more thoughts

i think a large part of student motivation to generate questions and research is going to hinge on choice, and whether students can choose the topics they're really interested in learning more about.  For example, Demarrion told me this morning that he had youtubed Because of Winn Dixie.  This might not seem like much, but it does mean something that a low reader like Demarrion would be so interested by a text that he'd want to learn more about it at home