Themes
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night
Aims:
To identify themes in the play.
To understand the way this is presented.
To apply this knowledge.
And also keep good revision notes for exams.
Key Words:
Theme
Topic
Context
Link
Reference
TO START: DISCUSS
Identify the key themes in the play. See if you can find up to 10 topics or ideas
this play is about and set it out in a spider diagram. It is ok if some ideas are
very similar or linked. For each theme include examples of where these occur
heavily in the play.
Ed realises Chris has found the letters
.
Christopher on the Tube
CONFLICT
Roger and Judy argue
THEMES
Main Themes
Conflict
Autism
and Disability
Love and Support
Mystery and Crime
Personal Growth and Triumph
Task:
Using the major themes you have identified.
1– Copy or find 3-4 quotes which you can learn
from the book.
2– For each quote include a brief summary of
what it shows about this theme.
Aims:
To identify themes in the play.
To understand the way this is presented.
To apply this knowledge.
And also keep good revision notes for exams.
Key Words:
Theme
Topic
Context
Link
Reference
TASK:
Your teacher or partner will give you a random theme. Your
task will be to give the quote you picked for that and explain
why… from memory! You can take a few minutes to try and
learn the quotes.
You may be split into teams to see if you can manage this in
groups.
TO REFLECT: WHAT HAVE WE LEARNT ABOUT
THEMES?