The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Lesson 11 - Worksheet

In Lesson Eleven of "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time", students engage in a 'Do Now Activity', which requires critical thinking and categorisation skills. They are presented with four sets of words, and for each set, they must identify which word is the outlier and provide a rationale for their choice. For instance, in the first set, students might choose 'yellow' as the odd one out if their reasoning is based on the primary colour scheme, where 'yellow' is a primary colour, while 'brown' and 'red' are not. Similarly, in the other sets, students must use logic to determine the odd word out, considering characteristics such as function, food group, or perhaps a pattern that distinguishes one word from the others.

The lesson also includes a Learning Review section with a wordsearch puzzle. Students are tasked with finding answers related to the story's events and characters within the wordsearch grid. Clues provided relate to specific details from the narrative, such as subjects Christopher discusses, his artistic endeavours, memorable family trips, how he refers to his mother, television programmes he watches, revelations about his mother's personal life, and the ultimate purpose of Christopher's written work. This activity not only tests students' recall of the text but also enhances their ability to find and connect information, reinforcing their understanding of the story's plot and character dynamics.