhat whet his appetite to read as we read a short summary about it and it's also been made into a movie.