1 - chapter 2, 3, 5, 7 & 11

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Lesson 1

Today's lesson

• Explain lesson series & goals
• What to do each lesson? 
• Introduction to the book / work on assignments
• Exit ticket

Learning goals (Writing and Reading) 

• You can give your opinion about a topic or subject.
• You can talk about characters and give your opinion about them.
  
• You can describe an event or experience from another perspective.
  
• You can give peer-feedback.
  
• You can summarise a book. 
• You can answer theme-based questions.

Planning lesson series

• Read the book 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time' or 'House of Spies'
• Make a book report (template in Google Classroom) - this will count for 10 points on your test
• Read 5 chapters every lesson
• Book test after the Christmas break + irregular verbs

What to do each lesson?

• Read 5 chapters of the book
• Write a summary (in English) of these chapters
• Do the creative assignment that goes with these chapters
• Work on the character list 
• Work on the list with themes
   

Done? practise the irregular verbs (Quizlet in GC)

Introduction

• Read the book online (Google Classroom) - audio available
• House of Spies = hard copy
• Does anyone want a hard copy?
• Template for book report on Google Classroom 
• Don't keep up with homework = point deduction
  (I'm going to check whether you've done your homework 2x) For each time you get one point)

Before Reading

• In pairs (3 min.):
  Look at the title. What predictions can you make about the book or about the genre? Write your predictions down in English.

Be ready to report back to class.

Title:                               The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Short film:

You will watch a short video about the main character Christopher Boone. 

Afterwards, you will be asked to compare this to your prediction.

 

The opening (Chapters 2-53) 

Re-read your prediction

In pairs (2 min.) Compare the short film to your prediction 

Are your predictions close to what the story is really about?

Why (not)?

Start reading

• Individually: read Chapter 2, 3, 5, 7 & 11 (Google Classroom)
  (prime numbers = priemgetallen) 
  
  
• Individually: use the template on Google Classroom and do the assignments
  
  
• Done? Continue reading or study irregular verbs (tb p. 173) 

Exit ticket: What is your first impression of Christopher?

Each lesson

1. Read 5 chapters
2. Make a summary of these 5 chapters
3. Do the creative assignment that goes with these 5 chapters