Run+HE

1. First complete the ** chart below ** comparing the narratives of the two stories. How does the story start? || The teacher calls attention to the class to let them know of their new thanksgiving project about bringing in a picture of what they are most thankful for. || All the elephants find one other elephant to be their partner in the elephant sanctuary, besides one elephant who instead picks a dog to be her friend. || that Gus and Bean do. || Bella the dog hurts her spine and Tara cannot come and see her. || What has changed? || Gus now knows what picture he will bring into school of what he is most thankful for. || The dog recovers and can hang out with her elephant friend again. || How is this achieved? || I see the story from Gus's point of view because the story seems to focus more on him. || I see the story from the man who is narrating's narrator's point of view because he is stating what he sees. ||
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 * || **Happy Thanksgiving Gus ...** || **Assignment America ...** ||
 * What is the opening situation?
 * What is the problem of challenge that is posed? || Billy is mean and tries to sabotage everything
 * How does this create conflict between characters? || Gus begins to get annoyed at Billy for ruining everything. || Tara waits outside for Bella everyday for three weeks. ||
 * How is this resolved? || Mr. T the turkey pushes Billy down. || A man begins to carry Bella out to see Tara outside the gates. ||
 * 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 can use context clues within the story to "read" it. I looked at the setting and the pictures and saw that it was a child's book. I could look at their facial expressions to tell whether they were happy, scared, confused, sad, or angry. I also could scan some of the words and get a pretty good idea for what was going on. I also could get a feel for the subject matter by seeing the turkey. The colors of the pages also helps show that the book was a kid's book and not an adult book. The setting also helped to tell whether or not it was for a child or an adult because it was in cartoon and it looked more childish.
 * color
 * framing
 * composition
 * size
 * type of shot
 * subject matter
 * setting
 * lighting
 * pose
 * text (or voice)

If this video had no sound, I could still get a pretty good idea for what was going on and even "read" it. I could look at the visuals and see how the elephant and the dog interact with each other. I could see that the dog was injured and that the elephant still waited for the dog. The camera was directed towards the dog at some points, the elephant at others, and then some of the workers at the shelter. It would zoom in at some points to show you the perspective of the story.
 * //Assignment America// Paragraph Here ** :