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(How does the story start?) || several animals with human traits are in a classroom || It starts out by establishing the setting of the Tennessee elephant sanctuary and explains an odd relationship between an elephant and a dog. || Examples of situations that show the relationship between humans and elephants || (What has changed?) || Gus Has his assignment done and he has a new friend,the turkey. || The news reporter states that if a dog and an elephant can be friends we can also be friends with elephants. || The closing shows some ways people try to repel elephants without violence. and scientist educating people about the conservation of elephants. ||
 * || **Happy Thanksgiving Gus ...** || **Assignment America ...** || **Elephants Under Pressure ...** ||
 * What is the opening situation?
 * What is the problem of challenge that is posed? || Gus does not know what to say he is thankful for,for his school assignment, and when him and bean go to their grandpas farm beans big brother bullies them || there is no problem being posed || humans are killing elephants and elephants are killing humans ||
 * How is the challenge resolved, if it is? || a turkey scares billy and makes him fall into a mud puddle, and Gus says he is thankful for the turkey for his assignment. || there is no problem or challenge being posed || The challenge is not resolved. ||
 * 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? || I see it from Gus`s point of view because i sympathize with him when he gets bullied by beans big brother. || the story is not shown by one characters point of view. || I see it from the elephants point of view because the book shows how cruel people are being towards elephants. ||

2. Think about the author of the book **Elephants Under Pressure**:
 * 1) What was the subject? What was being compared? The subject was the relationship between humans and elephants and the ways elephants hurt humans and humans hurt elephants were being compared.
 * 2) What symbols did the author use?The author used pictures representing the positive and negative aspects of the relationship between humans and elephants.
 * 3) What words stand out? Why? The word poacher stands out to me because it tells me that elephants are being hunted by dangerous criminal organizations of hunters and that is very bad for their survival.
 * 4) How do some words get you to look at characters or events in a particular way? The story often says peaceful elephants which helps me view them as gentle giants instead of killers.
 * 5) Are there any words that have more than one meaning? The word society in this book is used to describe a social group of elephants, but it can also mean a community of humans.
 * 6) Was the voice formal or informal? The voice was formal
 * 7) Was the voice correct for the content? yes it was
 * 8) What is the most important sentence or word in the book?The most important sentence is the more you know about elephants, the more you can do to keep these amazing creatures safe because it lets you know how you can help where you are.

3. Think about the producer and writer of the video clip **Assignment America**:
 * 1) What was the subject? What was being compared?The subject was about an amazing relationship made between an elephant and a dog.
 * 2) What symbols did they use? They used film of the elephants in the sanctuary and of the dog and the elephant
 * 3) What words stand out? Why? the words pachyderms stands out to me because it is scientific and sounds fancy.
 * 4) How do some words get you to look at characters or events in a particular way?the words unbreakable pair lets me know how much the dog and the elephant love each other.
 * 5) Are there any words that have more than one meaning? the word best friends had multiple meanings because it would normally refer to people but it referred to the dog and the elephant.
 * 6) Was the voice formal or informal?the voice was informal
 * 7) Was the voice correct for the content? yes because the story is a very happy story.
 * 8) What is the most important sentence or phrase in the video?the sentence if they can do it we can do it to because it states that if a dog and an elephant can be friends we can also be friends with elephants.
 * 9) How did reading **Elephants Under Pressure** give you a better understanding of the story in **Assignment America**? it helps us understand the sentence above.

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? strategies like trying to see the authors opinion can be used for many stories since media is all about opinions like in the book elephants under pressure it states the authors opinion that people are being cruel to elephants.
 * How can visual clues help to decode the meaning of the story? They can help to decode the meaning of the story because it helps show try to sway your opinion for example in the book the image of cute orphan baby elephants helps to make you feel sorry for the elephants.
 * How does the sound track (audio clues) add to your understanding of the story?it helps you understand because it can change your mood, if it is an informal happy voice you will probably get the idea that this is a happy story without any very bad problem. If it is a serious voice you will probably take the story more seriously.