Final lesson before test 1: The curious incident, LP4, Grammar overview, Vocab.

• Engels
• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 3

Final lesson before test 1

h3en2, October the 12th, 2022

What's the Plan

• Warming up: Test your awareness
• We read: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
• Answer questions about the story
• Finish your Language Portfolio!
• Grammar review
• Kahoot vocab quiz

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What changes did you notice?

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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Author: Mark Haddon

Genre: crime fiction => verhaal over criminele daden. De nadruk ligt op het speurwerk. 

Blurb: The novel is about Christopher, who is autistic. One night, he discovers the body of his neighbour's dog, which has been killed with a garden fork. Christopher decides to be a detective and solve the crime. 

Reading/listening (59, 61, 67). (close you Chromebooks to pay attention!)

Why are the chapters numbered 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13 etc.?

1. Christopher doesn't like even numbers.
2. Christopher likes prime numbers.
3. The author doesn't like even numbers.
4. None of the above.

Christopher always understands what he is doing wrong.

1. True
2. False
3. Does not say

How is the dog killed?

1. A car runs over it.
2. A boy threw rocks at it.
3. It is shot in the head.
4. It had a garden fork stabbed through it.

Mrs Shears thinks Christopher has killed the dog.

1. True
2. False
3. Does not say

Why was Christopher taken to jail?

1. He called the policeman names.
2. He refused to talk to the policeman.
3. He hit the policeman.
4. He threw a rock at the policeman.

Why did Christopher like being in the cell?

1. It was warm.
2. He was given food while he was in the cell.
3. It was shaped like a cube.
4. It was shaped like a rectangle.

Why does Christopher not do what he is told? (=stop the investigation)

1. The things people tell him are confusing.
2. People break the rules all the time.
3. Both answers are correct.
4. None of the above.

Who killed the dog?

Finish and hand in Language Portfolio assignments

• LP1: Write about your summer holiday
• LP2: Have an interview with a classmate
• LP3: Google Form about extreme sports
• LP4: Mreader &/or A Curious Incident
• LP5: High-five = speaking assignment
• LP6: Sport is Great (video with questions)

Grammar Review

Overview in Classroom:

• Short yes/no answers.
• Modals for permission: may, might, be allowed to.
• Future: 4 ways to talk about it.
• Prepositions of direction.
• So, neither, nor.
• Modals for obligation: must, have to, should, ought to.

Vocabulary Theme 1 & 2

Kahoot quiz

Good luck 

on your test week!

Have fun in your autumn break!