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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Lesson 1

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Today's lesson

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

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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.

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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

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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)

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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)

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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

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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) 

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Slide 9 - Video

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)?

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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) 

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Exit ticket: What is your first impression of Christopher?

Slide 12 - Open question

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

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