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1. Complete the ** chart below ** comparing the narratives of the three stories. (How does the story start?) || The animals were in class and the teacher gave them an assignment || The people were telling us about the best friends Bella the dog and Tara the elephant || The author tells us about how lately elephants have been very destructive to people and even killed some || picture of for his assignment || Bella got injured and couldn't walk for a while so she couldn't play with Tara and Tara would only stay in the closest place to the building where Bella was || Elephants are destroying homes and even killing people || <span style="color: teal; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">picture with his new friend || <span style="color: teal; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Bella's owners would carry her out to <span style="color: teal; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Tara as she was healing so they <span style="color: teal; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">could see each other || <span style="color: teal; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">People need to learn to live peacefully <span style="color: teal; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">with elephants and try not to upset <span style="color: teal; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">them too much || (What has changed?) || <span style="color: teal; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Gus has a new friend in the end <span style="color: teal; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">and he has a completed assignment || <span style="color: teal; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Bella and Tara were best friends and <span style="color: teal; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">they no matter what they will always <span style="color: teal; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">be || <span style="color: teal; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">People are starting to try and live <span style="color: teal; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">peacefully with elephants instead of <span style="color: teal; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">making them angry or scared or capture <span style="color: teal; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">them || <span style="color: teal; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">because he is the one telling the story || <span style="color: teal; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I see it from a spectator's view <span style="color: teal; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">because they are telling the story to <span style="color: teal; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">us as if we were watching them || <span style="color: teal; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I see it from a reader's point of view <span style="color: teal; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">because that's how they are telling the <span style="color: teal; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">story to us ||
 * ** Questions ** || ** Happy Thanksgiving Gus ... ** || ** Assignment America ... ** || ** Elephants Under Pressure ... ** ||
 * What is the opening situation?
 * What is the problem or challenge that is posed? || <span style="color: teal; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Gus doesn't know what to take a
 * How is the challenge resolved, if it is? || <span style="color: teal; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Gus goes to a farm and takes a
 * 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? || <span style="color: teal; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I see it from Gus's point of view

2. Think about the author of the book** Elephants Under Pressure: **
 * 1) What was the subject? What was being compared? <span style="color: purple; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; line-height: 1.5;">The subject was about how elephants were destroying homes and killing people.
 * 2) What symbols did the author use? <span style="color: purple; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; line-height: 1.5;">She used different pictures of elephants that were destroying homes and people.
 * 3) What words stand out? Why?<span style="color: purple; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Captivity, migrating, adaptation because these are words that help you understand what's going on in the story.
 * 4) How do some words get you to look at characters or events in a particular way? <span style="color: purple; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The words above help me see the story from a person's point of view because they are all ways of describing how people could stop elephants from destroying homes.
 * 5) Are there any words that have more than one meaning?<span style="color: purple; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> No, not that I saw.
 * 6) Was the voice formal or informal? <span style="color: purple; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Formal
 * 7) Was the voice correct for the content? <span style="color: purple; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Yes
 * 8) What is the most important sentence or word in the book?<span style="color: purple; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> "People can learn to live peacefully with elephants like they have in the past."

3. Think about the producer and writer of the video clip ** Assignment America: **
 * 1) What was the subject? What was being compared? <span style="color: purple; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The subject was a story on how a dog and an elephant are best friends.
 * 2) What symbols did they use? <span style="color: purple; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">They showed us videos and pictures of Bella and Tara playing together even when Bella was injured.
 * 3) What words stand out? Why? <span style="color: purple; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Best friends, and odd couple because that describes what Bella and Tara are for the most part.
 * 4) How do some words get you to look at characters or events in a particular way? <span style="color: purple; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The words above help me see the story from the animals point of view because they help me understand how they are thinking and why they are best friends.
 * 5) Are there any words that have more than one meaning?<span style="color: purple; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Best friends
 * 6) Was the voice formal or informal? <span style="color: purple; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Formal
 * 7) Was the voice correct for the content? <span style="color: purple; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Yes
 * 8) What is the most important sentence or phrase in the video? <span style="color: purple; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">"Tara and Bella are inseparable."
 * 9) How did reading ** Elephants Under Pressure ** give you a better understanding of the story in ** Assignment America **? <span style="color: purple; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">It helped me understand that having a dog and elephant that are best friends is a miracle if the elephants are destroying homes and killing people.

4. Answer the following questions using examples from this assignment.
 * What are similar reading strategies that can be applied to different subject areas and to different media? <span style="color: purple; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">You can look for keywords that help describe the story better or you could see if the pictures helped you understand the story better.
 * How can visual clues help to decode the meaning of the story? <span style="color: purple; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">They give you a visual example of what the story is talking about.
 * How does the sound track (audio clues) add to your understanding of the story? <span style="color: purple; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">It may help you to understand the story more if you listen to someone actually saying it out loud and knowing that it really happened.