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Ideer til at udarbejde en foldebog efter endt læsning af 'Cicada'

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Cicada og Book Creator.             I Book Creator findes en opgavebog til Cicada. Find bogen ved at gå ind i Book Creator (Skoletube) under bøger ”Delt med mig” og klik på ”Deltag i et bibliotek”. Indsæt denne kode S98SGF9 og lav en kopi af bogen i dit eget bibliotek, som du herefter kan dele med dine elever.

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Cicada og Book Creator.             I Book Creator findes en opgavebog til Cicada. Find bogen ved at gå ind i Book Creator (Skoletube) under bøger ”Delt med mig” og klik på ”Deltag i et bibliotek”. Indsæt denne kode S98SGF9 og lav en kopi af bogen i dit eget bibliotek, som du herefter kan dele med dine elever.

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Periodical Cicadas Overrun the Forest | Planet Earth | BBC Earth

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Explore Andrea Hillbrick's board "Cicada Shaun Tan", followed by 1509 people on Pinterest. See more ideas about Shaun tan, Insects and Bugs.

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The proces of writing

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In his latest picture book, acclaimed Australian illustrator, writer and film-maker Shaun Tan explores the ponderous themes of migrant workers and workplace bullying through the voice of a hardworking insect who has toiled away, unappreciated and without promotion, alongside humans in a grey office block for 17 years.

The author of award-winning books including The Rabbits, The Red Tree and The Arrival, as well as Oscar-winning short film The Lost Thing, reveals behind the scenes of the horrifying and humorous story, showing us the sketches and moveable sculptures that ultimately allowed Cicada to fly.

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Shaun Tan's Cicada: a meditation on belonging and bullying - in pictures

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Go behind the scenes of the new picture book from the award-winning Australian illustrator, writer and film-maker, about a hardworking insect scorned by his coworkers

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Cikadesang

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A few weeks ago in Summer Sounds 1, we saw the adult cicada.

If you have cicadas around, you may have found some of these.

It is the dried "skin" or exoskeleton of the cicada nymph. Cicada nymphs spend a year or more underground feeding on tree roots. When they are ready to emerge as adults, they dig out of the ground, crawl up onto a tree or the side of a building, and shed their exoskeleton for the last time.

A few days ago we dug up something really cool in the garden.

What is this weird grub? It is a live cicada nymph! Check out the white eyes. They were eerie.

It was really clumsy and kept rolling onto its back.

On its back, it was easier to see the large front legs used for digging, with dark claws. In between the front legs is the tube mouth the cicada uses to suck on tree roots.

You can see those things in the shed exoskeleton as well.

Note: if you have one of shells, examine it closely. In the back where the skin has split you can often see tiny white threads. Those are the reminants of the cicadas breathing tubes, called trachae.

After a few photos, the cicada nymph went back into the soil. Hopefully, it will be singing in the trees someday soon.

Edit: A friend posted a link to a cool video of a cicada molting. Thanks Molly!

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cicada exoskeleton - Growing With Science Blog

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A few weeks ago in Summer Sounds 1, we saw the adult cicada. If you have cicadas around, you may have found some of these. It is the dried "skin" or exoskeleton of the cicada nymph. Cicada nymphs spend a year or more underground feeding on tree roots.

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Updated July 20, 2018 08:19:53

An unappreciated green cicada sits behind a computer every day, doing data entry for a nameless organisation.

In 17 years, he's never made a mistake or taken a sick day.

This strange, suit-wearing insect is the hero of Cicada, the latest book by award-winning author and illustrator Shaun Tan.

Tan says he was interested in the concept of a bug working in a human environment, where nobody is surprised by his presence.

"Nobody around him ... they don't question it at all," he says.

"They see it as an opportunity for getting some really good, error-free, boring work done without any additional cost to their corporation."

In fact, the insect is treated terribly by his human workmates.

He is in turns bullied and ignored - banned from using the office bathroom, and never given a promotion.

On the day of his retirement, with no party and no handshake, the cicada decides it's time to say goodbye.

He heads to the roof of his grey office building, where an unexpected transformation takes place.

Insects, robots and monsters

While a wide-eyed bug in a suit might seem like a strange idea for picture book, it's a comfortable fit for Tan, who has spent a career creating dream-like worlds of monsters, machinery and oversized animals.

His acclaimed 2006 book The Arrival tells the story of a migrant arriving in a confusing new world of floating objects and unusual creatures.

In The Lost Thing, a boy discovers and befriends a bizarre-looking metallic creature while collecting bottle tops at the beach.

That book went on to be turned in to a short animated film - which won Tan an Academy Award in 2011.

For Cicada, Tan researched the life cycle of cicadas, which can spend more than a decade underground before shedding their exoskeletons and revealing new wings.

"Some species have this 17-year life cycle, which seems crazy long and unnecessary for an insect of that size," he says.

Search for ambiguity

There are clear parallels between the life cycle of the cicada and Tan's story of corporate drudgery.

But the author says the meaning of his book is unclear, even to him.

It's an ambiguity he actively strives for.

"A number of times I've written a story or I've painted an image and I find it frustrating because I understand it too clearly," he says.

He rallies against illustrations that appear too real, or when the expression on a character's face is too descriptive.

"I want it to actually present a mystery that's very clear on one hand, but really open to interpretation, to the extent that I don't even know what it's about," he says.

"If I can get it to the point where it's just hovering on the edge of understanding, then I know that I've got something."

Shades of grey

While Cicada is a picture book, it's not necessarily written for an audience of children.

Indeed, it bucks many of the usual story book expectations.

It talks about things that adults understand - data entry, and human resources departments - and it's almost completely devoid of colour.

The story is told in monochromatic shades of green and grey for the majority of its 32 pages - familiar territory for Tan, whose book The Arrival was illustrated solely in sepia tones.

The artist says before starting a book, his first question is whether it needs pictures at all.

"When I do have pictures, it's like, to what extent does it need pictures and element of pictures?" he says.

"Often it needs very little, including colour."

And as for who his audience is, Tan can't really say.

"I don't really know, myself," he admits.

"All I can think about, rather selfishly, is my own preoccupations and idiosyncrasies, and just try to make the book look good for myself.

"It's quite hard to think about other readers. I trust that they're not too different to me."

Topics: books-literature, work, arts-and-entertainment, australia

First posted July 20, 2018 07:53:09

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Shaun Tan's Cicada captures the life cycle of office drudgery

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Updated July 20, 2018 08:19:53 An unappreciated green cicada sits behind a computer every day, doing data entry for a nameless organisation. In 17 years, he's never made a mistake or taken a sick day. This strange, suit-wearing insect is the hero of Cicada, the latest book by award-winning author and illustrator Shaun Tan.