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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The main character in the short story “Land of the Lost” written by Steward O’Nan‚ is an elder woman. Throughout the entire short story we do not get to know her name or a description of how she looks. She works as a cashier at a BI-LO and lives alone with her German shepherd Ollie‚ her two sons moved out shortly after their parents got a divorce. Even though we do not get a lot to know about her looks‚ we get a lot of knowledge on her way of thinking and her mental state. Even though she is mentally
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With the very few assignments left to do as I wrap up my spring term‚ J 101 has taught more things than any other class and completely changed the way I view English grammar now. At the beginning of the term‚ I believed I was decent at grammar and had a good understanding of most of the rules and how they played into the English language. Before J 101‚ I had this misconception that whatever sounds good or appears to sound fluid is seemingly always correct. Although much of a sentence has to do with
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The play "The Devil and Daniel Webster" was written by Stephen Vincent Benét in 1938. Stephen Vincent Benét was born in 1898 in Bethlehem‚ Pennsylvania. His education came from Yale University and the Sorbonne in Paris‚ France. "The Devil and Daniel Webster" has a wide array of characters‚ each with a distinguished personality‚ yet an overall temperament that would be fitting of a New England community. The main character is Jabez Stone‚ a wealthy New England statesman whose position was the state
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Lee Daniels’ The Butler Director: Lee Daniels The movie I chose was Lee Daniels’ The Butler and I chose the characters to talk about. The Butler is a great movie with amazing characters such as Cecil Gaines (Forest Whitaker)‚ Hattie Pearl (Mariah Carey)‚ Gloria Gaines (Oprah Winfrey)‚ Howard (Terrence Howard)‚ Carter Wilson (Cuba Gooding Jr.)‚ and so many more. This movie is a brilliant‚ but truthful film on a subject that is usually shrouded in wishing thinking. It is based upon the life of Eugene
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plan for a new Nivea product‚ speed bands which could be used by individuals and sports teams and a new Jack Daniels honey flavor drink. We knocked about pros and cons of doing each product and eventually decide to go with the Jack Daniels honey flavor. Assigned tasks to be completed for next meeting: Every member of the group is to research past marketing procedures used by the Jack Daniels company and set a target market for our current product. Date and venue for next meeting: Wednesday 13th February
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Lost In Translation "Lost In Translation" is one of those movies that seek to be something having something extra something that is more than a regular movie. Moreover‚ it does so effectively without being pretentious‚ all through the movie it does not seem like it is trying too hard to be something other than what is there. It is skillfully written‚ well directed and it boasts of a solid cast not very spectacular but full of good actors. Jointly‚ this eventually results in an enjoyable and interesting
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biblical proportions”(Corbett‚ 2001). These refugees were dubbed “The Lost Boy” due to the many similarities they had with the Peter Pan’s followers in the story Neverland. Like the fictional characters in the story‚ most of these boys‚ whose ages were all below 18‚ had no parents due to being orphaned by the civil war. As I continue discussing this particular migration case‚ I will talk about what led to the move of these “Lost Boys” in order for you to gain a better understanding of their predicament
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Tan’s short film the concept of outsider is celebrated. In ‘The lost Thing’ audience can see an outsider in the sterilized community and through Tan’s use of juxtaposition and narrative voice‚ we discover and follow the lost things voyage to be in the right place‚ belonging. Recall Firstly the use of colour is a vibrant technique used by Shaun Tan to explore the role of the outsider in The Lost Thing. The lost thing has been found in the wrong ‘world’ and is noticeably out of place. This is revealed
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The Lost Battalion: Film Analysis In movie The Lost Battalion Major Charles White Wittlesey and his troops lead an attack into the Argonne Forest where they encountered severally bloody battles with the Germans‚ who outnumbered them and completely surrounded them. He started off with 500 men at the beginning of the campaign and by the end under 200 men were left. This movie shows the obstacles that stood in their way in order to stand their ground against German forces. These obstacles included
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