The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night time Lesson 20 - PowerPoint

In Lesson Twenty of an English teaching resource for "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time," students engage in a series of activities designed to deepen their understanding of the novel's plot and character dynamics. The session opens with a 'Do Now' activity that asks students to rank key events from the story on a scale of excitement. This interactive exercise encourages students to reflect on the narrative's pivotal moments, such as Christopher's discovery of Wellington's death, the uncovering of his mother's letters, and his decision to run away to London. The task aims to prompt discussion about the narrative's tension and the emotional responses these events elicit from the reader.

As the lesson progresses, students are challenged to convert a dramatic section of the novel into a sequence of images with captions, fostering their ability to summarise and interpret text visually. Further tasks include analysing the evolving relationships between the main characters, with a particular focus on the changes by the end of Chapter 227. Students explore how these relationships might develop in the future, considering factors such as trust, honesty, and the complexities of familial bonds. The lesson culminates in a learning review where students are asked to identify and justify the emotions each character feels towards the others, using evidence from the chapter to support their reasoning.