RUN+Strategies 

1. First complete the ** chart below ** comparing the narratives of the two stories.
 * Copy the information below and paste it onto a new wiki page that you create called RUN //initials//.) **

How does the story start? || The opening situation and the story starts with Mrs. Morrison getting the attention from the students to tell them to bring in a picture of what they're most thankful for. || The opening situation begins with two unlikely friendship between an elephant and a dog. The story starts with elephants who are retired and arrives in a sanctuary 1 by 1, but stay there 2 by 2. || What has changed? || The closing situation is different to the opening situation because in the beginning the story talks about bringing in a picture while at the end Gus has found out what he's most thankful for which was Mr. T. || The closing situation is different to the opening situation because in the beginning it's talking about an unlikely friendship between an elephant and a dog. While at the end it talks about Bella having a spinal cord injury.
 * || **Happy Thanksgiving Gus ...** || **Assignment America ...** ||
 * What is the opening situation?
 * What is the problem of challenge that is posed? || The problem of challenge that is posed in this story is bringing a picture of what Gus and his classmates are most thankful for. || The problem of challenge that is posed is that an elephant searches out for a friend that she spends most of her time with. ||
 * How does this create conflict between characters? || This creates conflict between the characters because Billy tries to ruin their Thanksgiving by letting Bean and Gus drop their food to the ground. || This creates conflict between the two characters because the dog, Bella, couldn't walk or wag her tail. ||
 * How is this resolved? || The problem is resolved by letting Bean tell Gus that he shouldn't go to the pile of hay, so Bean said "Stop!" Once Bean said stop, Mr. T was gobbling and let Billy fall into the pile of hay that had mud underneath. || This is resolved by bringing Bella out from the sanctuary office to see Tara outside. ||
 * How is the closing situation different to the opening situation?

How is this achieved? || I do see the story from one character's point of view because I can see how Gus is having a hard time figuring out what he's most thankful for this year. I can also see how Gus gets bullied from Billy because maybe Billy is having a hard time figuring out what he's dealing with. || I do see the story from a character's point of view because I can see how Tara and Bella can be friends even though they form differently like how Tara is an elephant while Bella is a dog. I can also see how Bella gets a spinal cord injury, but Tara stays still next to the sanctuary while people are helping her get back to normal. ||
 * Note: But, in the end they are reunited again when the dog can walk again.** ||
 * 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 ** :
 * color
 * framing
 * composition
 * size
 * type of shot
 * subject matter
 * setting
 * lighting
 * pose
 * text (or voice)

I got the full meaning of Happy Thanksgiving Gus by finding the subject of the story which was bringing a picture to class of what the students were most thankful for this year. I also saw how Gus, the main character, finds some trouble at the farm while picking food for Thanksgiving. The trouble-maker that was causing all the trouble in Gus's life was named Billy. Gus was trying to ignore Billy as he picks food, but he still finds him and Billy messes with him. The color in this story is bright and has a lot of orange on each page. I guess that it has a lot of orange because the story has to do with Thanksgiving, and Thanksgiving has the colors orange, red, and brown. The framing of this story was focused on the animals that were speaking in the story. The composition in the story changes because it starts of with the animals in the classroom and then in the middle it takes place where Gus and Bean go to the farm to pick some food up. The setting in this book takes place in a classroom and at a farm. The pose of the teacher in the story is kind of like "I'm in charge" pose. The text or voice in this story is in Spanish and in English, so we could understand both languages.


 * //Assignment America// Paragraph Here ** :

This news story tells me a lot of clues to let me see the full meaning of this story. The colors in the news story are green and brown. It's mostly green and brown because of the color of the grass and also the elephants. The area was mostly brown and it has a little bit of mud. The framing of the camera in the news story was focused on the elephants and the dog named Tara and Bella. The composition in this news story is that it explains what the sanctuary did with the animals in order to take care of them. The size in this story was focused on the animals in the sanctuary. The type of shot in this news cast is focused on the land overage where the animals walk on. The subject matter in this story was about an elephant and a dog who are best friends and don't care about what kind of animal they are. The setting in this story takes place in a sanctuary where people take in animals for shelter or a home. The lighting in this story mostly has shadows because of all the trees that are around the place they are in. The voice in this story is a direct voice because the owner of the sanctuary tells what happens with the animals and what she does with them to take care of the animals.