RUN+Strategies+BI


 * 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):

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**: The colors of this story are yellows, reds, and oranges to get the feeling of fall and Thanksgiving. The framing on the pages of the book are there are pictures on each page either on the top or bottom, and on the flip side (if picture is on top then writing is on bottom,etc.) has the words that describe what is happening in the photo. Whatever the text says is happening in the picture and vice versa, like when Farmer Franklin is talking to Gus and Bean about Mr. T, there is a picture of him talking to them and then there is a picture of Mr.T. The size of the picture depend on the text, like on page 5, there is very little text and so the picture takes up the rest of the page. Then sometimes, like page 7, there is so much text that it fills up half the page, then the picture takes up whatever half is left, whether it's the top or bottom. The types of shots in the pictures are mostly distance because a close up is really only from the chest up, and a medium shot is usually from the waist up; and usually you can see both Gus and Bean completely from head to toe. The subject matter is Gus and whatever is happening to him at the moment. The setting in the book is mainly at the farm they go to, but in the very beginning and end it is the classroom. The pictures are very well lit since most of the time they are in daylight. The pose I can't really say because there are many different ones since it is a book and not a picture. The text (or voice) is talking about whatever is happening in the story at that moment. You use these factors to "read" the story because if you don't understand the book (like if it was in French or Spanish), then you could look in the pictures for these things and understand what is happening in the story because you would know the setting and other things. It is like you are reading the book, just without the words.
 * Copy the information below and paste it onto a new wiki page that you create called RUN //initials//.)** 1. First complete the **chart below** comparing the narratives of the two stories.
 * || **Happy Thanksgiving Gus ...** || **Assignment America ...** ||
 * What is the opening situation? How does the story start? || Mrs. Morrison tells the class to bring in a picture of something they're thankful for. || Sarah (co-founder) is talking about what happens in the reserve and how elephants get there. Then she starts to mention Bella and Tara and how they are best friends. Then Bella gets a spinal cord problem. ||
 * What is the problem of challenge that is posed? || The problem is that Gus can't pick what he's thankful for. || The problem is that Bella was staying motionless in the office where Tara couldn't be with her, let alone see her. ||
 * How does this create conflict between characters? || When Gus and Bean go to the farm to gather food and to find something to be thankful for, Billy keeps doing bad things to them. || This creates conflict between Tara and Bella because they are best friends and they can't even see each other. ||
 * How is this resolved? || Mr. T scares Billy away and Gus picks Mr. T to be thankful for. || This is resolved by having the people bring out Bella to Tara to meet everyday until she can walk again. ||
 * How is the closing situation different to the opening situation? What has changed? || The closing situation is different to the opening situation because the opening situation is about bringing in a picture, but the closing situation was when Billy was being mean and Mr. T scared him away and Mr. T ended up being what Gus was most thankful for. || The closing situation is different from the opening situation because in the opening situation Tara couldn't see or spend time with Bella because of her injury, but in the closing situation they can spend time together and play and run around because Bella is healed. ||
 * Do you see the story from one character's point of view? How is this achieved? || I saw the story from Gus's point of view, I think this is achieved because Gus is the main character so the story is focused on him, so you are kind of seeing the story from his point of view because it's mostly about him and you are mostly thinking about what will happen to him next. || In this particular story I didn't really see it from one's specific point of view, I much just saw the whole thing overall. ||
 * color
 * framing
 * composition
 * size
 * type of shot
 * subject matter
 * setting
 * lighting
 * pose
 * text (or voice)

The main colors in this video were the greens and grays of the grasses in the sanctuary, and of the elephants that are there. Since this was a video there were many different framings, but I believe the one that I noticed most was an elephant was usually in the center with its face somewhere on the top third, and occasionally there is a person or Bella on the right or left third. Since this is a video, the narrator describes what is going on and what is being shown and what is happening. The size is that the video always takes up the whole screen, I guess, because with a video there's not much you can say about size. The types of shots that I saw most used were distance and medium shots. This video talks about an unlikely friendship, and how they were always there for each other. The setting for this remarkable story is in an elephant sanctuary in Tennessee. The video is very well lit, for they shot this in the day and not a night. Again, the pose I can't really describe since there are tons of poses since it is a video and not a still picture where you could easily pick out one pose. The CBS News guy is narrating most of this very loving and touchings story; he is not off topic, ahead of the story, or lagging behind as the pictures move from one scene to the next. To get the full meaning of any story, you need most of these factors. If you get these factors you can understand the story easier and quicker, and you can really imagine and feel what is happening
 * //Assignment America// Paragraph Here**: