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November 1, 2010


 * 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:

** 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. ** Chapter 2 ** Two or three bulleted sentences explaining your events.

 -Time - 1920 - 1930
 * Setting ** -On Indian Island


 * Chapter 1 **


 * All the members of the group that go to Indian Island arrive on a train.
 * The characters are all curious an=bout the island because there has been alot of talk about it lately in the news.
 * Chapter 2 **
 * The characters arrive on boat to Indian Island.
 * IN this chapter we first heard the nursery rhym about the ten little indian boys.
 * Chapter 3 **
 * The characters are very suprised to hear the swan song and who t﻿hey all killed.
 * Mrs. Rogers fainted.
 * Chapter 4 **


 * The characters talk about the killings.
 * Anthony died because of choking.
 * Chapter 5 **
 * Vera makes the connection with the first line of the poem and Anthony's death.
 * All the characters are thinking about the swan swan song.
 * Chapter 6 **
 * Dr. Armstrong had a scary dream about being drunk on duty.
 * Mrs. Rogers died in her sleep.
 * Chapter 7 **
 * In this chapter, we find out that Beatrice Taylor took her own life.
 * Vera thinks that Mrs. Brent drove Beatrice mad so she took her own life.


 * Chapter 8 **
 * The characters talk about how Marston died.
 * Blore, Dr. Armstrong, and Lombard searched the island to see if there was any other people on the island or any hiding places.
 * Chapter 9 **
 * Lombard says that a little Jew boy paid him 100 guineas to come to the island.
 * The characters think that one of the people left on the island is Mr. Owen.
 * Chapter 10 **
 * Mr. Rogers locked up the door to the dining room and kept the key so no one could steal the little indian boys.
 * Phillip and Vera discuss about who they think is the killer.


 * Chapter 11 **
 * Mr. Rogers died because he was hit in the back of the head with an axe.
 * Vera had a laugh attack about bees and their hive and that was how the next person was going to die.
 * Chapter 12 **
 * Mrs. Brent died because she was stabbed in her neck with Dr. Armstrong's syringe.
 * All the characters come together and collect all of the guns and other leathel weapons. As it turns out Lombards gun was gone.
 * Blore finds out where the china figure was thrown and where the syringe was. As it turns out, the china figure and syringe were thrown out the window.

Good plot line, Sarah. You've hit on many of the main ideas from each chapter. Mrs. M

Epilouge Manuscript Climax - I think the climax is when the characters left on Indian Island figure out that one of the characters is the killer.
 * Chapter 13 **
 * Wargrave was shot in the head and was dressed in a judges costume.
 * Vera was almost scared to death because a piece of seaweed was hanging from the ceiling. The seaweed touched her neack and she thought is was a wet hand.
 * Chapter 14 **
 * Blore died because a bear shaped clock in the head from Vera's room.
 * Armstrong was found dead wedged in between some rocks.
 * Chapter 15 **
 * Lombard and Vera find Armstrong.
 * The characters were trying to give signals to the main island.
 * Chapter 16 **
 * Vera killed Lombard with a gun.
 * Vera hung herself.
 * Sir Thomas Leege and Inspector Main talk about how all the characters died.
 * The two men talk about who killed all of them, but soon come to the conclusion it was one of them!
 * Lawrance writes a letter and tells he is the one who killed the characters.
 * In this letter Lawrence also tells how he did it.

Good guess, Sarah. The climax occurs when the book/story takes a twist. In this book, that would be when Justice Wargrave fakes his death. Up until that time, everyone things he is in control, and they look to him for leadership and advice. Now he's gone!!! Even though HE knows he's not dead, no one else does except for Dr. Armstrong - and he's the next one to turn up dead. From Wargrave's death on, the falling action starts to occur until we get to the manuscript, where everything gets explained. That would be the resolution because now the mystery is solved! Mrs. M

October 25,2010 Example: · Very 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.

Vera Claythorn is a gym teacher and is going to be a secretary at Indian Island. On August 11th 1935, Vera Claythorn killed Cyril Ogilvie Hamilton.
 * Vera Claythorn **

General Mcaurthur was a general in WWl. He was accused of killing his wife's lover Aurthur Richmond, on January 4, 1917.
 * General John Gordon Mcarthur **

Emily Brent is older than the rest of the people on the island. On November 5th 1931 she was responsibe for the death of Beatrice Taylor.
 * Emily Caroline Brent **

Anthony Martson was accused of running over John and Lucy Combes in his car on November 14th. He was the first person to die in the book.
 * Anthony James Martson **

Thomas and Ethel Rogers are butlers in the house o Indian Isnd. They are accused of killing Jennifer Brady on May 6th, 1929.
 * Thomas and Ethel Rogers **

Good job! Mrs. M

October 21, 210 Assignment #2 Due October 22
 * Put a line above Assignment #1; assignment #2 will go above assignment #1.
 * Read chapter two.
 * Choose one of the following: suspense or foreshadowing.
 * With your small group, find four examples of suspense OR foreshadowing in chapter two.
 * 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.
 * Then, in a well-written paragraph, explain why these sentences clearly show either suspense or foreshadowing.
 * Read chapter three for Monday, October 25.

foreshadowing 1- "It's of no consequence," said the judge. "Very vague woman-and practically unreadable handwriting. I was just wondering if I'd come to the wrong house." (pg 35) I think this is an example of foreshadowing because maybe their will be a clue with hndwriting on it.

2- Drowned....Found drowned....Drowned at sea....Drowned-drowned-drowned.... No she would not think of it! All of that was over.... (pg 32) I think this is an example of foreshadowing because now I know that Vera is afraid of the sea because of a memory, and maybe that will play later in in the story.

3- Ten little Indian boys went out to dine; One choked his little self 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 playing with a hive; A bumblebee stung one and then there were Five. Five little Indian boys going in for law; One got into Chancery and then there were 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 were out in the sun; One got all frizzled up and then there was one. One little Indian boy left all alone; He went out and hanged himself and then there were none. I think this is an example of foreshadowing because the end of the poem has the title of the book so i suspect that there will be some connection between the twoin the rest o0f the book.

4- Philip Lombard said sharply: "must be difficult to land here in dirty weather." Fred Narracott said cheerfully: "Can't land on Indian Island when there's a southeasterly. Sometimes 'tis cut off for a week or more."

I think this is an example of foreshadowing because maybe there will be a storm when the murderer is on the island and then no one can get off and thenthere wil be none.

Your group chose excellent examples of foreshadowing! I especially like the one about Vera. Mrs. M

October 19,2010
 * = how does a mystery novel differ from a narrative? =
 * = how might the title be a clue to the story? =

=== Assignment: Add a new page and name it LAST NAME + AND THEN THERE WERE NONE. Create a link from your page to the student pages. On your new page, answer the two questions above in one solid paragraph. 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 narrative is basicly just any story weather true or fictitious. A Novel is a fictitious story that is almost all of the time very complex and long. In some ways a novel and a narrative are the same, but I would say the biggest differance is length and complexity. I think the title might be a clue to the story because the title is __And Then There Were None__, so maybe there will be no people left in the end of the story. The title might also help because when I am reading the story Ican think of the title and then I could predict what happens in the rest of the book. Something that I predict in the story is that the character that is the least suspecting will be the one who murders another person. I think this because all mysteries have to have a suprise in the book at some point. I also think this because for a story to be good it has to lead you on to keep reading the book, and alot of people have said they liked it so it must make you want to read on.

Hi Sarah- Good observations about having clues in a novel. The surprises keep you interested and allow you to see if you made plausible predictions. You need a link to the 'here' page. This page should go directly back to that. Mrs. M