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1. First complete the **chart below** comparing the narratives of the two stories. How does the story start? || The students have to bring a picture of something that they're most thankful for The story starts with the teacher flickering the lights on and off to get the attention from the students. || The opening situation is that these people have an elephant "Sanctuary". They have one dog named Bella and many other elephants but Tara and Bella become the best of friends. ||
 * || **Happy Thanksgiving Gus ...** || **Assignment America ...** ||
 * What is the opening situation?
 * What is the problem of challenge that is posed? || The problem is that Gus has many things that he's thankful for. He doesn't know which one to chose. || The problem was that the owner was a bit scared to bring a dog into a family of people with elephants. ||
 * How does this create conflict between characters? || The turkey doesn't want to take a picture or do anything. He's considered "Very mean". || There was no conflict.

What has changed? || Gus gets his picture and presents it to the class. In the beginning, Gus didn't know what picture to bring. In the end, He knows and takes a picture with Mr.T || The closing situation was when the dog's spine was a bit off and she couldn't move. The elephant was there, with a lot of room to roam around, she stood there waiting for the dog to get better. || How is this achieved? || No. || The owners are telling the story from their point of view. ||
 * The dog was hurt, so they could not spend time together.** ||
 * How is this resolved? || Mr. T gobbles. Billy runs and falls into a puddle of mud trying to get Gus and Beto dirty. || They let the dog meet the elephants. ||
 * 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. You may find it useful to consider some of these factors: //**Feliz dia de Gracias, Gus!**// **Paragraph Here** In this book, the pictures helped me out with understanding what each page was about. The pictures went along with what they were describing and the actions that one character made. Especially, the fact that it was in Spanish, the pictures did a great deal of understanding.
 * color
 * framing
 * composition
 * size
 * type of shot
 * subject matter
 * setting
 * lighting
 * pose
 * text (or voice)

The videos of the elephants with the owner plus the talking reporter helped me understand why this is special and extraordinary. The owners describe and tell us about the friendship between the elephant and the dog along with introducing the names of the other elephants. They also give information about how they came to be friends from the beginning. **(How did the camera angles and the shots and the framing help to tell the story?)**
 * //Assignment America// Paragraph Here**: