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**Assignment America ...**
How does the story start? || The story starts in Mrs. Morrison's classroom. She asks everyone to bringing one item that they're grateful for. || The elephant, Tara, and dog, Bella are very close friends. || Tara. || see Bella. || she gets better. || What has changed? || Gus can finally get his vegetables and has a new friend. Gus has an answer to what he's thankful for now. || Bella is no longer hurt, and her and Tara are closer than ever now. || How is this achieved? || Yes, it comes from Gus's point of view. It shows most of his thoughts about Billy and Mr. T. || No, it comes from the narrator's point of view. This was an interview and the person had to say the story. It did not came from Bella or Tara. ||
 * || **Happy Thanksgiving Gus ...** || **Assignment America ...** ||
 * What is the opening situation?
 * What is the problem of challenge that is posed? || Billy keeps ruining Gus's vegetables. || Bella has a spinal injury and is taken away from
 * How does this create conflict between characters? || Gus gets mad at Billy. || Tara waits outside of the Nursery because she can't
 * How is this resolved? || Mr. T scares Billy away from Gus. || The workers take Bella outside to Tara everyday until
 * 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:
 * color
 * framing
 * composition
 * size
 * type of shot
 * subject matter
 * setting
 * lighting
 * pose
 * text (or voice)

// **Feliz dia de Gracias, Gus!** // ** Paragraph Here ** :

The Feliz dia de Gus story was about Gus going to the farm and getting vegetables. When you start the story, you can tell that it is a children story. The first thing you can tell is that there are talking animals. There are a lot of bright colors, making it a friendly story. There is a problem with bullying, and the turkey chases away the bully and as a positive result, the turkey and Gus become best friends. The picture on the first page shows that the teacher is more dominate than the students. The picture is similar when the boys meet the farmer. When the two boys are standing right next to each other, neither is dominate. They are both the same and


 * //Assignment America// Paragraph Here ** :

Assignment America is a story about two best friends that are not from the same species. One is a dog, while the other is a elephant. The way they use the camera is that they are making it seem like they are definetly best friends, and have been for a long time. Also, they use the narrator to make it a family news clip instead of a adults only or kids only clip. It wasnt very long, so it was perfect for a short clip for the family. The camera movement and focus makes it very cute.