Today’s Writing Unit Plan is on… The Lost Thing by Shaun Tan. A kid finds a lost 'thing' on the beach where he's scavenging for his bottle-top collection. The thing is a large, freakish creature but no-one else really notices it--it's simply not a part of their familiar day-to-day reality. So the kid takes it upon himself to try to find where the lost thing belongs... What the Writing Unit Plans do: Provide teachers with easy access to a variety of resources and materials for their lessons. Acce