Bobby and I sat outside for the first hour with a newspaper. He is discovering reasons to read/watch/keep up with the news. He chose an unlikely article to "spring" on his dad! Its title is "Thousands of pounds of trash is waiting ... for you." First, Bobby read the article out loud quickly. Then we began the Worksheet on CT element "question" from which we advanced in the second hour to analyzing the article -- its purpose, what they're trying to figure out, what point of view is involved, etc. To begin, Bobby wrote a short definition of "question" and I then had him take one minute to write as many questions as possible. We took the first one, "Why do we have to age?" and spent about 12 minutes in Socratic questioning which led Bobby through some deep thinking -- really stretching! I explained that he just participated in Socratic questioning and that I would teach him how to do it himself. It's complex and an art so we will work on it bit by bit. We reviewed academic vocabulary from last week, and added some words from the news article. Homework: find another news article that we will analyze with the CT elements. Be aware of "question" this week, consistently asking himself what questions he has, and what questions others have.