The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

 

Objectifs linguistiques

Š grammaticaux : expression de l’opinion, justification, supposition (contexte présent et passé), les temps du passé

Š lexicaux : parler de la vie quotidienne, parler de soi.

 

Š phonologiques : the I sound

 

 

Objectif pragmatique

 

Décrire & analyser une image

Lire une œuvre complète

 

 

Objectif culturel

Vie quotidienne d’un enfant en Angleterre

Découverte de l’autre

 

Step 1: speaking

Describe the book cover you have been assigned, then analyse it (colours, lay-out, characters…) and make suppositions about what the story may be about.

 

 

Step 2: working with words, expressing suppositions or probabilities

see document 1 attached.

Step 3: Based on your suppositions, write a blurb for the book [150 words]

Step 4: listen to the first chapter and write down all the words that you hear.

https://esl-bits.net/ESL.English.Learning.Audiobooks/curious.incident.of.the.dog/002/default.html

 

Remember to focus on the main information : who ? where ? when ? what ?

Place the information in the grid

Who ?

Where ?

When ?

What ?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now, find more details on the 3 ‘characters’ mentioned :

The narrator

Mrs Shears

The dog

 

 

 

 

 

  • Use the information to sum up the first chapter in 5 sentences.

Step 5: reading and understanding

  • Read chapter 3 and and answer the questions (see document attached) then write your own self-portrait using the same technique.                

After watching and discussing the video, focus on chapters 3 & 5 and pick out elements which correspond to the Asperger’s syndrome in Christopher’s behavior.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ð speaking tools :

  • He can’t + BV…………………                                    He is unable to + BV…………………….
  • It is hard/difficult for him to + BV                              He has a hard time + BV-in

Chapter 11:

  • read the chapter carefully, look up the words you don’t know, then draw the scene leaving no details.
  • Explain the scene to your partner using your drawing.

Chapter 23:

  • Read the text then answer the questions (see document attached)

 

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