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1. Complete the chart below comparing the narratives of the three stories. (How does the story start?) || The class is assigned homework. To find a picture of something that you are thankful for || They start out talking about how the elephants and dogs don't really associate with each other, except Tarra and Bella. || The story starts by describing how elephants and people got along. Then they start talking about how things are changing. || (What has changed?) || In the beginning, Gus can't find anything or anyone that he is grateful for. By the end of the story he has a new friend and can stand up to the class bully. || The closing situation is ||  ||
 * || Happy Thanksgiving Gus ... || Assignment America ... || Elephants Under Pressure ... ||
 * What is the opening situation?
 * What is the problem or challenge that is posed? || Gus can't think of anything that he is grateful for. || At first, Tarra has no friends, but then she meets Bella, a stray dog that has come into the santuary. Then Bella needs spinal surgery and || People are invading the elephants' area and the elephants are starting to panic ||
 * How is the challenge resolved, if it is? || Gus goes to a farm and meets a bully from school that is being mean to Gus and his friend. Then a turkey steps in and saves the day, Gus decides he is thankful for that. || Tarra and Bella become best friends setting their immense differences and prejudices. || The challenge is still going on today, but sanctuaries are being made to help elephants. ||
 * 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? || No, it is a third person narrative. It is not seen from any characters point of view. ||  || It is not seen from any one characters point of view, it is third person. ||


 * 2. Think about the author of the book Elephants Under Pressure:**
 * 1) **What was the subject? What was being compared?** The subject was that elephants are becoming endangered because of poachers or ordinary people who are afraid or take the elephants' land. What's being compared is the beginning of the book, when elephants and people lived peacefully together, and the middle and end of the book, when elephants are being attacked, killed, taken away from their parents, or being abused.
 * 2) **What symbols did the author use?** The author used
 * 3) **What words stand out? Why?** The vocabulary words obviously stand out because they are in bold, but other words and phrases stand out to me: losing their homes and families, abused, shorter lives, and many more. I think that these stand out because they mean a lot, they have a bigger effect than most other words in the book.
 * 4) **How do some words get you to look at characters or events in a particular way?** Some words, like abused or starved, make you look at elephants with sympathy. It makes you look at people as selfish monsters.
 * 5) **Are there any words that have more than one meaning?**
 * 6) **Was the voice formal or informal?** The voice was
 * 7) **Was the voice correct for the content?** The voice was
 * 8) **What is the most important sentence or word in the book?** I think that the most important sentence in the story is "People have the responsibility to learn to live peacefully with elephants." With all animals I think, animals don't know any better. There was a reason that God gave us a more intelligent brain than animals. It is our responsibility to care for all of God's creation.


 * 3. Think about the producer and writer of the video clip Assignment America:**
 * 1) **What was the subject? What was being compared?** The subject of this story was that a dog and an elephant miraculously became best friends. What's being compared is that two unusually different animals became friends, and we as people can't get along with each other. We put our differences before us and use them as barriers. These animals put their differences aside and came together to be best friends.
 * 2) **What symbols did they use?** The symbols they used were
 * 3) **What words stand out? Why?** No prejudice, trusting, unusual friendship. These words stand out because
 * 4) **How do some words get you to look at characters or events in a particular way?** It makes animals look better than humans because they were able to become friends with someone different then them. Humans can't even get past each others differences like race or religion. If we could problem solve and look past our differences, maybe we would have world peace.
 * 5) **Are there any words that have more than one meaning?**
 * 6) **Was the voice formal or informal?** The voice was
 * 7) **Was the voice correct for the content?**The voice was
 * 8) **What is the most important sentence or phrase in the video?** I think that the most important phrase in this video is "Just two living creatures that look past their immense differences. Take 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?** Reading __Elephants Under Pressure__ gave me the understanding of why the elephants were in the sanctuary, because they are becoming endangered.


 * 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?** Some different reading strategies are: Looking for bold, underlined, or italicized words, looking at the pictures, looking at the cover of the book, if the book has chapters, read the chapter titles and make predictions
 * **How can visual clues help to decode the meaning of the story?** Pictures or the cover of the book are visual clues that can help decode the meaning of the story.
 * **How does the sound track (audio clues) add to your understanding of the story?** With audio clues, you can hear how the person is saying or reading something. Like, is they read/say something with exclamation or questioning.;