-RUN+TA

1. First complete the **chart below** comparing the narratives of the two stories. How does the story start? || Gus has to bring in a picture of something that he is thankful for by Monday. Gus is in the classroom. || There is not one. With an elephant sanctuary. || What has changed? || Because at the end Gus has his picture.
 * || **Happy Thanksgiving Gus ...** || **Assignment America ...** ||
 * What is the opening situation?
 * What is the problem or challenge that is posed? || That Gus needs a picture by Monday. || Bella had a spinal cord injury. ||
 * How does this create conflict between characters? || Because everyone needs a picture by Monday. || Because Tara would not leave the corner closest to Bella until she got better. ||
 * How is this resolved? || Gus get a picture of him and Mr. T. || Bella spinal cord is put back in place. ||
 * How is the closing situation different to the opening situation?

Gus has the picture of what he is most thankful for. || Because Bella gets better and can move again in the end.

Tara and Bella are back together again. || How is this achieved? || Yes.
 * Do you see the story from one character's point of view?

By how you read the book. || No.

Because it is a lot like an interview. ||

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**: In **//Feliz dia de Gracias,// //Gus!//** I "read" the story by looking at the different colors used on each page in the book, at what the page focused on, the size of each character on each page, the settings on each page, poses the characters used on each page, the way the text was written on each page, and the angles of each character on each page of the book. **(More details please. What were the colors like? What were the settings? What were the poses and how did each specifically provide you with details?**
 * color
 * framing
 * composition
 * size
 * type of shot
 * subject matter
 * setting
 * lighting
 * pose
 * text (or voice)

In //**Assignment** **America**// I "read" the story by looking at how the animals were somewhat colorful, at how they zoomed in and out for the animals, at the angles that they used, at what they had focused on the most, at the different backgrounds, at the lighting on the animals, at the poses the animals look like they are in, and at the voices from the different people.
 * //Assignment America// Paragraph Here**: