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 * || **Happy Thanksgiving Gus ...** || **Assignment America ...** || **Elephants Under Pressure ...** ||
 * **What is the opening situation?**
 * (How does the story start?)** || Gus needs to find something he is grateful for. || It shows all the pairs. || It tells you a little about elephants. ||
 * **What is the problem of challenge that is posed?** || A bully prevents him. || Dog gets hurt, can no longer play with Tara || Elephants are killing and getting themselves hurt. ||
 * **How is the challenge resolved, if it is?** || Mr.T scares away the bully. || Bella eventually recovers from her injury. || Elephants are moved to safer habitats. ||
 * **How is the closing situation different to the opening situation?**
 * (What has changed?)** || Gus found what he is grateful for. || Tara and Bella are best friends, and even gained more trust, Bella lets Tara pet her belly with her foot. || Elephants are not as contained as before. ||
 * **Do you see the story from one character's point of view? How is this achieved?** || Yes, it expresses Gus's emotions. || In a way it is in the point of view of the elephant, it says how the elephant acts with the dog gets hurt. || There is no point of view. ||


 * 2. Think about the author of the book Elephants Under Pressure:**
 * 1) **What was the subject? What was being compared?** Elephants, being compared to Humans.
 * 2) **What symbols did the author use?** Various symbols such as maps and pictures.
 * 3) **What words stand out? Why?** Sanctuary, because that is the only true place where they are safe. (besides the wild)
 * 4) **How do some words get you to look at characters or events in a particular way?** Words like allomother make me look at differently elephants, they are just like us!
 * 5) **Are there any words that have more than one meaning?** No
 * 6) **Was the voice formal or informal?** Formal, because it directs the conflict in a serious and well humbled manner.
 * 7) **Was the voice correct for the content?** Yes, this is a very serious topic.
 * 8) **What is the most important sentence or word in the book?** //Poachers kill more than 38,000 elephants per yer.//


 * 3. Think about the producer and writer of the video clip Assignment America:**
 * 1) **What was the subject? What was being compared?** Tara and Bella are the subject, and dogs and elephants are being compared.
 * 2) **What symbols did they use?** They used symbols such as using examples of the other elephant pairs then they show Bella and Tara.
 * 3) **What words stand out? Why?** No words really stood out to me.
 * 4) **How do some words get you to look at characters or events in a particular way?** Tara and Bella are inseparable, They are just like people, they have best friends.
 * 5) **Are there any words that have more than one meaning?** No.
 * 6) **Was the voice formal or informal?** Informal, its just casual talk, nothing to serious to talk about.
 * 7) **Was the voice correct for the content?** Yes, this is a fun topic, nothing to serious.
 * 8) **What is the most important sentence or phrase in the video?** //"Pay attention America, Pay attention world."//
 * 9) **How did reading Elephants Under Pressure give you a better understanding of the story in Assignment America?** It help me understand how elephants act, their feelings, and how smart they are.


 * 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?** We can tell if a story is in informal text or formal text, a useful strategy.
 * **How can visual clues help to decode the meaning of the story?** Pictures give us a better image of what is happening, it may be hard to image what is happening without pictures.
 * **How does the sound track (audio clues) add to your understanding of the story?** They show emotions, and the sounds of happiness that Bella and Tara make.