THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME

THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME by MARK HADDON

1- CHAPTERS: 2, 3,5,7,11,13,17,19,23,29,31,37
VOCABULARY: 
VERBS:  to lie, (lay-lain) to stick, to kneel (knelt- knelt), to stroke, to lift, to leak, to let go of, to bend, to squat, to wee
NOUNS: lawn, garden fork, wound, muzzle, poodle, fur, pajamas, housecoat, padded
bench, slander, steering wheel, corrugated iron
ADJECTIVES: faithful
TRANSLATE THESE SENTENCES: (NOT LITERALLY): 
1- "I put my hands over my ears and closed my eyes and rolled forward till I was hunched up with my forehead pressed onto the grass and made the noise that Father calls groaning"

2-"The little bugger just had a pop at me"

3"Right. I am going to give you a caution." 

                                                        4 "He does heating maintenance and boiler repair"

AND HERE YOU HAVE THE AUDIOBOOK:

2-CLICK HERE TO OPEN A DOCUMENT WITH QUESTIONS ON THE STORY
3-LISTEN TO THIS SONG:

a) What does this song make you think about? -What do you think this song is about?

4-CHOOSE A SCENE FROM THE BOOK SO FAR. MAKE UP A DIALOGUE AND ACT IT OUT. THE REST OF THE CLASS WILL SCORE YOUR PERFORMANCE:
a) Performance
b) Use of English
c) Creativity

5-Read chapters 113,127,131,137, 139
ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS:
CHAPTER 113
1- In the memory Christopher recalls about his mom, where were they? why was he scared?
2-What does Christopher do if someone in his school has an epileptic fit?
3-What are Christopher´s mother´s and Siobhan´s favourite places?
4-What is wrong with Christopher´s grandmother?

CHAPTER 127
1- In what way did Christopher "relax his guard"?
2-What is a rethorical question? What rethorial question did Christopher´s father ask him?
3-What had his father told him not to do?
Not to go _______ ______ his nose _____ other people´s __________
4-What did Christopher´s father do to him that he had never done before?
5-What did Christopher do then?
6-What happende to Christopher´s book?

CHAPTER 131
1-What does Christopher say about the need of making decisions? Quote his words.

CHAPTER 137
1-How was Christopher´s father feeling?
2-According to Christopher, what is "loving someone"?

5-DURING THE HOLIDAYS: FINISH THE BOOK . SUMMARIZE THE REST OF THE STORY IN A COMIC (from chapter 149)