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(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? What was being compared?
 * The conflict between elephants and humans. The reasons why the conflicts are there was being compared by the two species.
 * 1) What symbols did the author use?
 * Pictures, bold words, charts, dark colors, and little boxes with facts.
 * 1) What words stand out? Why?
 * the titles of the chapters stand out and so does the vocabulary. The titles stand out because they have a very large font and the vocab is bolded.
 * 1) How do some words get you to look at characters or events in a particular way?
 * They use certain words that explain what something is. For example, if you say something is big then the person is going to thing of something very noticeable and easy to see
 * 1) Are there any words that have more than one meaning?
 * Raid, wealth, set, calves, and space
 * 1) Was the voice formal or informal?
 * Informal
 * 1) Was the voice correct for the content?
 * Yes, i think so. The voice sounded good with the book and it explained things really well
 * 1) What is the most important sentence or word in the book?
 * The most important word in this book was, "Captivity"

3. Think about the producer and writer of the video clip **Assignment America**:
 * 1) What was the subject? What was being compared?
 * An elephant and a dog being best friends.
 * 1) What symbols did they use?
 * When the elephant was petting the dogs stomach it showed friendship.
 * 1) What words stand out? Why?
 * Friendship because the dog and the elephant.
 * 1) How do some words get you to look at characters or events in a particular way?
 * They explain things
 * 1) Are there any words that have more than one meaning?
 * Friendship
 * 1) Was the voice formal or informal?
 * Formal
 * 1) Was the voice correct for the content?
 * Yes it was
 * 1) What is the most important sentence or phrase in the video?
 * 2) How did reading **Elephants Under Pressure** give you a better understanding of the story in **Assignment America**?
 * 1) 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?