And Then There Were None

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And Then There Were None

• Agatha Christie

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And Then There Were Noneby Agatha
ChristieReading Goals

• As you read this novel, you will
• 1.) Describe characters and their relationships.
• 2.) Identify clues and predict when/where next
  clue will be found.
• 3.) Apply clues what they mean to the story.
• 4.) Analyze clues for relevance to story.
• 5.) Predict what will happen.

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Pre-Reading Anticipation

• Elements of this Mystery
• suspects
• alibi
• motive
• setting
• suspenseful plot
• red herring
• clues
• themes
• motifs

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Pre-Reading Discussion

• 1.) Think of a time you did something that was
  wrong and you felt guilty about it (guilty
  conscience). What was the situation?
• 2.) Does it make a difference if someone who is
  guilty is convinced that s/he is innocent? If
  s/he has a clear conscience?
• 3.) Do you think people who do bad things must
  be punished? How? Give specific scenarios.

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Pre-Reading Discussion

• 4.) Who has the power to judge another persons
  guilt or innocence? Why? How do these people get
  this power? Give a scenario to explain your
  opinion.
• 5.) Do you believe in using the death penalty?
  Why or why not? Give scenarios to explain your
  opinion.

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Pre-Reading Discussion
April 15, 2008

• Current event tie-in Did you hear this recent
  news report?
• How can these stats be explained?
• How does the U.S. rate? Why?
• How do these stats make you feel?

Source BBC News
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Death Penalty StatisticsU.S. Department of
Justice
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Death Penalty StatisticsU.S. Department of
Justice
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Death Penalty StatisticsU.S. Department of
Justice
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Pre-Reading Discussion Wrap-Up

• Based on the discussion points, what do you
  predict will happen in this novel?
• Add you knowledge of the title, how does that
  factor into a prediction?
• Spoiler Alert Dont let anyone spoil reading
  this novel, trying to solve the case, or
  whodunnit for you! Be your own detective!

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Vocabulary Detectives

• Define these words. When you find these words in
  novel, note the page number and contextual
  sentence next to their definitions in your
  journal.
• aeons
• adroitness
• ascertain
• babel
• bretheren
• capricious
• cosh
• cumbrous
• desultory
• exonerated
• farce
• fraternizing
• furtive
• idiosyncrasy
• incongruous
• indignation

1. inexorable
2. innocuous
3. larder (n.)
4. lassitude
5. mirthless
6. N in the woodpile (n. something suspicious-
   rel. to Underground Railroad)
7. palpably
8. perjury
9. primus
10. proxy
11. raucous
12. recrimination
13. red herring (n. diversion distraction)
14. righteousness
15. suffused
16. surreptitiously
17. truncheon
18. verisimilitude

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Vocabulary Detectives Example

• 22. N in the woodpile (n.) something
  suspicious historically related to slaves
  hiding along the Underground Railroad Chapter 2,
  page 35 Indian Island,eh? Theres a n in the
  woodpile.

This vocabulary log is worth 68 points plus the
words are tested on the final.
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ATTWN Reading Calendar

• Lets take a look at the Reading Calendars

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Setting (Burgh Island, England)
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Chapter 1

• Content Goal- Were getting to know the ten
  characters.
• Language Goal- We will sift through the names and
  descriptions to make a chart of the important
  characters.

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Chapter 1 Meeting Charactersduring reading
this chart is 7 columns and 11 rows
Characters Name (all 10) Traits, behaviors, physical description Who invited him/her? Why? Evidence of shady or suspicious past Actor who would play this character in your movie Order of death Manner of death


Fill in as much of this chart as possible during
chapter 1, continue the chart as more information
becomes available.
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Chapter 2

• Content Goal- While reading chapter 2, we will
  come up with 20 questions only the author could
  know the answer to.
• Language Goal- Well take a look at what we know
  and what to learn from this reading.

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Chapter 2 Asking Questions
during reading

• Ask Agatha Christie 20 questions as you read this
  chapter. Write your questions in your reading
  journal.
• Style
• Characters
• Setting
• Events
• Motivations
• Clues
• Indian Island

• Play along, the author will answer you, but it
  might not be until the end of the novel.
• We will discuss your questions as a class.

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Chapter 3

• Content Goal
• Language Goal

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Chapter 3 Making Connections
during or after reading

• Answer each prompt with a paragraph in your
  reading journal. Use text based details.
• 1.) React to characters, events, and conflict.
• 2.) Make connections to other characters or
  themes in life, books, or movies.
• 3.) Make connections to your own background
  knowledge or experiences.
• 4.) Predict what will happen to these characters
  and conflicts in upcoming chapters.
• 5.) Visualize characters and setting. What do
  characters look like, what does the house look
  like, what does the island look like?

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Chapter 4

• Content Goal
• Language Goal

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Chapter 4 Quiz Each Other
during and after reading

1. As you read chapter 4, write ten quiz questions.
   Choose the most important points of the chapter
   to quiz.
2. After finishing the chapter, trade your questions
   to a member of your group.
3. Answer the questions you receive in exchange
   without using your book.
4. Exchange quizzes again, and correct the one you
   wrote.
5. Journal How did you do? How did your partner
   do? Are there any reasons for excellent or poor
   performance? Record your reflection on the quiz
   you wrote.

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Chapter 5

• Content Goal
• Language Goal

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Chapter 5 10 Recurring Themes
during reading

• In your journal, write down ten
• Themes
• Concepts
• Events
• Characteristics
• Emotions
• that repeat through the novel so far.
• Give specific details from the novel as support.

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Chapter 6

• Content Goal
• Language Goal

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Chapter 6 Double Entry DiaryFill out this
chart with complete quotes and reactions.This
may take two sheets of paper.
Full quote with page number This reminds me of
Full quote with page number I wonder
Full quote with page number I infer (guess)
Full quote with page number This is important because
Full quote with page number I am confused because
Full quote with page number The picture in my head looks like
Full quote with page number I think this means
Full quote with page number I visualize
during and after reading
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Chapter 7

• Content Goal
• Language Goal

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Chapter 7 Literature Circle Part 1

• Each member of the group will choose a role and
  maintain that role during conversation. Be
  prepared to ask questions of your group and
  participate in the discussion. During reading
  half a page.
• Questioner Your job is to develop a list of four
  questions about chapter 7 that your group will
  discuss. Your task is to help circle members
  discuss the big ideas in the book and share their
  reactions.
• Predictor Your job is to predict what you think
  will happen next in this story. After each
  prediction defend your reasoning with text based
  details. This will be a paragraph of work.
• Illustrator Your job is to draw a picture or
  diagram related to the novel so far. It can be a
  sketch, cartoon, diagram, flow chart, or stick
  figure scene.
• Connector Your job is to find connections
  between And Then There Were None and current
  events, other books, movies, or something else.
  There are no wrong answers here. Whatever the
  novel reminds you of is a connection!

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Literature Circles Part 2

• Group Discussion Write your groups 7 answers
  on the second half of your chapter 7 paper.
• First, share your questions, prediction,
  illustration, and connection from Part 1. Record
  what each person shared.
• Questions asked answers
• Prediction text based details
• Illustration describe it or copy it
• Connections report on them
• 5. Summarize the chapter including five
  important events.
• 6. What questions did you have after reading
  this chapter?
• 7. What in this chapter surprised you?

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Chapter 8

• Content Goal
• Language Goal

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Chapter 8 Selective NotesQuote to Summarize
During reading

1. Write down 5 important (or potentially important)
   lines or quotations per page to make a complete
   summary of chapter 8. (This should fill your
   page.)
2. Add wording between your quotes so the summary
   flows.

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Chapter 9

• Content Goal
• Language Goal

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Chapter 9 Question-Answer Relationships
after reading
Copy this diagram/format and answer these twelve
questions in your journal. (Restate the question
in the answer, but dont copy the questions too.)
In the book In my head
Right There 1.) Who is U.N. Owen? 2.) What happens to the General? Author and You 1.) Did Dr. Armstrong murder Mrs. Rogers? 2.) Is there anyone you can eliminate from suspicion?
Think and Search 1.) What evidence points to Dr. Armstrong? 2.) Does being a judge or a doctor mean someone is less likely to murder? 3.) Are women too weak to murder? 4.) Will they be able to prove any of the accusations made in this chapter? On My Own 1.) Why did Mr. Lombard bring a gun? 2.) Did you think two deaths might be a coincidence? 3.) What do you think of Lombards story for coming to the island and having a gun? 4.) How do you feel learning that U.N. Owen must be one of us?
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Chapter 10

• Content Goal
• Language Goal

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Chapter 10 - Sociograms
after reading

1. Decide on a shape to represent each of the 10
   characters
2. Include the setting in your drawing.
3. Draw each character near others to show their
   relationships (i.e. living, how murdered,
   alliances/friendships, enemies)

an example from Hamlet
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Chapter 11

• Content Goal
• Language Goal

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Chapter 11 Inferential Conclusions
during reading
What the character says or does, a quote from the character, detail about character, event from story, comment about character from another character What I conclude about the character based on this information (focus on big, abstract ideas instead of concrete factual information)
Living character 1 I conclude
Living character 2 I conclude
Living character 3 I conclude
Living character 4 I conclude
Living character 5 I conclude
Living character 6 I conclude
Living character 7 I conclude
This chart has 8 rows and 2 columns- you need a
full sheet of paper
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Chapter 12

• Content Goal
• Language Goal

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Chapter 12 Making Inferences
during reading

• List 7 clues from the author (during chapter 12)
• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5
• 6
• 7

• What does this clue mean?
• So I conclude
• So I conclude
• So I conclude
• So I conclude
• So I conclude
• So I conclude
• So I conclude

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Chapter 13

• Content Goal
• Language Goal

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Chapter 13 Character Study
Fill this chart out before, during after reading
What Wargrave thinks
What Justice Wargrave says
Wargraves Feelings
Who Wargrave likes
Professional Information
Shady Past
Who Wargrave dislikes
What Wargrave does
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Chapter 14

• Content Goal
• Language Goal

Burgh Island is said to have been the
inspirational setting for both 'And Then There
Were None'
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Chapter 14 Cliffhanger
during reading
Write events from chapter 14 along the cliff.
Evidence for what I think will happen- at top of
cliff.
My prediction of what will happen chapters 15 to
end- at bottom of cliff
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Chapters 15-16

• Content Goal
• Language Goal

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Chapter 15-16 My Own Think Aloud
after reading

1. Connection to prior knowledge A few things I
   already knew about this (topic, chapters) are
2. Summary One way of saying what has happened in
   these chapters is
3. Mental image In my mind, I see
4. Prediction In the epilogue manuscript, I
   predict that
5. Question In the epilogue, a question I will
   answer is
6. Plan As I approach the next part of the reading,
   I believe I will need to

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Epilogue and Manuscript

• Content Goal
• Language Goal

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Epilogue ManuscriptCritical Questions Chart
Post-Reading
Elements of a text to be evaluated by readers. Tasks for readers to gather information for evaluative purposes. State the information from the text to support your evaluation.
Is the theme/message clear, concise, thoughtful and multi-layer? ___yes ___no Locate examples of the theme/message.
Does the evidence presented seem convincing? ___yes ___no Quote convincing evidence provided in the Epilogue and Manuscript.
Are the sources authoritative and reliable? ___yes ___no Provide evidence that supports statements in the manuscript.
Is the other side of the story represented? ___yes ___no Provide information form the novel that is opposite of the manuscripts message.
Does the authors appeal to your emotions affect your evaluation? ___yes ___no Quote persuasive language that appeals to your emotions in an attempt to sway your opinion.
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After the Novel Finish this Chart to prepare
for the testCh 1 - Meeting Characters
Characters Name (all 10) Traits, behaviors, physical description Who invited him/her? Why? Evidence of shady or suspicious past Actor who would play this character a your movie Order of death Manner of death