THE LOST THING Shaun Tan Teacher’s Notes By Nancy Mortimer Contents • • • • • Introduction Language and Literacy Visual Literacy Design and Layout Discussion Points The Lost Thing – Shaun Tan Teacher’s Guide 2009 Page 1 of 8 www.hachettechildrens.com.au INTRODUCTION The Lost Thing is the first picture book that Shaun Tan has both written and illustrated‚ and the result is a wonderful‚ warm‚ humorous story that will be read and enjoyed by a wide range of
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What does it really mean to be a hero? To wear a red cape and fly around the city saving people from the unrealistic evil villain or just doing daily tasks that could help out or make someone’s whole day. As Arthur showed us he was more than a typical hero but did other things that any other average person could do as well. The example he shows us that you should be willing to help out anyone at any time till you can be fully satisfied that you have done all that you can do to help someone or something
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many different things that can go wrong while growning up. Your whole body is changing and it cand take some getting used to. There were many stories that I read in the literature book that illustrated this to me. I will compare these stories to each other to see how they were similar and also to see the different problems people experience while growing up. In the story "the family of little feet"‚ three little girls go out to explore the world and discover many wonderful thing and also many
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39 children liked The Little Mermaid‚ 43 children liked 101 Dalmatians‚ 56 children liked Mickey Mouse‚ 7 children liked The Little Mermaid and 101 Dalmatians‚ 10 children liked The Little Mermaid and Mickey Mouse‚ 16 children liked 101 Dalmatians and Mickey Mouse‚ 4 children liked The Little Mermaid‚ 101 Dalmatians‚ and Mickey Mouse‚ 6 children did not like any of the shows. Answer the following questions: How many students were surveyed? How many liked The Little Mermaid only? How many
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The Things They Carried In “The Things They Carry” by Tim O’Brien‚ readers are taken on an in-depth emotional and physical journey with Alpha Company in Vietnam. O’Brien uses some basic but symbolic objects that soldiers carried in war to show an emotional connection with home. The emotional importance of the objects is specific to individual soldiers and carries a heavy burden on the emotional status of some soldiers. O’Brien puts heavy emphasis on personal objects and on the physical aspect
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tamed. The Little Prince tamed the rose‚ whilst the rose tamed The Little Prince. When you tame someone or something you start to care for and understand the person your taming. You feel responsible for them and their feelings. Since their "yours" you want to take care of them. The Little Prince felt responsible for the roses well being once he was gone. He loved her and wanted her to be safe and happy‚ but without The Little Prince she was sad and in danger. There was no way for The Little Prince to
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“War is hell‚ but that’s not the half of it‚ because war is also mystery and terror and adventure and courage and discovery and holiness and pity and despair and longing and love. War is nasty; war is fun. War is thrilling; war is drudgery. War makes you a man; war makes you dead.” (80) This passage is very significant to the reality of the soldiers in the Vietnam War and brings to life the setting of the entire novel. The soldiers were primarily teenagers and young men in their early twenties
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Title: Little Shop of Horrors Type: Musical Script Author: Howard Ashman The story of Little Shop of Horrors is about a young man named Seymour Krelborn who is a nerdy orphan working at Mushnik’s flower shop in urban Skid Row. He has a big crush on fellow co-worker Audrey. One day Seymour comes across a strange mysterious unidentified plant which he purchases and names Audrey II. Seymour later discovers that the plant feeds on blood and soon it begins to sing for its supper. Audrey has a cruel
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abundance of things that happen in everyone’s day to day life that you just forget to be grateful about the little things. It is very important to be grateful for the things in your life. There is so many things to be thankful for it’s hard to be ungrateful. I have realized that there are a few major things in life to be grateful for. One of them being your family. It can be easy to forget how much your family does for you. After a while‚ one just becomes used to their family doing things for them‚
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Education of Little Tree By watching “The Education of Little Tree”‚ I learned few things that I did not know about diversity during his time. In this movie‚ Little Tree encounters some difficulties that affected him in ways that he did not understand. I began to learn that people his time were still not fond of Cherokees. Throughout the movie‚ Little Tree is treated unfairly because of his racial background. In the beginning of the movie‚ little tree did not attend any schools. He was thought
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