The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Lesson 1 - teaching resource

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Lesson 1 Free Resource 

(Free 14-slide editable PowerPoint teaching resource with 2 worksheets) 

This FREE first lesson of our unit of work for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time introduces pupils to Mark Haddon’s award-winning novel, its themes and main character.

After completing a differentiated Do Now activity, pupils undertake a worksheet that introduces them to autism and Asperger’s Syndrome and what these concepts might mean for the narrator, Christopher Boone.

Pupils then go on to complete a range of differentiated questions in response to the first chapter. 

The lesson concludes with a true or false activity that tests pupils’ recollection of some of the lesson’s key ideas. 

Suggested answers are provided for all tasks. 

The complete 22-lesson unit of work for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time can be found here

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