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A worksheet based on a Guardian article, providing insight into the context and development of the text, including early sketches and models (2 pages)Īll worksheets are provided in Word and pdf format for maximum flexibility and are designed to include tasks of varying difficulty and complexity to cater for a variety of students.

A worksheet on intertextuality (2 pages).

or is it You never can tell what a bug is thinking.

Shaun is the recipient of an Academy Award for the short animated film. He is best known for illustrated books that deal with social and historical subjects through dream-like imagery, widely translated throughout the world and enjoyed by readers of all ages. It's a very simple 32-page picture book about the unspoken horrors of corporate white-collar enslavement. Shaun Tan grew up in Perth and works as an artist, writer and film-maker in Melbourne. A themes worksheet dealing with the major themes of the text, with reference to techniques (2 pages) Cicada is the story of an insect working in an office, and all the people who don't love him.A general worksheet exploring plot, ideas and language techniques (3 pages) At first glance the stunningly beautiful new Shaun Tan Book, Cicada, is heartbreaking.

Divided into four sections totalling nine pages, students analyse various elements of the text such as the plot, themes, intertextuality and a range of language and visual techniques. This set of worksheets helps students deconstruct Shaun Tan’s Cicada.