The Lost Thing
Shaun Tan
Independent Comprehension Questions – make sure you use full sentence answers.
Literal (Right There) – 1 mark each
1. What does the boy collect?
2. When did the story begin?
3. Where did he find the “lost” thing?
4. Where did he hide the “lost” thing?
Inferential (Think and Search) – 2 marks each
5. Why didn’t anybody want to help?
6. Why weren’t his parents interested?
7. Why did his parents disapprove and want the “lost” thing gone?
Evaluative (On Your Own) – 3 marks each
8. Why was the boy intrigued by the “lost” thing?
9. What is it like to be different?
10.Name and describe a place for forgetting, leaving behind, smoothing over.
11.How do we know if we belong?
12.Illustrate/ draw the part that you found the most intriguing.
Total
Not Yet Achieved
Literal (Right There)
Developing
Achieved
/ 18
Inferential (Think & Search)
Evaluative (On Your Own)
Wrote full sentence answers