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 * ** LAST ASSIGNMENT #7!!! **
 * 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 his or her picture. You may decide what materials to use for your collage. THE COLLAGE MAY NOT BE BIGGER THAN A 12 X 18 SHEET OF PAPER. 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, November 17. **

11-1-10 Individual ** Assignment #4: Chapters 1-6 Due Wednesday, November 3 **
 * 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.

11-1 The setting of this story is on an Island off of the coast of Sticklehaven, Devon. The characters are on Indian Island during the story. The time frame is in the 1900s around the early 1930s.
 * Setting**


 * Chapter 1**
 * The characters travel to Sticklehaven, Devon as they are on their way to Indian Island for what they think is a vacation or for a job.
 * The characters are introduced and some remember or reread their letters and think about how Indian Island has been big news lately.


 * Chapter 2**
 * A boat driven by Fred Narracott bring the characters to Indian Island where Mr. and Mrs. Rogers greet them and lead them into the house.
 * In their rooms the some of the characters think of how queer this Island and the people invited here are. Vera Claythorne finds the Ten Little Indians Nursery rhyme in her bedroom and Mrs. Brent reads a scary passage from her bible.


 * Chapter 3**
 * After a delicious first dinner, a high, clear, horrible voice speaks and charges each of the characters with the murder of someone or a group of people. The voice causes Mrs. Rogers to faint.
 * The characters come to two conclusions. One that not one of them have meet or seen a Mr. or Mrs. Owen, and second that U.N. Owen (which was the name of the person who wrote a letter inviting a few of the characters to Indian Island) actually stands for UNKNOWN because whoever owns Indian Island is unknown to all of the invitees.


 * Chapter 4**
 * All the characters tell their viewpoint of the story on what happen or why they were involved with the murder (or murders) of the people "the voice" accused them of except for Emily Brent who says she has nothing to say.
 * Dr. Armstrong however lies about his story and says that he has no recollection of the woman he is accused of murdering when really he remembers that he operated drunk and killed that patient. But, he does not tell the group that.
 * At the end of chapter three, Anthony Martson chokes on his drink and falls to the floor.


 * Chapter 5**
 * Dr. Armstrong found out that Anthony Martson is dead since he does not have a pulse. The come to the conclusion (although they do not think it is the right one, but it is the only one they can think of) that Anthony Martson must have committed suicide by putting Potassium Cyanide in his drink.
 * The characters go to bed and think about the night and the event in which they were involved with a murder in their past. Mr. Rodgers notices that there are only nine Little Indian china figures on the table and he could have sworn there used to be ten of them. In her room, Vera Claythorne notices the Ten Little Indians Nursery rhyme and realizes that Anthony Martson dies the same way the first Indian boy dies in the rhyme.


 * Chapter 6**
 * Chapter six starts with Mr. Rogers suddenly awaking Dr. Armstrong because Mrs. Rogers will not wake up. Dr. Armstrong discovers that Mrs. Rogers is dead.
 * The characters decide that it is not a coincidence that the motor boat with Fred Narracott on it hasn't come this morning. They come to the conclusion that the madman Mr. Owen (whoever he is) has prevented anyone from coming to the Island.
 * Mr. Rogers asks to have a word with Dr. Armstrong and show him that now there are only eight Indian boy China figures at the table.

Good thorough events; shows clear understanding of the story line. Mrs. M

Individual ** Assignment #5: Chapters 1-14 (Due date to be determined). ** 
 * Keep adding two or three events per chapter to your plot line as chapters are assigned. 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 bulleted sentences for the events.
 * Chapter 7**
 * Emily Brent and Vera Claythorne go on a walk and Emily tells Vera about her story where she was involved in the killing of Beatrice Taylor. Emily was watching Beatrice and was very strict with her, so Beatrice drowned herself in a river.
 * Dr. Armstrong and Philip Lombard decide a few things while they talk to each other. First, they think that Mr. and Mrs. rogers murdered Jennifer Brady so they could get the money from her will. Second, that Anthony Martson and Mrs. Rogers were murdered because two suicides that soon are not plausible and the missing of two little indian boy China figures is also suspicious. And third, that there must be another person on the Island who is the murderer.


 * Chapter 8**
 * Dr. Armstrong, Mr. Blore, and Mr. lombard decide that they are going to search the island for this Mr. Owen guy.
 * Vera goes to talk to General Macarthur who expected her arrival and tells Vera that he is waiting for the end. General Macarthur tells Vera about how he sent Arthur Richmond to his death, and he says to Vera that she will be happy when the end comes. Vera is very confused and she leaves General Macarthur.
 * Dr. Armstrong, Mr. Blore, and Mr. Lombard, after a thorough search of the island decide that the only people on the island are the eight remaining invitees.


 * Chapter 9**
 * Mr. Blore confronts Dr. Armstrong about the idea that he may have given Mrs. Rogers an overdose of sleeping medicine which caused her to die in her sleep. But, Dr. Armstrong gets angry at him and insists that he only gave her a mild perfectly harmless dose.
 * Mr. Lombard explains that the reason that he brought a revolver to Indian Island is because he was offered a hundred guineas to come to the island to keep an eye out, so he expected to run into a spot of trouble.
 * Dr. Armstrong runs back to the house after finding General Macarthur dead. When the characters return from getting General Macarthur's dead body, they find that only seven indian boy China figures remain on the table.
 * Because of Mr. Justice Wargrave's suggestion, and after examining all of the facts about each murder, the invitees come to the conclusion that one of them is the murderer and that it could be any one of them.


 * Chapter 10**
 * Many of the characters consult with another or themselves about who they think the murderer is.
 * Emily Brent writes in her journal that the murderer is Beatrice Taylor. But, after she is confused to why she wrote it and thinks she might be going mad.
 * Mr. Rogers asks the group if they have any idea where the bathroom curtain is. He noticed that it is gone now, but was there this morning. After dinner, when everyone is going to bed, Mr. Rogers then locks the door to the pantry and puts the key into his pocket to prevent any Indian tricks from happening.


 * Chapter 11**
 * Philip Lombard wakes up realizes that Mr. Rogers has not come to wake him yet. So, he wakes up Mr. Blore and then the rest of the remaining invitees except Emily Brent who is missing. Together (with Mrs. Brent who walks in the door and meets up with the rest of the group) they search for Mr. Rogers and after noticing only six indian boy China figures remain on the table, they find him dead.
 * Someone struck Mr. Rogers in the back of the head with the bigger chopper and killed him.
 * Mr. Blore tells Mr. Lombard the truth about how the Landor person he convicted had been innocent.
 * The remaining six invitees have a normal breakfast, but, the thoughts inside their heads are very interesting.


 * Chapter 12**
 * After dinner, Emily Brent was alone and went from feeling giddy to drowsy. She heard a bee buzzing and heard someone walking up behind her, but she couldn't turn to see who it was. Then, she felt a prick on her neck and she died.
 * The characters found Emily Brent dead, her face suffused with blood, her blue lips, and her staring eyes. They found out that someone stabbed her in the neck with a hypodermic syringe and she died from the Potassium Cyanide that was injected into her.
 * The five remaining invitees discover that someone must have taken Dr. Armstrong's hypodermic syringe which he had brought on to the island. Then, they find out that someone also must have stolen Philip Lombards revolver since neither objects can be found.
 * Next, they search every room for the missing objects and for any other mysterious objects possibly hidden in the house. But, the search is fruitless, and nothing is found.


 * Chapter 13**
 * The five remaining invitees sit and watch each other while thinking lots of different thoughts in their head.
 * After drinking tea, Vera decides to go to her room to take a bath. As she enters her room, her candle blows out, and she feels a wet hand on her throat and thinks someone is going to choke her. she screams in utmost terror.
 * Dr. Armstrong, Mr. Blore, and Mr. Lombard go up to help Vera and see what was the matter.
 * They soon realize that Justice Wargrave is not with them.
 * They all run down to look for him and find him dead with a scarlet robe on him and a wig upon his head. Wargrave was shot thorugh the head.


 * Chapter 14**
 * Now only four invitees remain. They eat dinner in the kitchen and after discussing what happened, they go up to bed.
 * They all think about things, especially Vera and Blore.
 * Mr. Blore can't sleep, and he hears footsteps in the hallway. When he finally decides to go from his room, he sees the figure of a person leave the house through the front door.
 * Mr. Blore knocks on each persons door and discovers Dr. Armstrong is missing. Blore and Lombard go on a search of the island, but, they can't find DR. Armstrong anywhere.
 * Vera stays in her room. She hears the breaking of glass. Soon after, Blore and Lombard come back and tell Vera they can't find Dr. Armstrong anywhere.
 * Also, only three little Indian China figures remain on the table.

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 * Chapter 15**
 * Blore, Lombard, and Vera (the three remaining invitees) eat breakfast and discuss everything that has happened recently.
 * They go to the cliffs and use a mirror to try to signal help to the mainland, but no signals were answered.
 * Blore decides to go back to the house to eat lunch. Vera and Lombard stay back and soon after hear a thud that shook the ground. They go to the house to see what was the matter and find him dead, crushed by a clock shaped like a bear.
 * Lombard and Vera are now positive that Dr. Armstrong is the murderer. They then go back and wonder outside a bit and find Dr. Armstrong's body, dead, wedged between two rocks.


 * Chapter 16**
 * Vera and Lombard look at Dr. Armstrong's body and decide that they are the only two people left on the island.
 * Vera suggests that they move Dr. Armstrong's body, and although he objects at first, Lombard helps her anyway. Vera snatches Lombard's gun from his pocket.
 * Lombard tries to quickly grab the revolver back, but Vera presses the trigger and kills him.
 * Vera is all alone on the island and she walks back to the house and throws two little Indian figures out of the window and takes the third one with her. she dropped the revolver on the ground and thinks Hugo is in her room waiting for her. She discovers a rope hanging from the hook in her room with the noose all ready. Next, she dropped and broke the last little Indian China figure. She went over to the rope and adjusted it around her neck, then kicked the chair away, and Vera Claythorne the last remaining invitees is killed just the way the Ten Little Indians nursery rhyme ends.


 * ASSIGNMENT #6!!! **


 * FINISH THE PLOT LINE - ADD TWO OR THREE EVENTS FOR THE MANUSCRIPT AND THE EPILOGUE!
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">IDENTIFY THE EVENT THAT YOU THINK IS THE CLIMAX!
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">DUE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15.


 * Epilogue**
 * In the epilogue, Sir Thomas Legge and Inspector Maine talk over and discuss the murder mystery at Indian Island. They think that ten dead people on a island with no body living does not make any sense. They find out that Wargrave and Lombard were both shot, Miss Brent and Martson died of cyanide poisoning, Mrs. Rodgers died from an overdose in chloral, Rogers head was split open and Blore's head crushed, that Armstrong died of drowning, Macarthur's skull was fractured from a blow to the head, and Vera was hanged.
 * Maine tells Legge that a man named Isaac Morris made the arrangements and was buying the island for an unnamed third party amd that Morris died on August 8th.
 * Then they discuss how each of the invitees were involved in a murder and what knowledge they have of each situation.
 * Maine then tells Legge that the invitees were killed in this order: Martson, Mrs. Rogers, Macarthur, Rogers, Miss Brent, and then Wargrave. After discussing the notes of the invitees and discussing the possibilities, they cannot figure out in what order and who killed Blore, Lombard, and Vera. They come to the conclusion that someone must have killed them, but, they have no idea who because the Sticklehaven people are absolutely certain that no one could have left the island before the rescue boat got there.

Anders, Excellent job of summarizing and including lots of details. Now, what about the climax? Which event did you think was the climax?
 * Manuscript**
 * The manuscript was written by Justice Wargrave who admits to being U.N. Owen, the murderer who killed ten people on Indian Island (actually 12 including murdering himself and Isaac Morris).
 * In the letter Wargrave explains how he enjoys murdering people, but not innocent people, people who have committed crimes that have taken away others lives. So, he has an idea to devise a fantastic murder mystery in which he would kill people who have committed murders themselves, but murders that were untouchable by the law.
 * Wargrave goes on to explain in his letter how he discovered about the ten people he was going to carry out his plan on and what exactly his plan was. Also, how he would follow the Ten Little Indians nursery rhyme as close as possible by using the same method of killing each person as the rhyme does. He was going to kill those whose guilt was the lightest first and the people whose degree of guilt was the heaviest last so that the people whose guilt was less would not suffer the prolonged mental strain and fear that the more cold-blooded offenders would suffer from.
 * He then explains how he killed each invitees without being noticed once and how he killed the people still using the Ten Little Indians Nursery rhyme. He also told how with he convinced Armstrong to tell everyone he was dead and that they would work as a team, when he soon pushed Armstrong of a cliff to meet his death. After, the last death of Vera Claythorne in which Vera actually killed herself by hanging herself, he explained how he committed suicide without investigators being able to find out in anyway that Wargrave was the murderer.

Mrs. M

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10-25-10


 * **Vera Claythorne**
 * Vera Claythorne is a woman between 30 and 40 years old. She works as a gym teacher at a third-class school. Vera came to Indian Island to work as a secretary for the mysterious Mr. Owen.
 * On August 11th, 1935, she supposedly killed Cyril Olive Hamilton. Vera noticed the Ten Little Indians nursery rhyme in her bedroom, an eerie poem. Evidently, Vera is a perceptive, independent woman with a dark secret.


 * **Dr. Armstrong**
 * Dr. Armstrong killed Louisa Clees during an operation in which Dr. Armstrong operated drunk. But, he doesn't admit to the rest of the invitees that he killed her. Instead he pretends that he does not recall any women named Louisa Clees.
 * He is a successful doctor who is not married.


 * **Anthony Martson**
 * Anthony Martson is a younger, six feet tall, single man and is the first person to die in the mystery book. He dies from Cyanide poisoning.
 * He has a very nice car and likes to speed in it. Anthony kills by hitting John and Lucy Combs with his car while speeding down a road.


 * **General McCarthur**
 * General McCarthur was a general in the war who purposely killed Arthur Richmond when he found out Arthur had been seeing his wife by sending Arthur on a reconisance mission where it would take a miracle for Arthur to survive.
 * General McCarthur was invited to Indian Island by his old cronies from the war.


 * **Mr. Justice Wargrave**
 * Mr. Justice Wargrave is a wealthy retired judge who is convicted by the Indian Island owner of murdering Edward Seton who Justice Wargrave sentenced to the death penalty after being found guilty of murder.
 * He was invited to Indian Island by Lady Constance Culmington who was one of his old colleagues, and he is usually the leader of the discussions that the invitees of Indian Island have.

Well done. Good insights into each of the characters. Mrs. M

<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">October 22 Here are four examples of foreshadowing in chapter two that I found:
 * <span style="color: fuchsia; font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Choose one of the following: suspense or foreshadowing.
 * <span style="color: fuchsia; font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">With your small group, find four examples of suspense OR foreshadowing in chapter two.
 * <span style="color: fuchsia; font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Each member of your group must write on his or her WIKI page the exact wording from the book - that means type the sentences exactly as they are written.
 * <span style="color: fuchsia; font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Then, in a well-written paragraph, explain why these sentences clearly show either suspense or foreshadowing.

1. On page 31 Vera Claythorne read this poem which she found in her room in a frame...

//<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">"Ten little Indian boys went out to dine; // //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">One choked his little self and then there were nine. //

//<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Nine little Indian boys sat up very late; // //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">One overslept himself and then there were eight. //

//<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Eight little Indian boys traveling in Devon; // //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">One said he’d stay there and then there were seven. //

//<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Seven little Indian boys chopping up sticks; // //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">One chopped himself in halves and then there were six. //

//<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Six little Indian boys playing with a hive; // //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">A bumblebee stung one and then there were five. //

//<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Five little Indian boys going in for law; // //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">One got in Chancery and then there were four. //

//<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Four little Indian boys going out to sea; // //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">A red herring swallowed one and then there were three. //

//<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Three little Indian boys walking in the Zoo; // //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">A big bear hugged one and then there were two. //

//<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Two little Indian boys sitting in the sun; // //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">On got frizzled up and then there was one. //

//<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">One little Indian boy left all alone; // //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">He went and hanged himself and then there were none." //

2. On page 33 Dr. Armstrong thought... "There was something magical about an island- the mere word suggested fantasy. You lost touch with the world- and island was a world of its own. A world, perhaps, from which you might never return."

3. On page 36 Mr. Blore thought... "Funny the way they all eyed each other- as though they //knew// . . . ." Also... On page 36 Mr. Blore also thought...  "Remember this island when I was a kid. Never thought I'd be doing this sort of job in a house here. Good thing, perhaps, that one can't foresee the future. . . ."

4. On page 38 Emily Brent read this passage from her bible... // "The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken. The Lord is known by the judgement which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. The wicked shall be turned into hell." //

These four examples of foreshadowing each hint events that might take place in the story. The nursery rhyme that Vera Claythorne reads about the ten indians to me hints that all ten of the people invited might die in a specific way. Since the ten people are on Indian Island they could represent the Ten Little Indians in the nursery rhyme and each of the people possibly could de in the ways in which the nursery rhyme reads. Dr. Armstrong's thought about the island also hints to me that all the people invited to indian island will be killed because of the last sentence which reads, "A world, perhaps, from which you might never return." This may also foreshadow that they will lose touch with the rest of the world and be alone on Indian Island with no source of communication to the outside world. A third is example of foreshadowing is on page 36 when Mr. Blore says, "Funny the way they all eyed each other- as though they knew. . . ." To me this means that Mr. Blore probably knows something that the others do not. By this sentence, he hints that the other people are looking at each other as if they know something. That something he is talking about, I do not know, and I am pretty sure that the other characters do not know either. But, whatever that something is, Mr. Blore does know. By saying this he is foreshadowing something that possibly will happen in the future. Something that has to do with each of the ten people invited to the island. Also, on that same page in the book Mr. Blore has another foreshadowing thought. In this thought he hints three things. The first one being that he had been on this island before when he was a kid. The second being that he has some sort of job in this house. And because he is not a servant and partly because this is a mystery book, I think it may be foreshadowing that he has a job that isn't cleaning the dishes or making the beds. I think it may be a job in which a crime is involved. A fourth example of foreshadowing is on page 38 when Emily Brent was reading a passage from her bible at the very end of the chapter. This bible passage she read says that she could

Anders - your group chose good examples of foreshadowing. Be aware of spelling errors in your writing as well as punctuation mistakes. (Indian is ALWAYS capitalized, de should be die, Bible ALWAYS gets capitalized, too). Mrs. M

October 19

how might the title be a clue to the story?
===<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**In the second paragraph, make one prediction - something that you think might happen or something that you might expect about a character in the story.** ===

A mystery novel and a narrative differ from each other in a few ways. One way in which they differ from each other is that a narrative is a story about any persons experience which could be their life, a certain event in their life such as a sports event or a birthday or wedding celebration. While a mystery novel is a story about a suspenseful event whose outcome is mysterious or unknown throughout most of the story. Often mystery novels involve suspicious, cruel, and sneaky acts of some sort sometimes including murder, stealing, and/or other crimes.

I think that the title of the book And Then There Were Non__e__ is a big clue to the story plot. From the title, I have infered that this book is a murder mystery. The title implies that their is some sort of murderous plot to eliminate or reduce some sort of group of people down to none. Also, I noticed that the book can also be called __Ten Little Indian__s. This made me realize that their are ten people who have been invited to Indian Island. Since I am familiar with the nursery ryhme called Ten Little Indians in which all ten Indians are killed, I came to the conclusion that since there are ten people on Indian Island (representing the ten little Indians in the nursery ryhme) that somehow all ten of the people are going to be killed, and then, there will be none. I predict that the people that are invited to Indian Island are all going their for a reason and that all of them are connected to each other in some way.

Good. Your predictions are valid based on the clues. Hopefully some of your predictions will become reality Mrs, M