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(How does the story start?) ||  ||   ||   || (What has changed?) ||  ||   ||   ||
 * **Happy Thanksgiving Gus** || **Assignment America** || **Elephants Under Pressure** ||
 * What is the opening situation?
 * What is the opening situation?
 * What is the problem of challenge that is posed? ||  ||   ||   ||
 * How is the challenge resolved, if it is? ||  ||   ||   ||
 * 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? ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Happy Thanksgiving Gus**
 * What is the opening situation? (How does the story start?) The story started by Mrs. Morrison walking in the classroom and turning the lights on and off for the students to be quiet.
 * What is the problem or challenge that is posed? The challenge is to find the number thing he thankful for by Monday.
 * How is the challenge resolved, if it is? He when to the farm and then Billy was that and Mr.T helped Gus with Billy and put Billy in he place.
 * How is the closing situation different to the opening situation? (What has changed?) The closing situation is different than the opening situation in the closing Gus found what he was thankful for and in the opening of the story Gus come not decide what he was most thankful for.
 * Do you see the story from one character's point of view? How is this achieved?


 * Assignment America **
 * What is the opening situation? (How does the story start?) It starts talking about a elephant resevive and talk about an alone elephant who becomes best friends with a dog.
 * What is the problem or challenge that is posed? Bella the dog has a shpine problem and was put in the office building and the elephant wait ed and waited for Bella to come down because elephant misses her best friend.
 * How is the challenge resolved, if it is? Bella back heals after time and she can go outside then.
 * How is the closing situation different to the opening situation? (What has changed?) The closing situation is different than the starting because in the start Bella has the back problem and the closing Bella's back is healed and she can play.
 * Do you see the story from one character's point of view? How is this achieved? The elephant because she would be the easiest because when Bella was hurt in the office because at the corner of the fence for weeks waiting for Bella so the that elephant has feelings for Bella.


 * Elephant Under Pressure**
 * What is the opening situation? (How does the story start?) It starts off with it talking about elephant and their social society and the way their lives have change because of humanity need wood and forest are destroyed so elephant do not know where to go.
 * What is the problem or challenge that is posed? The ways man needs wood and destroy forest and homes for elephant and the elephant do not know where to go in time of need.
 * How is the challenge resolved if it is? The ways they are saving elephants are making people stop cutting forests down and leaving the elephants alone because some think human are bad because they think we take their ebony horns.
 * How is the closing situation different to the opening situation? (What has changed?) What changed is the vision of elephant in people head because we take them from the wild and put them in zoos and make humor with them and they do not like it.

2. Think about the author of the book **Elephants Under Pressure**:
 * 1) What was the subject? What was being compared? The subject is about elephants migrating from Asia. It can be compared to like when birds fly south for the winters.
 * 2) What symbols did the author use? The elephants migrating to different areas of the world.
 * 3) What words stand out? Why? Migrate because they move together in big groups of them.
 * 4) How do some words get you to look at characters or events in a particular way? The humans are changing events the thinking of the elephant to attack and migrate.
 * 5) Are there any words that have more than one meaning? Migrate to move by your-self and to move by force.
 * 6) Was the voice formal or informal? I think it was informal.
 * 7) Was the voice correct for the content? In my opinion no because I think you need some one who has an ascent because it draws more people in.
 * 8) What is the most important sentence or word in the book? Migrate because it is the main thing the story is about.

3. Think about the producer and writer of the video clip **Assignment America**:
 * 1) What was the subject? What was being compared? The subject is about a place for elephants to go. It can be compared to a Animal Recuse Center.
 * 2) What symbols did they use? Symbols they use a throw the trunk up in the air.
 * 3) What words stand out? Why? The words that stand out to me are that they come in one and stay be two because one comes in and two find one another and they care and help one other.
 * 4) How do some words get you to look at characters or events in a particular way? The ways they say it and the ways they present it if it is boring or exciting.
 * 5) Are there any words that have more than one meaning? That they come in one and stay in two because most of them are elephant and elephant because is changes it elephant and dog.
 * 6) Was the voice formal or informal? The voice in the video was informal.
 * 7) Was the voice correct for the content? In my opinion no because I think you need some one who has an ascent because it draws more people in.
 * 8) What is the most important sentence or phrase in the video? "They come in one and stay in twos."
 * 9) How did reading **Elephants Under Pressure** give you a better understanding of the story in **Assignment America**? The elephant have social standing like humans.

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? With videos watch it a few times and with articles read a few time and write notes.
 * How can visual clues help to decode the meaning of the story? If you see a video that has a lot of elephant that means it mainly about elephant.
 * How does the sound track (audio clues) add to your understanding of the story? The music sets the mood for the video or movie.