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1. Complete the chart below comparing the narratives of the three stories. (How does the story start?) || Gus has to bring a picture of something he is grateful for. || It stars by saying the friends of the other elephants but when they talk about Bella they say that her friend is a dog. || The opening situation is elephants acting up and going on a rampage. || Gus. || The problem was Tara got a spinal injure. || Elephants are going on a rampage and becoming dangerous || takes a picture of him and Mr. T. || The challenge was resolved because Bella would wait for Tara outside the the office so they brought Tara to Bella so they can see each other until Tara got better || The challenge is resolved by farmers using chili bombs, building fences, and dinging trenches.(chili bombs burst chilies in the air, elephants don't like chili) || (What has changed?) || In the beginning Gus is looking what he is thankful for but at the end Gus takes a picture with Mr. T and says he is thankful for his new friend. || The closing situation is Bella and Tara were playing together. || In the beginning its talking about how elephants can get out of hand but at the end its telling us how we could help elephants. || that he needs to find something he is grateful for. || We see the story in the news anchor's point of view || You see the story in the elephants point of view ||
 * || Happy Thanksgiving Gus ... || Assignment America ... || Elephants Under Pressure ... ||
 * What is the opening situation?
 * What is the problem of challenge that is posed? || Billy the bully stars bullying
 * How is the challenge resolved, if it is? || Mr. T stops Billy and Gus
 * 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? || I see it from Gus's point of view. He says

2. Think about the author of the book Elephants Under Pressure:
 * 1) What was the subject? What was being compared? **The subject is about elephants attacking because their land is being taken away and their population decreasing by poachers.**
 * 2) What symbols did the author use? **The author used pictures, Bold words, and captions.**
 * 3) What words stand out? Why? **The bold words standout because they are a different color and the font is thicker, bigger, and different.**
 * 4) How do some words **get you to look at characters or events in a particular way?**
 * 5) Are there any words that have more than one meaning?
 * 6) Was the voice formal or informal? **Formal**
 * 7) Was the voice correct for the content? **Yes**
 * 8) What is the most important sentence or word in the book? **When elephants act up.**

3. Think about the producer and writer of the video clip Assignment America:
 * 1) What was the subject? What was being compared? **There was a dog and a elephant they both were friends.**
 * 2) What symbols did they use? **They use video of the elephant and the dog bonding.**
 * 3) What words stand out? Why?
 * 4) How do some words get you to look at characters or events in a particular way? **Because if the character is called mean or evil I start to think that the character is bad and is cold-hearted**
 * 5) Are there any words that have more than one meaning?
 * 6) Was the voice formal or informal? **Yes, because at the end it was talking about how the world should not think and judge people about their differences.**
 * 7) Was the voice correct for the content? **Yes**
 * 8) What is the most important sentence or phrase in the video? **"Take a good look world, they set aside their differences"**
 * 9) How did reading Elephants Under Pressure give you a better understanding of the story in Assignment America? **It made me understand better because the elephants in the myon book were acting up because their land was getting taken away by the people and they're starting to become endangered.**

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? **Looking at pictures that the story or video has. For a audio log you could listen to how the reader's voice is and how serious the reader is reading.**
 * How can visual clues help to decode the meaning of the story? **By looking was is going on in the picture and by looking what the person or thing is doing in the picture.**
 * How does the sound track (audio clues) add to your understanding of the story? **How the reader is reading. If they sound serious it must be important.**