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How does the story start? || The story begins with Gus and his friends at school with with the teacher about to say something important. || This story begins in the elephant sanctuary in Tennessee. Elephants stay here in groups of two friends (usually another elephant). Except one elephant makes friend with a dog. || project. || The dog received a spinal cord injury and couldn't move. || going to a farm to do their project and they start getting bullied by a kid named Billy. || The elephant and the dog couldn't see each other, so the elephant stood in the corner closest to the floor of the house were the dog was in. || Billy into the mud to make him stop picking on Gus and Bean. || The co-founder Scott Blake carried the dog to see the elephant, and they meet like this for 3 weeks until the dog could move. || What has changed? || Gus has his project done and he is friends with Mr.T the turkey. || I see that now the elephant and the dog are still friends with each other and that the dog has completely recuperated from it's spinal cord injury. || How is this achieved? || Yes, it is told through the Narrator's perspective. It's done this way being told as if the narrator is remembering the events unfolding. || No, the point of view for me is more that of someone being told a story not that of one of the characters point of view. ||
 * || **Happy Thanksgiving Gus ...** || **Assignment America ...** ||
 * What is the opening situation?
 * What is the problem of challenge that is posed? || They get a thanksgiving
 * How does this create conflict between characters? || Gus and his friend Bean are
 * How is this resolved? || A turkey named Mr.T pushed
 * 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 ** : This story was made to teach a younger audience about Thanksgiving. I think this because of the characters, color, lighting, and subject matter. The colors and the lighting in this story show that it was meant for a younger audience, and it's because the colors used are light rather than a darker more intense color. The character called Mr.T, who was a turkey, was meant to represent a part of Thanksgiving since turkeys are basically the mascot of Thanksgiving. Finally the subject matter of the book is Gus trying to find out what he is thankful for so he can do a project for school. Being thankful is one of the things that Thanksgiving is all about, other than spending time with your family.
 * color
 * framing
 * composition
 * size
 * type of shot
 * subject matter
 * setting
 * lighting
 * pose
 * text (or voice)

This story shows it's true meaning through the type of shot used, subject matter,
 * //Assignment America// Paragraph Here ** :


 * Note: Framing? Composition? Light? etc.**