Charlie reviewed the basics of argumentative writing "conclusion" and "premises." After watching an excepts of the Giver he constructed a statement using the appropriate word choices for the premises to lead into the conclusion: "Since Asher was under orders to "lose" (kill) Jonas, and he found him by flying the plane into the valley, and since they were friends, Asher had a difficult decision. Therefore, Asher helped Jonas by dropping him in the water so he could survive." After constructing this sentence and putting it on the board, he filled in the circle graph of the eight elements of critical thinking, and we used these to discuss the very ending of the film (that we watched next). I questioned him regarding the contrasts with the end of the book, asked him to assess which was better, and why, and the purposes for each medium -- why the difference.