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Questions:

(How does the story start?) || Gus was assigned an assignment || That the elephant is separated from his friend || That elephants are causing a lot of violence. || (What has changed?) || Gus solved the 1st problem by finding a friend to help with the closing problem || That every thing was resolved || They fixed the problem ||
 * || Happy Thanksgiving Gus ... || Assignment America ... || Elephants Under Pressure ... ||
 * What is the opening situation?
 * What is the problem of challenge that is posed? || Gus and Bean find a bully at the farm || thet are both very good friends || That we don't know why the elephants are acting this way ||
 * How is the challenge resolved, if it is? || Mr. T makes him fall in mud || they tried to make them see each other every day || They studied the 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? || Yes because we all have that project that we have to do but we don't know how to do it. Also we always have that person that trying to stop us from getting to the end. || Yes because i have been separated from a good friend. ||


 * 2. Think about the author of the book Elephants Under Pressure:**
 * 1) **What was the subject? What was being compared?** Elephant are the subject of the story. Elephants are being compared to humans in the story.
 * 2) **What symbols did the author use?**
 * 3) **What words stand out? Why?** The words in the bold stand out. Also because they make a separate box to show their importance and they also define them
 * 4) **How do some words get you to look at characters or events in a particular way?** Sometimes they show what they do and what happens to them. They try to teach the reader what is happening in the story at that exact time.
 * 5) **Are there any words that have more than one meaning?** Yes their are some words that show more importance than others.
 * 6) **Was the voice formal or informal?** The voice was very formal because it tried to show the importance of this story.
 * 7) **Was the voice correct for the content?** Yes the voice was perfect for this content because this is a serious topic to talk about.
 * 8) **What is the most important sentence or word in the book?** That elephant are acting way more violent.


 * 3. Think about the producer and writer of the video clip Assignment America:**
 * 1) **What was the subject? What was being compared?** The dog and the elephant are being compared in the story.
 * 2) **What symbols did they use?** They use the symbol of friends.
 * 3) **What words stand out? Why?** Their names stand out because they say it so much.
 * 4) **How do some words get you to look at characters or events in a particular way?** That they are both completely different from each other. One is a dog and the other is a elephant.
 * 5) **Are there any words that have more than one meaning?** No their are no words that mean more than the other.
 * 6) **Was the voice formal or informal?** The voice was very formal.
 * 7) **Was the voice correct for the content?** It was perfect for the content
 * 8) **What is the most important sentence or phrase in the video?** If they can do it than why cant we.
 * 9) **How did reading Elephants Under Pressure give you a better understanding of the story in Assignment America?** No it didn't give a better description.


 * 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?** Maybe you can look for in text citations in the story.
 * **How can visual clues help to decode the meaning of the story?** Some of the clues in the text give clues about what you are about to read.
 * **How does the sound track (audio clues) add to your understanding of the story?** Some of the words you can't understand and also don't know they give clues in the text.