RUN+Strategies+KC

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1. First complete the chart below comparing the narratives of the two stories.

 * || === Happy Thanksgiving Gus ... === || === Assignment America ... === ||
 * ===What is the opening situation?===

How does the story start?
|| ===it starts with gus in school===

a picture
|| ===it starts with the camera showing===

relationship
||
 * ===What is the problem of challenge that is posed?=== || ===gus cannot find a picture===

to bring to school
|| ===bella is a dog and is injured in her back===

while tara is an elephant
||
 * ===How does this create conflict between characters?=== || ===gus needs to find a picture to===

to go to the farm
|| ===while bella is a small dog, tara is a large===

elephant and the differences can conflict
||
 * ===How is this resolved?=== || ===gus and bean take a picture===

with mr. t, the turkey
|| ===bella and tara are allowed to play together===

and put their massive difference besides
||
 * ===How is the closing situation different to the opening situation?===

What has changed?
|| ===gus is confident with his===

picture instead of being nervous
|| ===before bella wasnt injured, now bella was===

injured but shes still best friends with tara
||
 * ===Do you see the story from one character's point of view?===

How is this achieved?
|| ===you see it from Gus' point===

of view
|| ===you do not see it from someone'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) ===

===You can read the story by looking at the images provided, even if you don't understand the text. The colors of the pictures and the shape made the pictures easy to read. The pictures were relatively small compared to the text so they don't take up too much space. The text is positioned to fit between the pictures. With the pictures, you can see the setting of the book. The setting of the book is a Gus' classroom, and Franklin's Farm. You could tell what the character was doing by the pose. For example, you could tell Billy was about to push Gus by his pose. The characters were properly projected through the pictures. You could tell by the pictures that Billy was a bully and that Bean was Gus' friend. The pose of the character and the special detail to setting made the pictures easier to read. The pictures' lighting was bright so that you could see the pictures easily. The picture helps children envision and imagine the setting of the story. This can also help if you do not understand the book if it is in a different language. Even if you were to read this book in Spanish, you could tell by the pictures and the narrator's tone about what is happening in the story.===

===The narrator in this clip speaks clearly so that we are able to get the idea of the story. The clips' lighting was bright and clear so you could see the images clearly and cleanly. You could see the colors in the clip without blur and see it clearly. The size of the clip varied, sometimes with Bella and Tara up close and sometimes with them far away. This gave the viewer a notion of their size. Viewers could tell by the pose of the animals of what they're doing. For example, when Bella was in the man's hands viewers could tell she was hurt. The setting was in the Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee, where Tara and Bella reside. The voice in the clip helped emphasize the effects and what was happening in the story. Near the end of the story, the narrator specifically talks to the viewers about their friendship. The narrator's tone in an article is a vital part of presentation to the viewers. Even if the article was in a different language, you could tell by the tone about the story's mood. For example, talking in a dark tone usually indicates something frightening or depressing. This article used a mixture of narration, images and camera angles to project the main idea.===