The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime 3H6

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

WARNING

The book we are going to read contains descriptions of a young man with autism. Please be mindful and respectful. If you think that you will struggle to behave in a decent manner and talk appropriately then now is the time to leave this class and head to 011 and I will mark you absent.
Otherwise I will send you there myself with a yellow card.

Introduction

The Curious incident 

of the dog 

in the night-time

The author

Mark Haddon

Northampton, U.K.

d.o.b.  26/09/1962

• studied English literature
• worked with children who had physical and mental disabilities
• also worked as an illustrator and cartoonist

Today's lesson

At the end of this lesson you'll be able to briefly explain what autism is and how this relates to the novel The curious incident of the dog in the night-time. 

First impressions: looking at the book cover, what do you think the novel is about?

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Neurotypical means that you process information the same way most people do.

1. true
2. false

Name something which could be difficult for people with autism.

A high functioning autistic person:

1. can't talk and has no reasonable physical coordination
2. can't talk but has reasonable physical coordination
3. can talk and has reasonable physical coordination
4. can talk but has no reasonable physical coordination

What advice does the video give you
should you meet someone with autism?

Back to the novel

Why do you think it's important to know about autism before you start reading the story?

Start

Let's look at the beginning of the book in the next video.

What did I learn this lesson?