The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a funny, curious and original novel that adapts well to English language or Drama lessons.   For the purposes of this teaching pack, we will focus on activities directed purely for English language lessons. For Drama classes we can recommended the National Theatre Production teaching pack[1].

 

We have chosen the materials carefully, to reflect both the needs of the student and of the busy teacher.  The materials address classical and progressive teaching styles, and this pack applies equally to computer work and more direct methods of teaching.  It should be pointed out, however, that although the pack has been prepared for a lesson series based on 6 full lessons, there is a great amount of flexibility possible in how you offer it to your students, and for you to decide whether you wish to use more readings in class.  There are flexible modules as well as thematic units that can stand alone or be included as part of a series of lessons.

The detective game has been developed to appeal to adolescents by homing in on activities that are absorbing, screen-interfaced and interactive.  By focusing on the blended learning environment model of visual and stimulating materials, we aim to bring literature into the student framework.

 

The activities on this website are based on the Vintage paperback version of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, ISBN: 0099450259. 

Page numbers refer to this edition.