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My Home Page Here **Discussion Questions 5:
 * 12/5/09

Assignment #5: Chapters 1-14


 * Keep adding two or three events per chapter to your plot line. Do not go beyond Chapter 14 as some students have not finished reading those chapters.
 * Write these events under assignment #4, highlighting the chapters and adding bullets for the events.
 * **NEW ASSIGNMENT!!!**
 * Look for pictures that reflect how you think each character looks. These can be current or past movie stars, current or past actors and/or actresses, or pictures you draw that reflect the images of the characters.
 * Create a collage with these pictures, putting the character's name under each picture. You can decide what materials to use for your collage. These will NOT be posted on the WIKI.
 * Be creative! Have fun with this assignment. It will be interesting to see how everyone pictures each character.
 * **Due date: Wednesday, December 16.**

Discussion Questions 4:


 * Assignment #4: Chapters 1-6**

1900s - Indian 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 to reflect the rising action.
 * Identify each chapter and put the two or three events as bullet points under the chapter number.
 * For example:
 * Setting**
 * Chapter 1**
 * Mr. Blore is the only one with the list of names that are going to Indian Island
 * He says he is from South Africa
 * Chapter 2**
 * Fred Narrcottic thinking to himself saying that this is an unusual group
 * He knows that Mr. Owen invites rich and important people, but this is the first time he has seen middle class people go to the Island
 * Chapter 3**
 * Tony dies by choking
 * Dr. Armstrong says that he committed suicide, but they don't understand why.
 * A mechanical voice accuses all of the guests of murder.
 * Chapter 4**
 * When they all go to bed they all remember the terrible sins they committed
 * All of them remember how and when they committed their murders
 * Chapter 5 **
 * Tony dies by choking
 * His drink was poisoned
 * Dr. Armstrong says that he committed suicide, but they don't understand why.
 * Chapter 6**
 * Dr. Armstrong has a nightmare that he kills a patient
 * Mr. Rogers wakes him up
 * Dr. Armstrong runs to Mrs. Rogers room and finds her dead on her bed because of overdose on sleeping pills
 * Mr. Rogers explains that she only took the pills that Dr. Armstrong gave her
 * Chapter 7**
 * Emily Brent tells Vera what happened to Beatrice Taylor
 * Vera now thinks that Ms. Brent is a terrible person

GREAT STORY! Glad you liked it! It's usually a hit with 8th graders, and it's fun to teach because the students like it so much. Mrs. M
 * Chapter 8**
 * Lombard said that he remembered the last drink that Tony Martson had was by the window and the window was open
 * He thinks that someone could have poured in the Cyanide into the glass before he drank it.
 * Chapter 9**
 * Mr. Lombard tells Mr. Blore why he has a revolver and what his real reason for him coming to the island.
 * General Macarthur is killed
 * Chapter 10**
 * Lombard suspects that the murder is Justice Wargrave
 * Vera suspects that the murder is Dr. Armstrong
 * Chapter 11**
 * Mr. Rogers is murdered
 * Another statue is missing
 * Chapter 12**
 * Emily notices the bee in the window and then has a terrible feeling that Beatrice Taylor is in the room
 * Emily is found dead on her bed. Her skin is blue.
 * The rhyme says, "a bumble bee stung one and then there were five,"
 * Chapter 13**
 * Everyone is frightened. Vera screams when she notices the seaweed that touches her throat. They think it was meant to scare her
 * Justice Wargrave is dead
 * Chapter 14**
 * Dr. Armstrong is not in his room
 * Mr. Blore sees someone going down the stairs and tells the others to stay in their rooms.
 * Chapter 15**
 * Vera says that Dr. Armstrong is alive because according to the nursery ryhm that the killer is going by "Four little indian boys go out to sea, a red herring swallowed one and then there were three"
 * Mr. Blore is killed by a marble clocked shaped like a bear. Vera and Lombard then they realized "Three little indian boys walking into a zoo, a big bear hugged one then there were two" They also find Dr. Armstrong's body.
 * Chapter 16**
 * Vera thinks that Lombard is behind all of this and pickpockets his revolver. She accidently kills Lombard.
 * Vera remembers the last line of the poem "One little indian boy left alone, he went and hung himself and then there were none." She then kills herself thinking thats what Hugo wanted her to do.
 * Epilogue**
 * The two policemen, Thomas Legge and Inspector Main, can't figure out the crime.
 * Justice Wargrave sends out a message in a bottle that a fisherman finds that states he was the murder behind all this but then he kills himself so no one can find out who committed the crimes.

12/3/09


 * Discussion Questions 3:**


 * Assignment #3: Chapter 3**
 * Put a new line between assignment #2 and #3,
 * Copy the assignment to your page.
 * 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.

He is a retired judge of the court and is wealthy. He is also old in age and is a smoker.
 * Justice Wargrave

****Miss Emily Brent** She is an older women and is very persnickety. Her father was a Colonel.

He was in the military. He loves talking to his cronies and discussing about "old times".
 * General Macarthur**

She is a film star and very wealthy. There had been a rumor about here saying she bought Indian Island.
 * Miss Gabrielle Turl

****Mr. Blore** He is a very suspicious man. He is the only one who knows who is going to the island.

Joe, Some good information. Remember to use compound and complex sentences like we've been practicing in English class; I expect you to use them in your writing. Mrs. M

12/2/09
 * Discussion Questions 2:

Assignment #2 (to be done in class on Wednesday, December 2) **


 * Put a line between Assignment #1 and Assignment #2.
 * Read chapter two.
 * On your student page ABOVE assignment #1, choose one of the following: suspense or foreshadowing.
 * Find four examples of suspense OR foreshadowing in chapter two.
 * Write the exact wording from the book - that means type the sentences exactly as they are written.
 * In a well-written paragraph, explain why these sentences clearly show either suspense or foreshadowing.

I chose to do **suspense.

Example 1 - "Name's Davis. Natal, South Africa's my natal spot, ha,ha! He laughed breezily. Mr. Justice Wargrave looked at him with active malevolence ****. He seemed like he wished he could order court to be cleared."**


 * The suspense of this line is that Mr. Justice Wargrave doesn't believe that Davis is really "Davis". He knows or at least has a feeling that something is not right. Suspense is building up because of the way Mr. Justice Wargrave looked at "Davis". The suspense builds up higher because "He seemed like he wished he could order the court to be cleared." If it was just Wargrave and "Davis what would happen? **


 * Example 2 - "Not all like Mr. Elmer Robson's parties. A faint grin came to Fred Narracott's lips as he remembered the millionaire's guests. That** **had** **been a party if you like-and the drink they'd got through!"**


 * The suspense of this line is that who was Mr. Elmer Robson and who was his party? Why did Fred Narracott's have a grin when he thought of them? Also what did he mean by and the drink they'd got through? Another key word is had. What happened to the party? Suspense is building up because we don't know who Mr. Elmer Robson is and who his party members were. The fact that Narracott's smiled is very strange. **


 * Example 3** **- "Not at all his idea of what Mr. Owen's guests were likely to be. He'd expected something altogether more classy. Togged up women and gentlemen in yachting costume and all very rich and important looking."

The suspense in this line is that why if Mr. Owen usually invites rich and important people to the island did he this time invite not so wealthy and not as important people? Does he know these people? Suspense builds because (from what we have read) it is usual that Mr. Owen invited the rich and important but not the not so wealthy and not as important. Does he have a plan for these people? Is it good or bad? **


 * Example 4** **- "The sea..So peaceful to-day sometimes so cruel....The sea that dragged you down to its depths. Drowned....Found drowned....Drowned at sea...Drowned-drowned-drowned....No, she wouldn't remember....She would not think of it! All that was over...."

There is a ton of suspense here! Something must have happened during Vera's childhood that someone had drowned and had died or she drowned but survived. Something between the sea and her did not "mix". Why did she suddenly remember what happened at the sea after she read the nursery rhyme? Was it because of the line "Four little Indian boys going out to sea; A red herring swallowed one and then there were three."?

Good job, Joe. I like the way you include questions which are unanswered as of yet? The quotes you chose are good ones to develop the expense that is building. A little more attention to spelling, commas, etc. would make your writing more professional; when you post answers, it's like you are publishing for the public to see. You want things to look polished. Mrs. M **

11/30/09
 * Discussion Questions 1:**
 * = how does a mystery novel differ from a narrative? =


 * = how might the title be a clue to the story? =


 * 1.** A mystery novel differs from a narrative because in a mystery there is a main problem or situation occurring that the reader is trying to solve. A narrative is basically a story that is not a mystery. (Examples: //**Harry Potter**, **Hatchet**, **Woodsong**, ect...//)


 * 2.** This Title **//And Then There Were None//** could be a clue saying how many people were left for something like a prize. It could even mean a murderer killing one by one "And then there were none left."

Joe- Good start. Check your spelling and punctuation. The sentence is #2 is a run-on. Mrs. M