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gus has to bring in a picture of what he is most thankful for (How does the story start?) || elephant and a dog are bets friends. || elephants and human are not getting along ||  || he doesn't know what he is most thankful for || that its hard for two species to be friends. || people are killing elephants and elephants are attacking people. ||  || he meets mr.T and they come friends and he brings in a picture of them together. || they still stay friends no mater what happens || it is not, but the way to solve it is by teaching people how to live with elephants ||  || (What has changed?) in the beginning gus is conflicted on what he is most thankful for but in the end he knows what he is most thankful for || its not the dog and the elephant were friends in the beging and they were friends at the end of the book || its not elephants and people still dont get along ||  || its not someone's point of view its a narrator but the story is mainly talking about gus. || it's not someone's point of view its a narrator i do not see it from a charters point of view i do not see from a charaters point of veiw because all the charaters are animal and animals dont have point of views. thats telling the story but the story is mainly about elephants. because they are animals and animals don't have point of views
 * **Happy Thanksgiving Gus ...** || **Assignment America ...** || **Elephants Under Pressure ...** ||
 * What is the opening situation?
 * What is the problem of 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? people and elephants are not getting along
 * 2) What symbols did the author use?
 * 3) What words stand out? Why? the words in bold and the words that they put in the vocabulary box.
 * 4) How do some words get you to look at characters or events in a particular way? words like tragy make you relize how great or bad something is because it uses more emphasis
 * 5) Are there any words that have more than one meaning? there are words that have more then one meaning but i did not see in in this book.
 * 6) Was the voice formal or informal? it was formal
 * 7) Was the voice correct for the content? yes it was because it was a serious book
 * 8) What is the most important sentence or word in the book? cant people and elephants ;earn to live together again.

3. Think about the producer and writer of the video clip **Assignment America**:
 * 1) What was the subject? What was being compared? a dog and an elephant were friends and it was talking about if they can make the friend ship work then cant we get along
 * 2) What symbols did they use? they did not really use symbols.
 * 3) What words stand out? Why? words that he said in a louder or more serious voice.
 * 4) How do some words get you to look at characters or events in a particular way? words like astonishing make you look at something differently because they are not typically used so hen someone does use it you are like wow it must really be astonishing.
 * 5) Are there any words that have more than one meaning? none that i saw.
 * 6) Was the voice formal or informal? formal
 * 7) Was the voice correct for the content?yes because it was a serious voice.
 * 8) What is the most important sentence or phrase in the video? if theses two friends can make it work then cant we all be friends.
 * 9) How did reading **Elephants Under Pressure** give you a better understanding of the story in **Assignment America**? because it made me better understand elephants.

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? word selection if we use more powerful words when we write then we can make sound more important and really make the redaer think
 * How can visual clues help to decode the meaning of the story? if we are are writing a story about a girl it might be helpful to put the picture of the girl in there too so the reader can visualize it better.
 * How does the sound track (audio clues) add to your understanding of the story? if who ever is reading the book is laughing while they are reading a serious book then whoever is listening will not take it seriously or if they play scary music during the boom then it can also help scare the reader