RUN+strategies+BS

1. First complete the **chart below** comparing the narratives of the two stories. How does the story start? || starts with Mrs. Morrison telling the class that they have an assignment to bring in a picture of what they're most thankful for. || starts out with an explanation of the way of life in the elephant sanctuary and who is best friends ||
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 * || **Happy Thanksgiving Gus ...** || **Assignment America ...** ||
 * What is the opening situation?
 * What is the problem of challenge that is posed? || Gus doesn't know what one thing he's most thankful for because he's thankful for a lot of stuff || Tara, an elephant, is best friends with a dog. Which is very difficult.


 * The dog is hurt and the elephant cannot be with the dog.** ||
 * How does this create conflict between characters? || Gus doesn't like Billy, Billy causes bad things to happen to Gus and Bean || one is so much bigger than the other and they could hurt each other.
 * They want to be together but cannot be while the dog is hurt.** ||
 * How is this resolved? || the friends stick together and the turkey knocks Billy into the mud. It also helped Gus get a picture of what he was most thankful for. || The animals develop trust with each other and stand by each others side

What has changed? || In the beginning, it was about getting a picture of what they were most thankful for. At the end it was also about teaching a bully a lesson. || In the beginning, it was about how an elephant and its strong bond with a dog. In the end it was about how they were so close they wouldn't leave each other.. || How is this achieved? || has a narrator so there is no definitive point of view. (the narrator follows the main character around) || This story isn't seen from one point of view. (they gathering the thoughts and of all the people and follow the animals) ||
 * The dog gets better.** ||
 * How is the closing situation different to the opening situation?
 * Do you see the story from one character's point of view?


 * 2. Then, by paying particular attention to the visual images in the stories and the ways in which these provide clues to the meaning of the stories, write a paragraph explaining how you "read" the stories to get the full meaning of each of the stories. **

When you are reading you use your eyes. When people say reading the media and analyzing visual images you are looking at the picture or video and it helps you understand what is happening in the story. When you read the media your paying attention to the pictures not the sounds in the back. The phrase //Pictures are worth a 1000 words// really is true, people use there eyes to analyzing everything.

//**Feliz dia de Gracias, Gus!**// In this book the pictures helped a lot. It was a children's book so no matter English or Spanish the pictures played a part in understanding the book. Being Spanish or English reading this book it helps to have the pictures because it helps the child who does not read that well or the English person who can not read Spanish put pictures with words and it helps to understand the story. The visual images also make the story more appealing to any age or race because the you read the pictures easier then the words.

The video //Assignment America// took place in a elephant sanctuary, it gave the video a desert theme. It was about a elephant and dog who have a special bond. It showed us that know matter what we look like we can always be friends. The elephant and dog have were truly close. This was a video not a book so it was a bit easier to understand cause it was all pictures and no text. The pictures took up the whole frame. They where medium/ wide shots that help tell us what people and animals were like. There was also a voice in the background narrating the story. The voice was meant to be informative but it was a bit entertaining. This was meant to be more entertaining then informative. But I really liked this story and it gave a great lesson.
 * //Assignment America//**