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Sean M Q's 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.

These events should be below the previous chapters as they follow sequentially. Please fix that. Mrs. M

November 1, 2010 ** Assignment #4: Chapters 1-6 Due Wednesday, November 3 ** ** 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.
 * 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.
 * For example:

** Chapter 2 **

Two or three bulleted sentences explaining your events. Setting: Devon Coast, Indian Island; 1930's 1.) 2.) 3.) 4.) 5.) 6.) 7.) 8.) 9.) 10.) 11.) 12.) 13.) 14.) 15.) 16.) Epilogue and manuscript.) Sean, Does your format follow the desired one? Refer to the example given.  Mrs. M
 * The guests are making their way to Indian Island.
 * You get to know each character a bit.
 * The guests arrive in Devon and take a boat over to Indian Island.
 * They arrive at the island and get to know each other before dinner.
 * The guests have eaten dinner and are talking amongst themselves.
 * Suddenly, a voice comes out of no where accusing each of murder.
 * They discuss the accusations against them.
 * After Anthony Marston takes a drink from his glass he collapses suddenly.
 * The guests are shocked about how Anthony Marston died and try to get to the bottom of it.
 * The chapter ends when everyone goes to bed the first night.
 * The guests are waiting for the morning supply man.
 * Mrs.Rogers would not wake up in the morning.
 * Emily Brent tells Vera Claythorn how Beatrice Taylor dies.
 * Dr. Armstrong and Lombard conclude they should search the island in search of the killer.
 * Blore, Lombard, and Armstrong search the island for the killer.
 * General MacArthur has gone crazy.
 * General MacArthur is found dead. He was bludgeoned to death.
 * The guests realize one of them is the killer.
 * People are questioning each other over who killed the General.
 * Emily Brent is starting to go mad.
 * Rogers was found dead. He had a hatchet in the back of his head.
 * Vera Clathorne has started to go crazy.
 * Emily Brent is killed by a syringe to the neck.
 * Wargrave suggests they lock away any weapons and toxins
 * Everyone is wondering where the revolver is.
 * Jusctice Wargrave was shot in the head with the revolver. He was dressed in a judge's uniform.
 * The remaining four eat dinner and go to bed
 * Blore wakes up at the end of the chapter to mysterious noises outside his room
 * Vera does not want to spend another night in the house
 * Vera tells Lombard of these judges that went to a town to deliver justice, pure justice. They did not come from this world.
 * This is the climax Are you sure? We know from the poem what is about to come; it is too predictable to be the climax. When did chaos break out? When did the leadership disappear, and feelings of distrust and lack of civilization occur? That would have come with Wargrave's death. Up until that time, he led the charge. Now they become more frantic and illogical as their revered leader is gone!
 * Mrs. M
 * Philip and Vera are the only ones left and believe the other person did it.
 * Vera shoots Lombard and then hangs herself.
 * The detectives are trying to figure out who killed these people
 * They can't seem to find who killed them all
 * A manuscript is found in a bottle that tells how Wargrave killed them all and how he committed suicide

October 25, 2010 Example: · ** Vera Claythorne ** Sentence #1 about Vera Claythorne Sentence #2 about Vera Claythorne Vera Claythorne is a gym teacher striving to become a secretary. Vera Claythorne is accused of killing Syril Ogilvi on te eleventh (?) day of August, 1935 General Macarthur was a general in WWI. He was accused of killing his wife's lover, Aurthur Richmond, by sending him to die on January 4th, 1917. Emily Brent older than the rest of the guests on the island. On November 5, 1931, she was responsible for the death of Beatrise Taylor.
 * 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.
 * **Very Claythorne**
 * **General Macarthur**
 * **Emily Caroline Brent**

Dr.Armstrong was a doctor in a hospital. He killed Louisa Mary Clees when he operated on her drunk. Oops! Where's the 5th character explanation? By this time in the story, you should be able to give a few more details about each character. Don't take the easy way out! Mrs. M
 * **Dr. Armstrong**

October 20, 2010


 * 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

"He thought to himself, 'He'll ask me now if I was old enough to be in the war. These old boys always do.' But General Macarthur did not mention the war." (p.22) I think this means Philip Lombard already knows about General Macarthur and decided not to ask him about the war for fear of something. Maybe Philip Lombard was in the war and knew Genera l Macarthur. Another possible answer is that General Macarthur was not in the war and is faking it and Philip Lombard knows that. Maybe, he just thought it was rude to ask people if they were in the war and thought it would be polite not to mention it.

"Queer business when you came to think of it- the whole thing was queer- very queer." (p.26) I think this means that something weird is going on, but they cannot get to the bottom of it yet. Maybe it was a hoax sending them to Indian Island. There is something very weird about their host not being on the island with them. Also, it seems as if all the guests have something to hide.

"Ten little Indian boys went out to dine; One choked his little self and then there were nine." (p.31) There are ten people on Indian Island and the poem mentions ten Indians. They are the ten Indians and they will slowly die one by one. This means someone will probably die sometime soon because they choke. At the end of chapter two it talks about them getting ready for dinner. One might die at this dinner tonight.

"Remember this island when I was a kid. Never thought I'd be doing this sort of a job in a house here.. Good thing, perhaps, that one can't foresee the future...." (p.36) Is he hinting at something happening in the future? It seems odd considering he almost says that like he knows what will happen in the future. If he does know what will happen in the future why won't he mention this to anyone. It obviously can't be good. If he knows what will happen and the host is not there with the guests on the island, maybe he is the host. Maybe he was behind all of this! Love the explanations! The idea that the entire event is a hoax leads the reader down a different path. And to think that General Macarthur is faking it is an interesting thought! Great job! Mrs. M

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 narrative tells a series of events while a mystery does that yet solves a question. A mystery tends to be fiction while a narrative can be both fiction and nonfiction. The title is a clue to the story because I think it means at the end, no one will be left. Whether or not that is correct, I don't know. Excellent insight regarding your mystery explanation. A question (or maybe more than one) must be resolved for the mystery genre. Mrs. M Links are good, too!