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Cyberlesson adapted for Grade 7
• Goals for class
• Benefits of the Cyberlesson
• Benefits of The Arrival
• Multiple Standards
IntroductionThe Arrival by Shaun Tan
You are about to embark on a journey. You will be leaving your home and all that is
familiar to you. You will learn what it is like to be a stranger in a strange land. Be
prepared to feel many emotions as you explore the sometimes confusing, scary
and delightful landscapes.
Will you be able to call this place home?
Materials & Supplies
• Copy of The Arrival• Laptop computer for each student• Headphones for each student• Elmo projector• Computer printer• Supply of books on Ellis Island and U.S.
immigration• Film clip on Ellis Island (downloaded
onto laptops)
Group RolesStudents within groups will assign each other roles. Students
will take turns with each role, rotating roles daily. The roles aredescribed below:
o Page ProjectorYou will turn the pages of the book to display using Elmo.
o Discussion LeaderYou will lead the discussion by initiating the conversation with your ideas, inviting everyone to participate in the conversation.
o Image DirectorYou will stand at the screen and invite volunteers to approach and discuss the projected image.
o ConversationalistsYou will be an active participant in the discussion, helping others construct meaning of the text through predictions, connections, questions and inferences.
Important Terms(Refer to these terms throughout the Cyberlesson)
Reading Strategies• Predict To make a guess about what might happen based on
what you’ve read in the text and what you already know about life• Connect To make associations between the text and what you
know or have experienced• Question To ask about what you don’t understand• Infer To make a guess about meaning of the text based on what
you’ve read in the text and what you already know about life
Literary Terms• Setting The time and place of the story• Plot The main, important events of the story• Theme The meaning, or main point or message, of the story
Before Reading
Use the next slide to record your responses to
the following:
1. As a small group, look at the cover projected on the screen using Elmo and record a prediction.
2. Together, look at the next five pages, adjust your original prediction and now record your predictions.
3. Discuss setting and plot. Then record your ideas using the following slide.
The Arrival
2. Look at several pages & predict:
1. Look at cover and predict:
3. Describe the setting:
4. What are the main plot events so far?
Before ReadingThe main character in this story has immigrated from
his homeland to make a new life in a new land. With the exception of Native Americans, all of our families have immigrated to the United States at some point and many who landed in New York saw the Statue of
Liberty and were required to stop at Ellis Island. These places are pictured in The Arrival. Visit the
Ellis Island Site* to learn more about this experience.
Use the next slide to record notes on what you learned from the Internet site,
as well as from the Ellis Island literature, that may help you better understand The Arrival.
*www.ellisisland.org
Ellis IslandList what you learned about Ellis Island. Then share your new knowledge with your group.
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During Reading
1. With your literature group, use the Elmo to read the text projected on the screen to read Chapter One of The Arrival.
2. As you begin reading the text, call to mind what you know so far about the story and your predictions, as well as your background knowledge about immigration, to make sense of the images.
3. Discuss your ideas with others in the group. Using the next slide, record your useful connections, adjust your older predictions and record new predictions.
The Arrival“Active Reading”
Predictions _____________________
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Connections
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Questions ____________________
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The Arrival“Post Discussion”
After discussing your predictions, connections and questions with your
group, record your new understandings. Be sure to consider what your
group members shared when forming your new understandings.
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During Reading
1. After reading Chapter One, stop and watch a five minute film clip* on Ellis Island on your own. Click on the “Ellis Island” icon on your computer desktop. Use your personal headphone set.
2. Add to your Ellis Island notes sheet what you learned about Ellis Island from the film clip.
3. Now discuss your new understandings about Ellis Island with your group.
* Film clip from www.unitedstreaming.com: “Immigration Waves”
Read Chapter Two
1. Assign roles.
2. Print “Active Reading” form to record predictions, connections and questions while reading.
3. Read Chapter Two with your group using Elmo, and record new predictions, connections and questions.
4. Discuss ideas with group and record new ideas on “Post Discussion” form.
During Reading
Read Chapter Three
1. Assign roles.
2. Print “Active Reading” form to record predictions, connections and questions while reading.
3. Read Chapter Three with your group using Elmo, and record new predictions and connections.
4. Discuss ideas with group and record new ideas on “Post Discussion” form.
During Reading
Read Chapter Four
1. Assign roles.
2. Print “Active Reading” form to record predictions, connections and questions while reading.
3. Read Chapter Four with your group using Elmo, and record new predictions, connections and questions.
4. Discuss ideas with group and record new ideas on “Post Discussion” form.
During Reading
Read Chapters Five & Six
1. Assign roles.
2. Print “Active Reading” form to record new predictions, connections and questions while reading.
3. Read Chapters Five and Six with your group using Elmo, and record predictions, connections and questions.
4. Discuss ideas with group and record new ideas on “Post Discussion” form.
During Reading
Words
o The word surreal means dreamlike and fantastical. The word surreal describes many of the images in The Arrival.
o With a partner, discuss and record any other words that come to mind after reading The Arrival.
o These words can be any part of speech: verbs, nouns, adjectives or adverbs
o Use the following slide to record your ideas.
After Reading
WORDS on The Arrival
Surreal
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After Reading
To infer is to use your knowledge and the text to
make meaning. Infer the meaning of The Arrival,
recording your ideas on the following slide.
Think about:
o Images from The ArrivaloPredictionsoConnections oNotes on Ellis IslandoWord list
Infer the theme of The Arrival.
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Create a PowerPoint slideshow with your literature
group following the steps below:
1. From the word list on the following slide, choose four or five words. Divide the words amongst yourselves within your small group.
2. Create one slide for each word.
3. Each slide should define the word and explain its connection to The Arrival. You may add images.
4. Print and use the form on the slide following the word list to develop your initial ideas.
5. Refer to the slide after that for an example of the slide format.
After Reading “The ABCs of The Arrival”
PowerPoint Project
Word List
Assimilate Journey SurrealBizarre Kindred TangibleCompassion Landscape UniversalDegraded Multicultural
VernacularEmigrate Navigate WhimsicalFamilial Optimistic XenophobiaGrave Perplexing YieldHumanity Quest ZestImmigrants Reunion
“The ABCs of The Arrival”PowerPoint Project Prep Sheet
WORD
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Meaning____________________________________________________________________________________
Connection to The Arrival ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
WORD
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Meaning____________________________________________________________________________________
Connection to The Arrival ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Meaning____________________________________________________________________________________
Connection to The Arrival ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Connection to The Arrival ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
is for Assimilate
People from many different countries came to the land of The Arrival. These people were assimilated into their new country’s culture
by learning the language and customs.
A verb, meaning to be absorbed into
customs and ways of a new culture
Cyberlesson Evaluation5 3 1
Before Discuss: Worked with group to discuss and generate ideasConnect: Used background knowledge to make useful connectionsPredict: Made logical predictions Notes: Recorded facts learned from Ellis Island readings
Discuss: Worked with little input from group to discuss and generate ideasConnect: Used little background knowledge to make connectionsPredict: Made some logical predictions Notes: Recorded some facts learned from Ellis Island readings
Discuss: Did not work with group to discuss and generate ideasConnect: Did not use background knowledge to make connectionsPredict: Did not make logical predictions Notes: Did not record facts learned from Ellis Island readings
During Discuss: Worked with group to discuss and generate ideasConnect: Used background knowledge to make useful connectionsPredict: Made logical predictions
Discuss: Worked with little input from group to discuss and generate ideasConnect: Used little background knowledge to make connectionsPredict: Made some logical predictions
Discuss: Did not work with group to discuss and generate ideasConnect: Did not use background knowledge to make connectionsPredict: Did not make logical predictions
After Discuss: Worked with group to discuss and generate ideasInfer: Related word meaning to the story; used knowledge and images to construct meaning of text
Discuss: Worked with little input from group to discuss and generate ideasInfer: Related some word meaning to the story; used some knowledge and images to construct meaning
Discuss: Did not work with group to discuss and generate ideasInfer: did not relate word meaning to the story; did not use knowledge and images to construct meaning of text
ABC’s “After Reading” Artifact
The ABCs of
THE ARRIVAL by Shaun Tan
Slideshow created byNoelle Gabe
Iolanda Tyler Doug Joe
I is for immigrants
A person who comes from anther country and
travels to live in a foreign country
In The Arrival, many immigrants leave their homeland to settle in the new and
strange land.
J is for journey
A traveling from one place to another, usually taking a long time
In The Arrival, the man and many others took a long journey to reach the new land.
K is for Kindred
A group of related individuals
In the story, the man left his real family but found people in his new country that became KINDRED to him.
M is for multicultural
Many different cultures
The country in The arrival has a lot of different people from different cultures, making it a multicultural country.
P is for perplexing
Confusing and full of difficulty
The man thought that the little, strange creatures were very perplexing.
U is for Universal
Present or occurring everywhere
In The Arrival, the man needed many things that are universal, like shelter,
food and friends.
W is for whimsical
Imaginative, unreal
The father in The Arrival landed in the new country and discovered that everything seemed whimsical: the pets, the flying sale boats, all the mail boxes, the buildings and more.
xA person fearful of
a foreign place,
especially of strangers
is for Xenophobia
It seemed like there was no xenophobia in the new land,
because a lot of people tried to be the man’s
friend.