This week at Wright Middle School we continued working
with Shaun Tan’s The Arrival and the
students had a wonderful time! For this lesson, we focused on perspectives, and
how individuals experience life in different, unique ways. For our activity, students
were asked to step into the shoes of the father in The Arrival, and their task was to describe the immigrant
experience from the perspective of the father by designing and writing a letter
to the daughter in the story. In their letters, lots of students wrote about
the many challenges that the father had to come as he attempted to navigate
this new, strange city. Many students wrote about the benefits of having a
creature companion to help navigate the city, and others shed light on the
difficulties presented by language barriers and cultural customs. A common sentiment
that many students touched on was homesickness, and how the father felt lonely
and missed his daughter dearly. Throughout the activity, students were asked to
draw connections between their own experiences and the experiences of the
father and the daughter in the story.
Next week, we will continue to work with Shaun Tan’s The Arrival as we continue our origami
activities that the students thoroughly enjoyed.
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