RUN+Strategies+PD13


 * Read**: Mrs. Ille is helping you learn to read in English. Mrs. Casanas is helping you learn to read in Spanish. I am helping you learn to read various forms of media.
 * Uncover**: We are helping you learn to use text and visual clues to uncover the meaning of the stories.
 * Notice**: The goal is all three areas is to help you to become more literate. Notice that many of the same techniques are used in all three areas. How can you apply the same techniques to other subject areas?


 * Students will be able to:**
 * 1) use text clues and visual image clues to uncover meaning.
 * 2) apply these same strategies across subject areas.


 * Read and Watch:**
 * 1) You read a story, //**Feliz dia de Gracias, Gus!** (Happy Thanksgiving, Gus!)//, in Spanish. The same version is available in English. Go to myON to finish the story if necessary. Read in Spanish and English.
 * 2) Now listen to and watch **//Assignment America//** news story below. (Sorry but you'll have to watch the advertisement before the story):

1. First complete the **chart below** comparing the narratives of the two stories. How does the story start? || The opening situation is Gus in class about to here a message from his teacher at school. The story starts off with Gus's teacher grabbing the students' attentions and talking about there upcoming assignment. || The opening situation is a brief description of the tennessee Elephant Sanctuary. The narrator discusses how all of the animals here find friends alike one another. Except for Tara, who's friend is a completely different specie. || What has changed? || The closing situation is much different from the opening because Gus now does not have a problem to solve and now knows what to do for his assignment. Gus now has made a new friend with the name of Mr.T. || The closing situation is different from the opening one because we now know the answer to why these two best friends are inseparable. The only that really changed was the viewers look on this topic because the two best friends stayed together throughout the whole story. || How is this achieved? || Yes, I see the story from Gus's point of view for many reasons. This is achieved because the main conflict of the story is based on his character and he is also the main character who had been displayed on just about every page of the book. || Yes I do, this story is taken in the 3rd person point of view. This was achieved by the reporter of the story talking about each of Tara and Bella's lives separately, showing the main reasoning behind each of them. ||
 * Copy the information below and paste it onto a new wiki page that you create called RUN //initials//.)**
 * || **Happy Thanksgiving Gus ...** || **Assignment America ...** ||
 * What is the opening situation?
 * What is the problem of challenge that is posed? || The problem or challenge that Gus has to face is being able to pick the one thing that he is most thankful for. || The main challenge that they are trying to solve is how Tara, who is an elephant, and Bella who is a dog, are such great friends and can withhold such a great friendship. ||
 * How does this create conflict between characters? || This creates conflict between characters because Gus is having problems with what to decide on and on his mission of this, he is getting picked on by the farmer's grandson. || This story does not really have a conflict between the two characters but is a mystery of how these two completely different type of animals can have such a great friendship, but humans cannot. ||
 * How is this resolved? || After Gus makes his way through the farm, he makes a new friend named Mr. T, who at that moment he was most thankful for. || This is is resolved through the sickness of Bella. While Bella had become ill, Tara had stood by her the whole way through. Showing us that true friends never leave one another, no matter what the circumstance. ||
 * 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**: For this book, I had to take precautionary measures as I read the book. Since this version was in spanish, on each page the first thing that I would do is try to find all of the words that I had understood as well as the cognates. Once I had somewhat of an idea of what they were talking about, I would focus on the setting of the story to make sure that the text of the story and the background both corresponded. The next that I would do on the page would be look at the sizing of the images and what stood out the most which had also helped me focus on the important details of the story. Finally, after I made an attempt to combine all of the information I obtained, I would redirect it to the title which altogether, gave me the subject matter, plot, and subject matter of the story.
 * color
 * framing
 * composition
 * size
 * type of shot
 * subject matter
 * setting
 * lighting
 * pose
 * text (or voice)

This video was a very touching and sincere story. I had used the R.U.N. strategies to help me understand the meaning of the story. By using my skills of read, uncover, and notice I was able to find out a deeper meaning of what the story was about. As I noticed the different framing, lighting, and color in each slide, the meaning of the story had a more intense effect to it as the story went on. Also, the composition played a great role in the video, thus making all of these parts come together smoothly making the video a fantastic, yet touching video.
 * //Assignment America// Paragraph Here**: