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November 3 2010 ** Setting ** Time and Place ** Chapter 1 ** · The characters arrive at Sticklehaven off the coast of Devon, intent on traveling to Indian Island, which has been in the news lately because it is surrounded by mystery. · The main characters wonder about the people they meet, and are excited at the chance to spend a week at this luxurious island.
 * Put a new line between assignments #3 and #4.
 * Put your answer ABOVE the previous assignment.
 * Copy this assignment to your page.
 * Add the date above this assignment.
 * Start a plot line. Identify the setting first.
 * Add two or three key events from each chapter that we have read - chapters 1-6 – reflecting on the rising action.
 * Identify each chapter and put the two or three events as complete sentences under the chapter number.
 * For example:

** Chapter 2 **

Two or three bulleted sentences explaining your events.

indian island in the early 1940s
 * Setting**
 * chapter 2**
 * In chapter two the main chacters are on there way to indian island.
 * When they get there they are greated and start to learn their way around the house.


 * chapter 3**
 * In chapter 3 the chacters are shockingly surprised when they hear a gramaphone start and on the gramaphone thare is a record that is play that accuses all the chacters of murder in a certain way.
 * They also find out that mr. blore is realy a CIA agent in descise employed by mr. owens.


 * chapter 4**
 * In chapter 4 most of the main characters give an aliby or admit to there merder.
 * Toward the end of the chapter Anthony Marston takes a gulp of his drink and starts to choke.

Connor - good chapter summaries. More attention needs to be given to the details in your writing - capitalization of Indian, Anthony etc., spelling errors (declaired, there for their, setiment, etc.) Always reread what you are posting so that you catch some of those errors. Mrs. M
 * chapter 5**
 * In chapter five in the very first page Anthony Marston is declaired dead
 * They figure out that nathony's drink had cyanide in it.
 * That night some of the chacters relived there murder cases in their head.
 * chapter 6**
 * Chapter 6 mrs. rogers faint and is given a setiment to sleep
 * At the end of the chapter mr. rogers is very nervious about there only being eight indian figures.

chapter 15 chapter 16 Epilogue manuscript climax Connor- The summaries are pretty good; the lack of attention to conventions (grammar, capitalization, etc.) takes away from your work. Good guess on the climax, but you've chosen the resolution. The manuscript ties up all the loose ends and the reader finds out how it all happened. The climax is when Judge Wargrave fakes his death. From that time on, the mood on the island takes on a new and heightened feeling for the guests. They have no one to lead and no one they can trust for sure. Mrs. M
 * chapter 7**
 * They start a groop to see if the murdurer is on the island.
 * They then suspect that the poem has something to do with the deaths
 * chapter 8**
 * They climb down the cliff to see if there is a cave in the cliff.
 * Iombard is prety sure their is a storm on the way and the boat will not be able to come.
 * chapter 9**
 * they try to rule out anybody that could possibly not be the killer.
 * General McCarthur dies from a blunt impact to the back of the head.
 * chapter 10**
 * Vera and Mr. Blore discuss who they think the killer might be.
 * Mr. rogers at the end of the chapter locks all the doors to the dining to make sure the Indian figures don't go missing.
 * chapter 11**
 * MR. rogers is killed with an axe.
 * After they discover he is dead they have a regular breakfest
 * chapter 12**
 * Emilly brent is killed with some sort of cynide.
 * They agree to put all drugs and fire arms in lock box but Mr. blore's revolver is missing.
 * chapter 13**
 * Justace wargrave dies by a gun shot.
 * Vera clay thorn gets caught in a piece of sea weed and thinks it is a clamy hand.
 * chapter 14**
 * They all lock them selves in their rooms and try to go to sleep.
 * Mr. armstrong goes missing and everybody looks for him except for Vera Clay Thorn.
 * armstrong dies by drowning in the sea.
 * They later found Blore bead killed by a granite clock that was dropped on his head.
 * vera kills lombard with his own revolver.
 * vera becomes delusional and hangs herself with a nose hanging from the black hook in her room.
 * they try to figure out how there were ten people and all of them died
 * they also think that there was some one on the island but they finaly figure out that that is not posssible.
 * justice wargrave explains how he got the idea and the named of the people he planed to kill
 * he also explains how he killed all the people in the house while also pertending to be dead.
 * I think the climax of the book is when they find the letter that Mr. Wargrave wrote describing how he killed all the people no the island and how he ends up killing himself at the end of the book.

october 28, 2010

Example: · ** Vera Claythorne ** Sentence #1 about Vera Claythorne Sentence #2 about Vera Claythorne
 * Add the date at the top of your page.
 * Add your answers to the TOP of your page under the date.
 * Choose five characters from the story,
 * Write two sentences telling what you know about him or her.
 * ** BOLD ** the character's name and write your sentences about that character right underneath his or her name.

1. Justice Wargrave is a wealthy retired judge who is interested in Indian Island.  2. Justice Wargrave was invited to Indian Island by Constance Culmington who was an old friend of Justice Wargrave.
 * Justice Wargrave **

1. Vera Claythorne is a middle-class women who is getting the job of a secretary at Indian Island.  2. She was an old gym teacher who let someone drown on her watch.
 * Vera Claythorne **

1. Dr. Armstrong is a wealthy surgeon who scams women and, he killed Luisa Mary.  2. He has operated on a person while he was drunk.
 * Dr. Armstrong **

1. Mr. Blore knows everyone and says that he is from South Africa.  2. Mr. Blore killed James Stephen Landor.
 * Mr. Blore **

1. General Macarthur is a very blunt, old man.  2. He sent his wife's lover to the front line of battle so he would be killed.
 * General Macarthur **

Small group seems to be working well. Mrs. M

With your small group, find four examples of suspense OR foreshadowing in chapter two.

October 21,2010 One example of foreshadowing i found in the second chapter of __And Then There Were None__ was the poem, on page 31, that read,

"Ten little Indian boys went out to dine; One cooked himself and then there were nine.

Nine little Indian boys sat up very late; One overslept himself and then there were eight.

Eight little Indian boys traveling in Devon; One said he'd stay there and then there were seven.

Seven little Indian boys chopping up sticks; One chopped himself in halves and then there were six.

Six little Indian boys played with a hive; A bumblebee stung one and then there were five.

Five little Indian boys going in for law; One got in Chancery and four.

Four little Indian boys going out to sea; A red herring swallowed one and then there were three.

Three little Indian boys walking in the zoo; A big bear hugged one and then there were two.

Two little Indian boys sitting in the sun; One got frizzled up and then there was one.

One little Indian boy left all alone; He went and hanged himself and then there were none"

This is an example of foreshadowing because this might happen to all the characters at Indian Island later in the book. In that case, this might explain the death or disappearance of the character.

A second example of foreshadowing is when Vera Claythorne is talking to herself, on page 32, about an incident when someone drown. She said, "Drowned-drowned-drowned.... No, she wouldn't remember.... She would not think of it! All that was over...." This is an example of foreshadowing because maybe later in the book it explains what happened with the drowning incident that she is speaking of.

A third example of foreshadowing is on page 38, when Emily Brent is reading from the Bible. It read, "The heathen are sunk down into the pit that they made: and the net which they hid is their own foot taken. The Lord is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. The wicked shall be turned into hell." This is an example of foreshadowing because is is saying that all the people will die, and as the title says there will be none at the end.

One last example of foreshadowing I found in chapter two, was on page 21. Here General Macarthur, a tall soldierly man, says, "Good-looking fellow. Somethings just a little wrong about him..." He is talking about Philip Lombard. This is an example of foreshadowing because he is saying that Philip Lombard seems suspicious. If anything happens later in the book I would guess General Macarthur would look to Philip Lombard as a reason to the problem.

Good! Mrs. M


 * = how does a mystery novel differ from a narrative? =
 * = how might the title be a clue to the story? =

====I think the title has something to do with the house built on Indian island.I have a weird feeling that the title has somethin to do with the answer to the mystery but i an not sure. this story is a little different because you are thinking what will happen next to answer the mystery. while a narrative is more like a story that is happening. the mystery is a giant question that slowley unwravels into a giant plot.==== ====One thing I think that is going to happen in the book is that the house on Indian is will not be there when they get there. i think that it is a trap and all the people will be trapped on the island. thin they will look for the but they will not be able to find the people because they will be trapped underground in a secret layer. them all of a sudden they will comeback and be replced by clones that emitate there every move.====

Connor - good explanation and prediction! You've got some sci- fi mixed in with your plot! Be sure and reread your answers after posting; you should be able to find the grammar errors, the spelling errors, and the run-ons and/or sentence fragments. Also, be sure and link this page to the 'here' page. Mrs. M