The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night time Lesson 6 - PowerPoint

Lesson Six of the teaching resources for "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" starts with an engaging "Do Now" activity where students are challenged to answer questions about the earlier chapters of the book. This activity is designed to be competitive and collaborative, encouraging students to work with a partner and race to answer a series of ten questions related to the plot and characters of the story. The lesson then moves on to reading and analysing chapters 47 to 59, with various challenges set at bronze, silver, and gold levels to cater to different abilities and depth of understanding.

The bronze challenges ask students to recall specific details from the text, such as the reason Christopher thinks it will be a good day or what happened to his mother after she went to the hospital. Silver challenges require students to interpret the significance of certain events or behaviours, like Christopher's belief in the meaning of seeing certain coloured cars or the unusual circumstances of his mother's heart attack. Gold challenges push students to analyse character presentation and infer relationships, such as the portrayal of Terry's prejudice or Mrs Shears' actions following the death of Christopher's mother. The lesson concludes with a learning review, where students must identify which statements about the chapters are true. This comprehensive lesson plan is designed to deepen students' comprehension and analytical skills through a structured, tiered approach to learning.