GET CURIOUS - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Mark Haddon 7.4

Reading, analysing, discussing, researching, writing... All centered around Mark Haddon's novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time"

This course, running parallel to, and tying in with, the year 7 poetry course, focuses on theme, message and style in a novel, in this case Mark Haddon's novel "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time."

We will practise developing and expressing ideas and opinions about the text in different forms, such as conversation, quick question/answer format, short essay questions, and even poetry.

We also immerse ourselves into the world of this novel by improving our general knowledge of words and concepts mentioned in the text.

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Study questions of a different kind

General knowledge tasks, many of which are practical in nature, matched to points in the book.

Themes and details - The Curious Incident

How do smaller details relate to major themes? How do we build our understanding of a text? These tasks sharpen your ability to discuss both the general and the specific.