Explore classroom activities, puzzles, … Unit plan for 'The Arrival' by Shaun Tan. Suitable for Years 5 and 6, including shifts in formality. I did a little every day for 5 days alongside history learning about immigration in the 1800s. Shaun Tan: Migration and Multiculturalism in The Arrival City (2 min video) The Age‘s interview with Shaun Tan (6 min video) Productions. Complete Alice With the Original Illustrations by Sir John Tenniel in Full Colour, Paul the Pitcher (Rookie Reader®—Level B). 2-5 day lesson depending on how much you want to read at one time. Your contribution will help us to provide free books and literacy resources to children across the nation. These will help children draw their creatures accurately from different angles – another trick Shaun Tan uses to develop his work. A graphic novel told completely in pictures about a father moving to an imaginary place to find work to better support his family. RIF is a 501(c)(3). The Adventures of Bella & Harry: Let's Visit Athens! (Shaun Tan used this approach to help him create the traveller’s companion, which he described as mouse-like, dog-like, tadpole-like; even shark-like!) The new land in which the young man arrives is otherworldly—full of flying airships, strange buildings, and odd creatures, in addition to many, many people … All rights reserved. Alternatively, show excerpts if short o Artist Shaun Tan’s story of the immigrant experience may not sound either unusual or extraordinary, but it is both. © Reading Is Fundamental. Literacy Central is a free resource for parents, teachers and children thanks in part to the generous support of Macy’s. The book captures the hope, dreams, loneliness, and isolation of a new immigrant. Book trailer video with music of The Arrival by Shaun Tan. The book captures the hope, dreams, loneliness, and isolation of a new immigrant. The Arrival by Shaun Tan, with live score by Ben Walsh’s Orkestra of The Underground. Help your students with literary analysis with the wordless picture book The Arrival by Shaun Tan. Using plasticine or similar, make models of the creatures. A graphic novel told completely in pictures about a father moving to an imaginary place to find work to better support his family. Final written outcome is a persuasive letter and viral campaign to persuade the Prime Minister to allow more refugees to settle in Britain. Ben Walsh’s 10-piece band performs a live score to projected images from Shaun Tan’s book The Arrival.