RUN+SSC

1. First complete the ** chart below ** comparing the narratives of the two stories. How does the story start? || The opening situation and the start of the story begins with the teacher getting her students attention. || The opening situation is that when elephants retire they pair in 2 with another elephant. The story starts with talking about elephants retirement spot in Tennessee. || What has changed? || In the beginning Gus has the problem of needing to find something he's thankful for. During this story, while trying to find something he starts getting bullied by Billy. The closing is Gus with what he's thankful for at school. || In the beginning the reporter talks about the strange relationship between a dog and an elephant. Later they talk about the injury and the relationship during and afterwards. || How is this achieved? || I see the story from Gus's point of view. This is achieved by the story line being about him and what he thinks and says. || This point of view is for a newscaster and workers describing the relationship of the dog and elephant. They achieve this by being in front of the camera at times. ||
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 * || **Happy Thanksgiving Gus ...** || **Assignment America ...** ||
 * What is the opening situation?
 * What is the problem of challenge that is posed? || Gus has to pick one thing he is thankful for to bring to class on Monday. || The elephant needs to find a partner or friend to pair up with at the elephant farm. But instead he pares up with a stray dog. ||
 * How does this create conflict between characters? || Gus was looking for something grateful while at a farm and encountered a bully named Billy who was messing with him and Bean. || Bella gets sick and has to stay inside for different treatment while Tara misses her friend and visits her everyday. ||
 * How is this resolved? || Gus and Bean are almost tricked to stepping into mud and hay. The big turkey Mr.T scares Billy and he falls into the mud. || The veterinarians took Bella out everyday to see her friend outside waiting for her. ||
 * 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 ** : This story has many clues to tell you what the story is about. The colors in this story are softer which attracts the eye. The story uses the rule of thirds, clearly. The make the authority figure in the top third so the reader knows the authority is there. The younger children are in the bottom third looking up which shows they are listening to the adults. The composition of this story changes; it is determined by the length of the text, whether it is above of below the picture. You can tell the size of the characters by looking at the thirds rule. The older characters are bigger. The subject matter and text are for little kids in this story. The setting of this book is in a classroom, farm, and car images. The pose of the characters (teacher) is hovering around the children which shows the reader she has the authority. The text is in Spanish so I can not fully understand it. By looking at the pictures I can figure out what is happening.
 * color
 * framing
 * composition
 * size
 * type of shot
 * subject matter
 * setting
 * lighting
 * pose
 * text (or voice)

The story has natural color because they recorded an event that already happened. The framing is also in the rule of thirds. The composition of the story is the same throughout the whole story; no words are shown, it is the voice of the narrator. The size talks about Bella and Tara. The type of shot talks about straight on, looking down, or looking up. The subject matter talks about the relationship between the dog and the elephant. The setting is natural and where the both live. The lighting is determined by the sun and the camera crew. The pose is that the animals will do what they want. The text is the voice of the narrator explaining the relationship between the two.
 * //Assignment America// Paragraph Here ** :