The Lost Thing – Shaun Tan Teacher’s Guide 2009 Page 2 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 Where does it belong? <>
Make sure that learners do it based on what they think, without being influenced by their peers. Watch the trailer for the animation. “The lost thing feels unhappy in the world where everyone is the same, and feels welcome in the world where everything and everyone is different”. There are 3 ways to separate the extra information, commas, brackets and dashes. How are they similar / different? It is a useful book for exploring ideas around fitting in and not fitting in. This would be before you read the story to the group.2. Fist to five is a silent way for everyone to show their opinion about a statement or issue. MS Office Pro Plus 2016 x64. Use publishing software to design a ‘Missing’ poster for the Lost Thing. The image packs below include pictures of lots of different aspects of Stone Age life... people, families, cave paintings, homes, tools, weapons and prehistoric monuments. Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically. The Lost Thing brings fun to the teenager when he gives a ball to the teenager to play with him and they build a sandcastle together. Which do you prefer? Stay up to date and receive our free email newsletter! <>
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Could you write some narration to accompany it? 1. Explore our library and use wonderful books in your lessons! Windows 10 1803. 1 0 obj
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The Lost Thing by Shaun Tan tells a story about a creature who is lost, and befriended and helped by the narrator of the story. What will he do with it? Have you made a great resource? The Lost Thing was found on the beach. KEY QUESTION: How can we support and include newcomers? The film does many things to show these symbols. Why? Shaun Tan worked as part of a creative team to turn his book into an animation. <>
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Create a labelled diagram of the Lost Thing. Why it happened?? What materials might they be made from? 2 0 obj
In the following videos, the author talks about the development of the movie. Think of some questions that you would like to ask him: Watch the animated version of the story. Use art software to design your own ‘Lost Thing’. Using the range from a clenched fist to all five fingers spread wide you can show how much you disagree or agree with something, and it allows everyone to participate, even the shy, and takes less time than a discussion. Share it here! Write a newspaper article about the appearance of the Lost Thing. <>
Use the title ‘The Lost Thing’ as the starting point for your own story. However, these two texts are also very different as they are completely different art forms. Join our email newsletter to receive free updates! Optional Ideas: Collage/ mural – students draw their own “lost” thing on white paper using a black texta, students find environmental pictures from magazines/ newspapers to glue their “lost” thing on. Can you rewrite part of it in the third person? complete sentence extra added information The Lost Thing, a strange red metal creature, was found on the beach. Discuss the question: why isn’t there an ending, let alone a happy ending, to The Lost Thing? Lines and paragraphs break automatically. What would it say? Where did it come from? Create a video report about a sighting of a ‘Lost Thing’ on the beach. endobj
Bradford, BD1 1NN, Resources for Facilitators of Schools Linking, Stories of the 28 Local Schools Linking Programmes. Could you create some digital illustrations, animations or 3D models based this book (or another of your favourite books)? Imagine the Lost Thing could talk. <>
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Watch the short film that is based on this story. Which do you prefer? Write a prequel to this story that explains where the Lost Thing came from. Create your own illustrations of the place where Shaun takes the Lost Thing to. The main Lost Thing symbolizes fun, hope,and uniqueness. endobj
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Design a bottle top to add to Shaun’s collection. It is a useful book for exploring ideas around fitting in and not fitting in. endobj
In The Lost Thing the two worlds are symbolic – but so too are smaller elements of each world. Use publishing software to design a ‘Missing’ poster for the Lost Thing. Shaun had a dilemma when he worries that he can’t keep the Lost Thing in the shed forever. The Lost Thing has inspired a number of significant works in other creative fields including a live musical performance of the film’s soundtrack and a theatre production. Insert Icons missing in PowerPoint Split from this thread. Try drawing the Lost Thing by following the tips in this video: Think of a time when you lost something. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. 5 0 obj
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Write a conversation between it and Shaun. Then volunteers can explain their point of view, or the teacher could nominate individuals, as they’ve had the chance to think about their view already. The audio talks about the book in this video. Think of some speech / thought bubbles to add to the illustrations. <>>>
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Based on original material created by The Linking Network and Lifeworlds Learning, The Linking Network Could you write a playscript for the book (or a small part of it)? 3. How might he respond? Think of some questions that you would like to ask Shaun. Design some puppets to use in a stage version of this story. The story is written in the first person.
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