RunStrugglesICS16LEA

. Complete the ** chart below ** comparing the narratives of the three stories. (How does the story start?) ||  ||   ||   || (What has changed?) ||  ||   ||   ||
 * || **Happy Thanksgiving Gus ...** || **Elephants Under Pressure ...** || **Assignment America ...** ||
 * What is the opening situation?
 * What is the problem or challenge that is posed? ||  ||   ||   ||
 * How is the challenge resolved, if it is? ||  ||   ||   ||
 * 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? ||  ||   ||   ||

2. Think about the author of the book **Elephants Under Pressure**:
 * 1) What was the subject? **Elephants** What was being compared? **Humans**
 * 2) What symbols did the author use? **The author used captions to explain pictures, bold print to identify a vocab word, definitions to explain vocab words, and different fonts to catch the readers attention.**
 * 3) What words stand out? Why? **The titles to the chapters stand out because they're bigger and in different fonts.**
 * 4) How do some words get you to look at characters or events in a particular way? **Different words may give you different ideas in your mind. Such as enormous. When you hear someone say enormous, you think of something big and clear you can see.**
 * 5) Are there any words that have more than one meaning? **Wealth, raid, and banging.**
 * 6) Was the voice formal or informal? **Informal**
 * 7) Was the voice correct for the content? **Yes**
 * 8) What is the most important sentence or word in the book? **The most important word in the book for me is "poachers"**

3. Think about the producer and writer of the video clip **Assignment America**: >
 * 1) What was the subject? What was being compared? **Elephants and dogs.**
 * 2) What symbols did they use? **They are showing the dog and elephants friendship.**
 * 3) What words stand out? Why? **Friendship because I never knew different types of animals could be good friends.**
 * 4) How do some words get you to look at characters or events in a particular way? **It makes you want to know more.**
 * 1) Are there any words that have more than one meaning? **Friendship**
 * 2) Was the voice formal or informal? **Formal**
 * 3) Was the voice correct for the content? **Yes**
 * 4) What is the most important sentence or phrase in the video? **Elephant and dog are bestfriend's.**
 * 5) How did reading **Elephants Under Pressure** give you a better understanding of the story in **Assignment America**?

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?
 * How can visual clues help to decode the meaning of the story?
 * How does the sound track (audio clues) add to your understanding of the story?