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1. First complete the ** chart below ** comparing the narratives of the two stories. How does the story start? || Gus has to bring a picture of what they are most thankful for. The story starts in Mrs. Morrison's class. || Elephants who go to the sactuary have to find a friend. The story starts as the elephant and the dog being best friends || What has changed? || In the beginning, Gus and Bean was afraid of Mr.T, but now Mr.T is was Gus is most thankful for. || The dog was injured and the elephant did not go away like anybody would and the injury stengthened thier bond as friends. || How is this achieved? || I could see his story was by Gus. With Gus's point of view, I saw how he felt and what problems he had. || The video was in the point of view as the reporter who is visiting Tara and Bella. This is achieved by a interview. ||
 * || **Happy Thanksgiving Gus ...** || **Assignment America ...** ||
 * What is the opening situation?
 * What is the problem of challenge that is posed? || Gus and Bean go to the farm to find what they are most thankful for. || The dog broke it's spinal cord and layed in the office for 3 weeks. ||
 * How does this create conflict between characters? || Bily tries to bully Gus and Bean during their time in the farm. || The elephant stood as near as possible to the office and waited for the dog to come back. ||
 * How is this resolved? || Mr.T, the turkey, scares Billy and he lands in the mud puddle. || The sanctuary employees let the dog visit the elephant everyday until the dog could walk again. ||
 * 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 ** : I read the story, Feliz dia de Gracias by the pictures and the words. I think that the pictures of the story was very useful and explained the story fully. I also think that the pictures are very useful because of the pictures of the stories, I can easily know how the characters look like, so I could understand the story. The pictures that I liked the most was that they properly show the actions during the story was narrated.
 * color
 * framing
 * composition
 * size
 * type of shot
 * subject matter
 * setting
 * lighting
 * pose
 * text (or voice)

Note: How did the colors and style help to explain and define the story?

The visuals of the video was very useful during the interview. I could tell that Bella loves Tara by the pictures of the video. The camera shot that I like always would show the dog and the elephant being together. The video was so emotional because of the injury of Tara and Bella, being so caring, waited for Tara. The camera shot of Tara, waiting for Bella was very understanding and I would say that the pictures of the video helped a lot during the actual interview.
 * //Assignment America// Paragraph Here ** :