RUN+strategiesTM15

1. Complete the chart below comparing the narratives of the three stories. and are pared up together. They are getting to know each other. || Elephants and humans aren't getting along together in this century || Billy causes lots of problems for them. || The dog gets severely hurt on her spin. The elephant is friends with the dog. || They are trying to save the population, and wildlife for these elephants. || After that they became friends. || The dog gets better and can walk again. she is able to see her friend again. || Not resolved yet. || and they got their project done. || Yes. It's achieved by the elephant having patience with the dog and love. || Yes. They are mainly talking about what is happening to the animals. Also I saw it from a readers point of view. ||
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 * || **Happy Thanksgiving Gus ...** || **Assignment America ...** || **Elephants Under Pressure ...** ||
 * **What is the opening situation?**
 * (How does the story start?)** || Gus and his friend need to do a project. || A dog and a elephant are good friends
 * **What is the problem of challenge that is posed?** || They don't now what to write about.
 * **How is the challenge resolved, if it is?** || They go to a farm and meet a turkey that helped the m.
 * **How is the closing situation different to the opening situation?**
 * (What has changed?)** || They finish their project. || They are reunited from a separation. || People are trying to avoid the elephants by driving them away from the human inhabited areas and farms. ||
 * **Do you see the story from one character's point of view? How is this achieved?** || Yes. their friend was able to stop the bully,


 * 2. Think about the author of the book Elephants Under Pressure:**
 * 1) **What was the subject? What was being compared?** The subject was that elephants are being killed for their Ivory and being poached. The elephants are disappearing from the world. there are less of them now then the past. What was being compared was how many elephants were disappearing from one century to another.
 * 2) **What symbols did the author use?** The symbol that the author used was pictures of the elephants, the amount of them per year, what kind of elephants, and how many people are keeping them as work animals. Another author used highlighting words. On one of the pages there were a picture of a sign for elephant crossing.
 * 3) **What words stand out? Why?** The word that stands out is conflicts. It stands out because there is a main problem of why they are extinct. It is the conflicts with humans that causes most deaths of the elephants.
 * 4) **How do some words get you to look at characters or events in a particular way?** The word that set me to look at it are main words for the pictures, captions, and a title name for it.
 * 5) **Are there any words that have more than one meaning?** Yes. There are many words that have one meaning. For example: Savanna is a name of a type of elephant. It also means a grassy plain in a tropical and subtropical region, with no trees.
 * 6) **Was the voice formal or informal?** It was formal
 * 7) **Was the voice correct for the content?** Yes, it was correct for the conflict cause it was showing emotions when some things came on.
 * 8) **What is the most important sentence or word in the book?** Conflicts between elephants and humans hurt both species. Another important words are society, migrating, sanctuaries, poachers, adaption, and captivity.


 * 3. Think about the producer and writer of the video clip Assignment America:**
 * 1) **What was the subject? What was being compared?** Retired elephants sticking together in pair, and one elephant sticks with a dog as it's pair. What was being compared was an elephant paired with another of her kind, and an elephant paired with a dog.
 * 2) **What symbols did they use?** The symbols that they used were emotional speaking, like different voices. They also used a big symbol of doing a visual video.
 * 3) **What words stand out? Why?**
 * 4) **How do some words get you to look at characters or events in a particular way?**
 * 5) **Are there any words that have more than one meaning?**
 * 6) **Was the voice formal or informal?** The voice was formal
 * 7) **Was the voice correct for the content?** The two voice were correct for the content. They were correct cause there were a couple diffrent voices talking about the story of the dog and the elephant.
 * 8) **What is the most important sentence or phrase in the video?**
 * 9) **How did reading Elephants Under Pressure give you a better understanding of the story in Assignment America?**


 * 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?** It gave me a better understanding because it showed me how people are poching these elephants, and these people are
 * **How can visual clues help to decode the meaning of the story?**
 * **How does the sound track (audio clues) add to your understanding of the story?**