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 * -**And Then There Were None

Link to Student PagesLink to here **December 7, 2009Assignment #4: Chapters 1-16** Time and Place Two or three bulleted phrases explaining your events.
 * 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 - to reflect the rising action.
 * Identify each chapter and put the two or three events as bullet points under the chapter number.
 * 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.
 * For example:
 * Setting**
 * Setting**
 * Chapter 1**

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

The setting in this novel is at Indian Island, and the time seems to be in the early 1900's.
 * __Setting__**

- this chapter introduces all of the people in the book, and why they will go to the island. **
 * __Chapter 1__-

- This chapter is when all the people who are going to the island meet one another. - They also take a boat ride to the island. (One of them sees that the boat is very small.)
 * __Chapter 2-__

__Chapter 3-__ -In this chapter, it starts with everyone eating dinner, and they notice the 10 indians in the middle of the table. -This chapter also contains a part where a mysterious voice says all the people the people at the island have killed someone. (The record is named "Swan song") -In my point of view, this is a key chapter.

__Chapter 4-__ -In This chapter, everyone tells the story of what went on with the deaths that the tape said. - Some of them Deny that they killed anyone.

__Chapter 5-__ -The biggest part of this chapter is that Anthony takes a drink, and he dies. Everyone thinks it was suicide. -And, when Wargrave prepares for bed, he thinks about Edward Seton.

__Chapter 6-__ - Armstrong has a nightmare in which he is at an operating table, thinking he must kill the person on the table. (The person looks like Emily Brent) - Mrs. Rogers dies in her sleep. - The boat from the main land never comes.

**__**Chapter 7-**__ -Lombard and Armstrong consult with echother. -They think that Rogers may have killed his wife by himself. -They decide to search the island for Mr. Owens.

__**Chapter 8-**__ -Lombard has a revolver. -They hear someone upstairs, but it is Mr. Rogers. -They first relize that they are the only people on the island.
 * -**They make a sweep of the small island, finding nothing.

-Blore thinks that Armstrong gave Mrs. Rogers an overdose -Macarthur is found dead because on a hit on the head. -They think that Mr. Owens is one of the guests.
 * __Chapter 9-__

__Chapter 10-__ -Emily thinks she is mad because she writes in her journal that Beatrice Taylor is the killer. -The Bathroom curtain is gone. -Everyone goes to bed except for Rogers, he locks the doors so nobody can steal the indian figures.

__Chapter 11-__ -When everyone wakes up Rogers is missing -They see that another statue is missing -They find Rogers dead with a hatchet wound in the back of his neck

__Chapter 12-__ -Emily feels woozy -Emily is found killed by a hypodermic syringe -They see a bee in the window.(remember, "A bumblebee stung one, and then there were five.") -They decide to lock all the harmful things away, but the revolver is missing.

__Chapter 13-__ -Vera goes to take a shower, but she feels something clammy touch her throat, she screams. It ends up to be a piece of seaweed. -They all run upstairs to help, but Wargrave was still downstairs. -They find him shot in the head, sitting in a chair. -He is dressed like a judge.

__Chapter 14-__** -They see Armstrong walking out the front door. -They go look for him. -Vera hears breaking glass. -They think Armstrong has vanished, and they find a smashed windowpane and three Indian figurines.
 * -Lombard finds the gun in his room.

**__**Chapter 15-**__ -There are only three people left alive. (Vera, Blore, and Lombard) -They make planes to signal to the main land. -A bear shaped clock crushes the head of Blore. It was thrown from Vera's window. -They find Armstrong's body.

__**Chapter 16-**__ -Vera steels the revolver from him, he lunges at her but is shot through the heart. -Vera is very happy that she is alone. -She goes back to the house, and drops the revolver on the stairs. -She gets to her room, and finds a noose and a chair hanging from the black hook where the seaweed once hung. -She think of Hugo, and hangs herself. Wow! Great job on picking out key events. You will have lots of information when we create plot lines.
 * -Vera think Lombard is the killer.

Mrs. M **

__December 5, 2009 Assignment 3 Choose five characters Write two sentences telling what you know about him or her.__
 * Mr. Rogers-** Mr. Rogers is a butler for the house on Indian Island. He was a tall lank man, gray-haired and very respectable. In my opinion, he was a very nice man, and good at his job. I think this because he is very nice to the guests.
 * Mrs. Rogers-** Mrs. Rogers is also a butler for the house and is married to Mr. Rogers. She is has a flat monotonous voice. In Vera's opinion, she was a,"White bloodless ghost of a woman. Very respectable looking, with her hair dragged back from her face with her black dress. Queer light eyes that shifted the whole time from place to place." I think she is also good at her job because she cares about the guests. For example, she asks Vera,"I hope you have everything you want, Miss?" This shows that she cares about what Vera wanted.
 * Miss Emily Brent-** Miss Emily Brent is 65, and did not approve of lounging. her father was a Colonel of the old school. She came to Indian Island because she got a letter from a person she met on her last summer's holiday.
 * Dr. Armstrong-** Dr. Armstrong drove a Morris, and he was very good at his job. He was a very intelligent man who is very curious about things.
 * Vera Claythorne-** Vera Claythorne was a former governess who comes to Indian Island to serve as a secretary to Mrs. Owen. She wants to escape her past in which she killed a small boy in her care.

Great job! Perhaps as you read, you will find out more about Dr. Armstrong. Why was he invited to Indian Island? Why are his crimes unforgivable? Mrs. M

__chapter 2__ december 2, 2009 The first example of suspense is, after Mr. Davis asks if anyone wanted a nip before leaving, he says, "Mustn't delay, then. Our good host and hostess will be expecting us." I think this is an example of suspense because it seems like he is trying to hurry everybody up to get to the island, almost as if something important would happen when they arrive. The next example would be, when Emily Brent said, " That's a very small boat." I think this is also an example of suspense because if the owners of the island would be so rich, why would they have such a small boat? It seems like everything just is not right, and this makes it more interesting. The third example, would be when Fred Narracott thinks, " This was a queer lot. Not at all his idea of what Mrs.Owen's guests were likely to be." This is suspense because it makes the reader want to know what Mrs. Owen is like, or why she is truly having them come. It is suspense because it adds more thing the reader has to think about, and piece together. And lastly, when Philip Lombard said sharply, " Must be difficult to land here in dirty weather." This is suspense in my mind because why would they make it so difficult to get on and off the island? this also makes you think about what the Owens are really trying to do, or if they are trying to trap them there. These are all examples of suspense, and they all make the novel more interesting, and more fun to read. Ryan- Good examples of suspense. This certainly adds to the novel and makes the reader want to continue reading to find out what happens next - exactly what a mystery novelist wants to have happen. Be sure and link to the 'AND THEN THERE WERE NONE' page. Not too many students have done this correctly. Mrs. M
 * __SUSPENSE...__**

_ __November 30th, 2009 chapter 1__ = how does a mystery novel differ from a narrative? = = how might the title be a clue to the story? =
 * I think that a mystery novel differs from a narrative in a few ways. First, I think that a mystery novel contains clues and hints, and the main part of the story is not shown until the end of the book. In a narrative, the story is mostly straight forward, and you are not trying to figure things out. And lastly, I think that most mystery novels leave you wanting to read more because they are cliffhangers. Most narrative books are not like this.

I think that the title, And Then There Were None__, might mean that someone stole something very important, that people needed. For example, someone stole all the gas or oil in a town. Or, instead of someone steeling something, people may just run out of something very important to them, and the story is about finding a way to get it back.

Ryan- Good explanation for what makes a mystery; most mystery authors are very good at cliffhangers! Check your spelling and comma placement; I see one error for each category.

Mrs. M