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1. First complete the ** chart below ** comparing the narratives of the two stories. The story starts with the teacher telling the students to bring in a picture of what their most thankful for this year. || Bella and Tara are best friends with a huge size difference. In the video, each elephant has a best elephant friend, but not Tara. Tara's best friend is a dog. || What has changed? || The closing situation is different from the opening situation because in the opening situation Gus didn't know what he was thankful for. In the closing statement Gus knew what he was thankful for. Gus knowing what he was thankful for was what has changed. || The closing situation is different from the opening situation because the dog recovers from the injury and is now back on her feet having a good time with her best friend Tara. || How is this achieved? || I do see the story from one character's point of view. I see the story from Gus's point of view because the story revolves around him trying to figure out what he's thankful for. This achieved by the author focusing mainly on what Gus does and trying to make Gus talk a lot. || In this video the story is actually narrated and not by told any of the two animals' point of view. This is achieved by the person who is telling the story, explaining their close relationship. ||
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 * || **Happy Thanksgiving Gus ...** || **Assignment America ...** ||
 * What is the opening situation? || Gus has to bring in a picture of what he's most thankful for.
 * What is the problem of challenge that is posed? || Gus and his friend, Bean go to a farm to pick vegetables for Thanksgiving dinner, || The problem of challenged that is posed in the video is that Bella suffered a spinal cord injury. She couldn't move her legs or even wag her tail. ||
 * How does this create conflict between characters? || When Gus and Bean go to the farm they get harassed by Billy. || This creates conflict between the characters because Bella and Tara are both lonely without each other. Plus, both miss each other. ||
 * How is this resolved? || Billy asked Gus and Bean if they wanted to jump in hay. What they didn't know was that Billy put the hay over a mud puddle. The problem was resolved right before Gus ran into the hay, Mr.T came and knocked Billy into the puddle of mud. || This problem is resolved by Scott Blake carrying Bella onto the balcony so she could see Tara and Tara could see Bella. They visited like this everyday until Bella was able to walk. ||
 * 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 ** :
 * color
 * framing
 * composition
 * size
 * type of shot
 * subject matter
 * setting
 * lighting
 * pose
 * text (or voice)

I look at the color to figure out if the author is trying to help make the story sad or happy, basically the mood. The colors in Gus are warm pastel colors. The framing helps me know that the author is trying to surround the story with what they are talking about. The framing in Gus is white. The composition in Gus is very well done. The pictures are all on a different page and go with the text on that page. A lot of the time, the first thing I notice is the size of the text. The bigger the size, the younger the kid the author is trying to make the book for. The smaller the text, the older the author made the book for. Gus appealed to second graders because of the vocabulary, colors, and size of the letters. The subject matter in Gus was about Thanksgiving and finding the thing that your most thankful for. This book in particular would appeal best for second graders. The setting of Gus takes place in a school and on a farm. The setting makes it more kid appealing. The lighting in Gus focused on the characters to make the pictures more exciting. The lighting is very soft. Next is the way the characters pose. The characters pose in a fun, exciting way while corresponding to the text. Text is the final thing I will talk about for Gus. The text in the story are not big words, not a lot of words, and the words are separated so it doesn't look like there's too much text per page.

The color in the video was very nature like colors; brown, green, blue, gray. The color helps set the mood. The framing in the video was just nature framing. The composition was so good. The video clips all corresponded to what the story was. The size of the pictures were normal size. The type of shots taken were really good. The shots got different points of view, running shots, walking shots, and etc. The best part of the video is the subject. The subject is cute and interesting. It's a subject that keeps you watching and is not boring. The subject is about an elephant and her best friend Bella. The setting takes place in nature in the elephant sanctuary in Tennessee. The lighting is normal, not to bright, not dark, but just right. The video has a sunny setting. The animals don't really pose. They show clips of them running and walking, but not really them posing. The text that appears in the video is just the name of the news station that is broadcasting. In this case it's CBS News.
 * //Assignment America// Paragraph Here ** :