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

Past time on Indian Island
 * Setting**
 * Chapter 1**
 * All of the characters are introduced and we are made known a little about each one.
 * The characters do not know much about the island, except for the stuff that is said in the news.


 * Chapter 2**
 * The characters arrive on Indian Island and settle in.
 * Their host is no where to be found
 * Some of the characters read the nursery rhyme in each of their bedrooms about ten little indians.
 * Chapter 3**
 * The guests are all sitting in the drawing-room when a gramophone starts accusing them of murders.
 * Mr. Rogers confesses to playing the gramophone, but only because Mr. Owen instructed him to play it.
 * After hearing the accusations, they find Mrs. Rogers laying on the ground in a huddle.
 * Chapter 4**
 * The characters tell their side of their story on the accusations.
 * They decide they want to leave the island first thing in the morning.
 * Anthony Marston chokes after taking a sip of his drink.


 * Chapter 5**
 * Mr. Marston is announced dead by Dr. Armstrong.
 * They conclude that Mr. Marston committed suicide.


 * Chapter 6**
 * The characters realize that the motor boat has not yet come like it usually does every morning.
 * Mr. Rogers tells Dr. Armstrong that they started off with ten little indian figurines in the middle of the table. Last night when he was clearing the table, he realized there were nine left. This morning he came and found out that there were now only eight figurines.


 * Chapter 7**
 * Vera and Emily go out to watch for the boat which is no where to be found.
 * Emily tells Vera about Beatrice Taylor and her death.
 * Dr. Armstrong notices that the nursery rhyme in everyone's rooms fits in with what is happening on the island.


 * Chapter 8**
 * Dr. Armstrong, Mr. Lombard, and Mr. Blore start there exploration on the island to find the murderer.
 * When the search was practically over, they had not found anything suspicious on the island.
 * The three men heard footsteps from the room in which Mrs. Rogers' body lay and went to inspect it, only to find out it was Mr. Rogers gathering his belongings to move to a different room.


 * Chapter 9**
 * Mr. Lombard is asked why he brought a revolver on the island and he tells them that he was payed to come and keep his eyes open.
 * Dr. Armstrong goes to get General Macarthur for lunch only to find out that he had been killed.


 * Chapter 10**
 * The characters now know that all three deaths could not have been suicide.
 * They go to their rooms and lock the doors for safety.
 * Mr. Rogers decides to lock the dining room and pocket the key so nobody plays any Indian tricks on them that night.


 * Chapter 11**
 * When everyone wakes up in the morning they find that Emily Brent and Mr. Rogers are both missing.
 * The guests find Mr. Rogers murdered where he was chopping sticks for a fire. His death followed the nursery rhyme**.**
 * Emily Brent later shows up saying she was walking around the island.
 * Everyone now suspects Emily Brent for killing Mr. Rogers because she was no where to be found at the time of his death.


 * Chapter 12**
 * Emily Brent is left alone in the kitchen and when the guests come back to get her, they find her dead.
 * Ms. Brent was injected in the neck with Potassium Cyanide.
 * There was a bumble bee sitting on the windowpane. They think it was placed there so her death would still follow the nursery rhyme.


 * Chapter 13**
 * There are five people left on the island.
 * When Vera Claythorne went into her room, she feels something like a hand touch her back. It turns out to be sea weed, but no body knows where it came from.
 * Chapter 14**
 * When Mr. Lombard goes to bed that night, he realizes that his revolver is back in the drawer where it had earlier disapeared from.
 * When Mr. Blore is lying in bed he hears noises outside his room.
 * He decides to go check it out and sees someone slipping out the front door.
 * He checks all the rooms and finds out that Dr. Armstrong is no longer in his room.
 * Chapter 15**
 * The three remaining guests are out on the island trying to send signals to the mainland.
 * Vera does not want to go back into the house, but Blore wants to go get something to eat.
 * While Vera and Mr. Lombard were waiting for him to return, they hear him scream.
 * They run and find his skull crushed by a marble clock dropped from Vera's bedroom window.
 * They realize that his death follows the nursery rhyme.
 * Chapter 16**
 * Vera and Lombard find Dr. Armstrong's dead body.
 * Vera tells Lombard she wants to move it away from the water and while they are moving it she grabs the rovolver out of his pocket.
 * Vera shoots Lombard and decides to go inside to get some sleep.
 * When she gets inside she trys to remember the last line of the nursery rhyme.
 * She gets to her room and sees a rope with a chair under it.
 * She remembers that the last line says "He went and hanged himself and then there were none".
 * Vera thinks that Hugo wants her to hang herself, so that is what she does.
 * Epilogue**
 * Two policemen are inspecting the case on the island.
 * They realize that it could not be Vera because the chair she kicked away was pushed up against the wall.
 * They think that there had to be another living body after Vera's death.
 * Manuscript**
 * Mr. Justice Wargrave writes a letter and puts it in a bottle telling the story of what happened on Indian Island.
 * The letter explained that Justice Wargrave was the murderer and how he murdered everyone.
 * He faked his own death with the help of Dr. Armstrong.


 * Climax**
 * The climax of the story was in the manuscript when Justice Wargrave revealed that he was the killer.
 * You can tell that this is the climax because every thing in the story leads up to who the killer is.

When the killer is revealed in the manuscript, all the unanswered questions are answered. These answers are considered to be the resolution because of that. When does the entire tone of the book shift? When does the key character get 'killed'? After that victim falls, the rest of the story goes downhill (falling action). There is less trust, less civilization, and more suspicions. No one really trusts the other, although some erroneous partnerships develop. Good job on your plot line. Mrs. M

Assignment #3: Chapter 3 : Due Wednesday, October 27 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.

October 25, 2010

Mr. Armstrong was accused of killing Louisa Mary Clees. Mr. Armstrong used to be an alcoholic and is currently a doctor. Mr. Blore was accused of the death of James Stephen Landor. Mr. Blore knew all of the people that were going to be on the island. Ms. Brent was accused of the death of Beatrice Taylor. Ms. Brent took care of Beatrice Taylor and was accused of driving her to take her own life. Mr. Marston was accused of killing John and Lucy Combes. Mr. Marston was the first on the island to die. Mr. Lombard was accused of the death of twenty-one East African tribes men. Mr. Lombard carries a revolver around on the island.
 * **Edward George Armstrong**
 * **William Henry Blore**
 * **Emily Caroline Brent**
 * **Anthony Marston**
 * **Philip Lombard**

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.

"There is a wasp climbing up your arm. No keep quite still." (page 20) "Good-looking fellow. Something just a little wrong about him...." (page 21) "Funny place to meet him...here-out of the world". (page 34) "Indian Island, eh? There's a fly in the ointment." (page 35)

The first sentence is suspense because you don't know if the wasp is going to sting her or just fly away. It makes you want to find out quickly. It could also be foreshadowing because in the poem it says, "Six little Indian boys playing with a hive; a bumblebee stung one and then there were five" (page 31). The second sentence is foreshadowing because the end of the sentence leads you to question what is going to happen. The third sentence is foreshadwing because you don't know how they knew each other from the past. It leads you to believe that something has happened between them in the past. The fourth sentence is suspense because you don't really know what they mean and it makes you want to find out what it means by reading further into the book.

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

A mystery novel differs from a narrative because a myster always leaves you asking questions. You are always wondering what is going to happen next. A mystery gives you clues about what is happening but usually does not give you the answer until the end of the story. A narrative is one person's point of a story. It usually doesn't leave you asking questions and you usually always know what is happening in the story. The title might be a clue to the story because maybe in the end no one will be left on the island. The title is part of the mystery because you do not know what is going to happen.

I think that each one of the guests going to the island has a secret that they have not revealed. I also think that someone knows all of their secrets so that is why they were all summoned to the island. This sounds like a really great book! I can't wait to finish it!