Run+Strategies+SS

1. First complete the **chart below** comparing the narratives of the two stories. no "I or Me" unless in character quote || By using interviews and close-ups while using I and me ||
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 * || **Happy Thanksgiving Gus ...** || **Assignment America ...** ||
 * What is the opening situation? || teacher turns on and off lights to get student's attention || anchors introduced elephant topic ||
 * How does the story start? || the teacher giving the students the Thanksgiving assignment || elephants in sanctuary ||
 * What is the problem of challenge that is posed? || Gus can't decide on one things he's thankful for || Bella injures spinal cord ||
 * How does this create conflict between characters? || Gus and Bean go to farm and Billy destroys all their veggies || Bella is forced to stay inside office, and Tara waits for her return ||
 * How is this resolved? || This is resolved by Billy falling in the mud by Mr.T || The owners bring Bella out for occasional visits ||
 * How is the closing situation different to the opening situation? || Gus goes up and presents his thankful picture of him and Mr.T || Bella is all good and back again with Tara ||
 * What has changed? || He now has something to present || Bella is healed, and the bond remains strong between them ||
 * Do you see the story from one character's point of view? || No, a narrator's point of view || No, the anchor's and the owner's ||
 * How is this achieved? || By using character names, character quotes, and

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**: For this story I "read" through each page and tried to decipher each of these elements. I would look at the illustrations or even the surrounding text. In this story considering the color, size, type of shot, subject matter, lighting, and especially the setting helped me know what was going on so I could understand it. Another element that helped me was the text because since it was in Spanish I used the cognates to help me understand and "read this story"
 * color
 * framing
 * composition
 * size
 * type of shot
 * subject matter
 * setting
 * lighting
 * pose
 * text (or voice)

For this story, elements and parts of the story that I had to consider. The color, framing, subject matter, setting, and even the lighting all helped me understand what was going on in the story. Another element that I really think made the story easy to understand as I watched it was the size to show the whole, huge elephant compared to the small dog. **(How did the color, framing, subject matter, etc, help you to understand?)**
 * //Assignment America// Paragraph Here**: