75 2 Explore I rolled back on to the lawn and pressed my forehead to the ground again and made the noise that Father calls groaning. I make this noise when there is too much information coming into my head from the outside world. It is like when you are upset and you hold the radio against your ear and you tune it halfway between two stations so that all you get is white noise and then you turn the volume right up so that this is all you can hear and then you know you are safe because you cannot hear anything else. The policeman took hold of my arm and lifted me onto my feet. I didn’t like him touching me like this. And this is when I hit him. […] Understanding 21 Summarise a) Write notes about what happens in this excerpt from The Curious Incident … Write in keywords. What Christopher finds on the lawn: What Christopher knows about the dead dog: What Christopher tells the policeman: What Christopher does when he is upset: b) Use your notes to write a short plot summary. Then, read your text to a partner. 22 Get to know the main character Read the text closely. Find examples of how Christopher thinks, feels and reacts in this unexpected situation. Write down the examples. Example: I stroked Wellington and wondered who had killed him, and why. forehead – enni to groan – að stynja a plot summary – samantekt á söguþræði Hæfniviðmið • Lesið sér til gagns og ánægju fjölbreyttar bókmenntir við hæfi, unnið með efni þeirra og gert sér grein fyrir gildi bókmennta.
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