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 * Questions:**

(How does the story start?) || Gus has an assignment due. || That Tara is the only elephant that is friends with a dog. || People don't know how to live peacefully with elephants. ||  || (What has changed?) || Gus has solved his 1st problem while finding a friend to help with the closing problem || Tara is reunited with her best friend || We know that their is a way to help ||   ||
 * || **Happy Thanksgiving Gus ...** || **Assignment America ...** || ** Elephants Under Pressure ... ** ||  ||
 * What is the opening situation?
 * What is the problem of challenge that is posed? || Gus and Bean run into the bully of the school || Bella, the dog gets a spinal cord injury || People won't put forth the effort to help ||  ||
 * How is the challenge resolved, if it is? || Mr. T makes him fall in a pile of mud || By visiting Tara everyday it gives her more strength || It is not solved yet ||  ||
 * How is the closing situation different to the opening situation?
 * Do you see the story from one character's point of view? How is this achieved? || Yes because we can put ourselves in Gus's shoes. || I see the story from Tara's point of View because she is always there for her best friend and visversa || Yes I see both PoVs because I see how the elephants feel and how the people feel. ||

2. Think about the author of the book Elephants Under Pressure:
 * 1) What was the subject? Can people get along with elephants? What was being compared? People and elephants.
 * 2) What symbols did the author use? Bold and different colored words, pictures, and captions.
 * 3) What words stand out? Why? All of the bold faced words and Chapter titles because they all in different colors and all are bold.
 * 4) How do some words get you to look at characters or events in a particular way? They help me to understand certain things about the character and help me to put myself in their shoes.
 * 5) Are there any words that have more than one meaning? Yes a couple of words in the book have many meanings.
 * 6) Was the voice formal or informal? Formal.
 * 7) Was the voice correct for the content? Yes I think that it is.
 * 8) What is the most important sentence or word in the book? The more you know about elephants, the more we can do to keep these amazing creatures safe.

3. Think about the producer and writer of the video clip Assignment America: 4. Answer the following questions using examples from this assignment.
 * 1) What was the subject? Tara the elephant and her friendship with Bella the dog. What was being compared? How Tara and Bella care about each other and how humans care for each other.
 * 2) What symbols did they use? They used images and clips of videos to explain most of it.
 * 3) What words stand out? Why? Bella's spinal cord injury because it really caught your attention with the adjectives they use to describe Bella's condition.
 * 4) How do some words get you to look at characters or events in a particular way? Some words describe the intense feelings of an event or character.
 * 5) Are there any words that have more than one meaning? Yes there are a couple words with different meanings
 * 6) Was the voice formal or informal? Formal
 * 7) Was the voice correct for the content? Yes I think the tone of the voice set the mood for the story.
 * 8) What is the most important sentence or phrase in the video? "Take a good look America. Take a good look world. If they can do it what's our excuse."
 * 9) How did reading Elephants Under Pressure give you a better understanding of the story in Assignment America? That Tara is different, usually the elephant freak out around other animals or humans for that matter. Tara doesn't see a difference, she didn't care that her best friend was dog. That's what humans need to understand.
 * What are similar reading strategies that can be applied to different subject areas and to different media?Not only listening to the reader but reading along and understanding the pictures
 * How can visual clues help to decode the meaning of the story? It helps because it gives us a visual perspective of the story.
 * How does the sound track (audio clues) add to your understanding of the story? The tone of the voice shows the seriousness of the story.