And Then There Were None mystery unit 1
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And Then There Were None mystery unit 1
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie Reading Goals As you read this novel, you will: 1. ) Identify clues to make informed predictions. 2. ) Analyze characterization to make informed predictions. 3. ) Analyze characters and their relationships with each other to demonstrate understanding of cause and effect. 4. ) To evaluate characters’ decisions 2
Pre-Reading Anticipation Elements of this Mystery v suspects v alibi v motive v setting v suspenseful plot v red herring v clues v themes v motifs v acquit 3
Vocabulary Detectives The following is a list of vocabulary words chosen for this novel; all these words will be assessed on the final. 1. adroitness 2. ascertain 3. brethren 4. capricious 5. cumbrous 6. earnest 7. exonerated 8. farce 9. fraternizing 10. furtive 11. idiosyncrasy 12. impious 13. incongruous 14. indignation 15. inexorable 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. innocuous lassitude maudlin mirthless palpably perjury proxy raucous recrimination red herring* righteous sagacity surreptitiously tenacious verisimilitude 4
Vocabulary Detectives Example When you find these words in the novel, follow this model to format your answers. Notice the parenthetical citation uses the MLA format. righteousness– (n. ) morally right or justifiable; arising from an outraged sense of justice or morality “Enveloped in an aura of righteousness and unyielding principles, Miss Brent sat in her crowded third-class carriage and triumphed over its discomfort and its heat” (Christie 7). 5
Setting (Burgh Island, England) 6
Burgh Island, England -cliffs -modern hotel (mansion? ? ) 7
Chapter 1 (I) v Content Goal- We’re getting to know the ten characters and making inferences about their personalities and pasts. v Language Goal- We will sift through the names and descriptions to make a chart of the important characters. (+2) v Vocabulary Detective: righteousness (+3) 8
Chapter 1 – Meeting Characters Fill in the shaded boxes while reading chapter 1, continue the chart through the whole novel as more information becomes available. (+22) This is on the novel’s final. Character’s Physical Name traits and behaviors Who invited him/her and why? Evidence of suspicious past – who, why, and how? Order of death (1 st, 2 nd, etc. ) Manner of death – riddle & reality Justice Lawrence Wargrave Vera Claythorne Captain Philip Lombard Emily Brent General Macarthur Dr. Armstrong Anthony “Tony” Marston Mr. Blore (a. k. a. Mr. Davis) Mr. Rogers 9
Chapter 2 (II) v Content Goal- to make connections and get engaged in the characters and plot of the novel v Language Goal- We’ll assess what we know and what we need to learn from this reading. (+2) v Vocabulary Detectives: fraternizing, red herring, surreptitious [bonus word: malevolent] (+9) 10
during reading Chapter 2 – Asking Questions Ask Agatha Christie 20 open-ended questions that you think only she knows the answer to. She might even answer them later in this novel. (+20) Model: Will Vera and Lombard get together romantically? Not a model: Who will die first? Who will die second? v Play along, the author will answer you, but it might not be until the end of the novel. v We will discuss your questions as a class. 11
Chapter 3 (III) v Content Goal- To increase personal connection to the novel through “making connections” journaling. v Language Goal- To write journals, to read the chapter, to listen and discuss connections with cooperative groups. (+2) v Vocabulary Detectives: adroitly, verisimilitude (+6) 12
during or after reading Chapter 3 – Making Connections Answer each prompt with a paragraph. Restate the question and use two text based details from chapter 3 in each answer. (+15) 1. ) React to characters, events, and conflict. 2. ) Make connections to other characters or themes in TV, books, or movies. 3. ) Make connections to your own background knowledge or life experiences. 4. ) Predict what specific things that will happen to these characters and conflicts in upcoming chapters. 5. ) Visualize characters or setting. What do characters look like, what does the house look like, what does the island look like? 13
Chapter 4 (IV) admit lie v Content Goal- (for kinesthetic learners) to gain content knowledge by doing. We will evaluate important story elements, prove comprehension, and reflect on the process. v Language Goal- to write quizzes, to read the chapter, to listen to group members, and to discuss corrections. (+2) v Vocabulary Detectives: exonerated (+3) Slide 14
Chapter 4 – Quiz Each Other during and after reading As you read chapter 4, write nine quiz questions. Choose the most important points of the chapter to quiz and format yours like CAT questions. 1. theme, 2. summary, 3. inference, 4. prediction, 5. conflict, 6. compare/contrast, 7. cause/effect, 8. author’s purpose, 9. evaluate choices/decisions 1. 2. 3. 4. After finishing the chapter, write then trade your questions to a member of your group (+9). Answer the questions you receive in exchange (+27). Exchange quizzes again, and correct the one you wrote (+9). Reflection Journal: How did you do? How did your partner do? Are there any reasons for excellent or poor performance? Record your reflection of five or more sentences on the quiz you wrote. (+5) 15
Chapter 5 (V) v Content Goal- to recognize the elements Agatha Christie repeats to recognize her purpose and literary elements. v Language Goal- read, write, speak, and listen collaboratively while evaluating important repetitions (+2) v Vocabulary Detectives: capricious, indignation (+6) 16
during reading Chapter 5 – Recurring Elements v List any ten elements that repeat through the novel so far and support each item on the list with two text-based details as evidence (+10) You might choose from: vthemes, motifs vrepetitive events vcharacteristics of house guests vemotions of house guests 17
Chapter 6 (VI) v Content Goal- We will actively read the text by personalizing passages in a double entry diary. v Language Goal- read, write, speak, and listen collaboratively while making connections with text elements (+2) v Vocabulary Detectives: none this chapter 18
Chapter 6 – Double Entry Diary Fill out this chart with complete quotes and parenthetical citations (+8) and your connections to the text (+8). 1. Full quote with page number This reminds me of… because… 2. Full quote with page number I wonder… because… 3. Full quote with page number I infer (guess)… because… 4. Full quote with page number This is important because… 5. Full quote with page number I am confused because… 6. Full quote with page number The picture in my head looks like… because… 7. Full quote with page number I think this means… because… 8. Full quote with page number I visualize… because… during and after reading 19
Chapter 7 (VII) v Content Goal- to write CAT questions to check our knowledge and analyze the events and characters. v Language Goal- read, write, speak, and listen collaboratively while creating and answering CAT questions (+2) v Vocabulary Detectives: none this chapter 20
Chapter 7 – Character Sketch 21
Chapter 8 (VIII) v Content Goal- to select most important details from the full text to summarize thoroughly v Language Goal- read, write, speak, and listen collaboratively while evaluating important plot elements (+2) v Vocabulary Detectives: indignation, righteous [both are repeats], furtive, proxy (+6) 22
During reading Chapter 8 – Selective Notes Write down 3 sentences per page of chapter 8 to make a complete summary of the chapter and fill your paper. You could add wording between your quotes so the summary flows. (16 pages) Another way to look at this is: write a summary of chapter 8 using 48 text-based details. (+48) Example of page 109 summary: You don’t think this Owen’s idea might be to do this job by proxy? Young Mr. Marston gets the wind up and poisons himself. Cyanide- not a natural thing to be carrying about. 23
Chapter 9 (IX) v Content Goal- to understand elements the author makes obvious versus ones she wants you to think about more. v Language Goal- read, write, speak, and listen collaboratively while thinking critically about the text (+2) v Vocabulary Detectives: exonerated (repeated), idiosyncrasy, mirthless, perjury, recrimination (+12) 24
Chapter 9 – Question-Answer Relationships Answer these twelve questions. (+12) In the book In my head Right There 1. ) Who is U. N. Owen? 2. ) What (specifically) happens to the General? Author and You 7. ) Did Dr. Armstrong murder Mrs. Rogers? 8. ) Is there anyone you can eliminate from suspicion? Think and Search 3. ) What evidence points to Dr. Armstrong? 4. ) Does being a judge or a doctor mean someone is less likely to murder? 5. ) Are women too weak to murder? 6. ) Will they be able to prove any of the accusations made in this chapter? On My Own 9. ) Why do you think Mr. Lombard brought a gun? 10. ) Did you think first two deaths might be a coincidence? 11. ) What do you think of Lombard’s story for coming to the island having a gun? 12. ) How do you feel learning that U. N. 25 Owen must be “one of us”?
Chapter 10 (X) v Content Goal- to analyze the relationships between all the characters (dead or alive) to reassess who U. N. Owen is. v Language Goal- read, write, speak, and listen collaboratively while analyzing character interactions (+2) v Vocabulary Detectives: surreptitiously [repeated], tenacious (+3) 26
after reading Chapter 10 - Sociograms an example from Hamlet 1. Decide on a shape to represent each of the 10 characters (and Owen). (+10) 2. Consider including the setting in your drawing. 3. Draw each character near others to show their relationships (i. e. living, how murdered, alliances/friendships, enemies…) (+10) 27
Chapter 11 (XI) v Content Goal- to use clues Agatha Christie puts in the text to infer information about the living characters v Language Goal- read, write, speak, and listen collaboratively to draw conclusions (+2) v Vocabulary Detectives: perjury (repeat), ascertain, earnest, impious (+9) 28
during reading Chapter 11 – Inferential Conclusions TEXT-BASED DETAILS: a significant comment/detail about the character from chapter 11 with a parenthetical citation (+7) What I conclude about the character based on this information (+7) Vera + TBD I conclude… Emily + TBD I conclude… Mr. Rogers + TBD I conclude… Dr. Armstrong + TBD I conclude… Capt. Lombard + TBD I conclude… Justice Wargrave + TBD I conclude… Mr. Blore + TBD I conclude… 29
Chapter 12 (XII) v Content Goal- We will draw conclusions about characters, events, and conflicts based on information from this chapter. v Language Goal- We will read the chapter, write our conclusions, listen to group members’ conclusions, and discuss our own. (+2) v Vocabulary Detectives: cumbrous (+3) 30
during reading Chapter 12 – Drawing Conclusions List 7 text-based details (clues) from chapter 12 and cite them parenthetically (+7) • • 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 What does this clue mean? (+7) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. So I conclude… So I conclude… 31
Chapter 13 (XIII) v Content Goal- to pay particular attention to details surrounding Justice Wargrave and make inferences v Language Goal- read, write, speak, and listen collaboratively to critically analyze characterize (+2) v Vocabulary Detectives: none this chapter 32
Chapter 13 – Character Study put 2 text-based details in each box (no repeats) (+16) What Justice Wargrave says… professional information Wargrave’s feelings What Wargrave thinks… shady past description who Wargrave dislikes actions by or to him 33
Chapter 14 (XIV) Burgh Island is said to have been the inspirational setting for And Then There Were None. v Content Goal- to make connections to prior knowledge, summarize, and make predictions v Language Goal- read, write, speak, and listen collaboratively while predicting the conclusion of the novel (+2) v Vocabulary Detectives: farce, sagacity (+6) 34
after reading Chapter 14 – My Own Think Aloud Answer these questions by restating the question a supporting each answer with two text-based details. (+15) 1. Connection to prior knowledge: A few things I already knew about this (character, weapon, poem) are… 2. Summary: One way of saying what has happened in this chapter is… (beginning, middle, and end) 3. Mental image: In my mind, I see… 4. Prediction: In chapters 15 -16, I predict that… 5. Question: One question I’ve had since the beginning that I think will be answer in chapter 15 -16 is… 35
Chapters 15 -16 (XV – XVI) v Content Goal- to make predictions before and after these chapters; to track plot elements during chapters 1516 v Language Goal- read, write, speak, and listen collaboratively about the novel’s resolution (+2) v Vocabulary Detectives: adroit [repeat], innocuous, lassitude, raucous (+9) 36
Chapter 15 -16 – Cliffhanger 1. Evidence for what I think will happen- based on end of chapter 14. (+2) Write the most important eight events from chapters 15 -16 along the “cliff. ” (+8) 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. My prediction of what will be revealed in the 37 epilogue and manuscript at bottom of cliff (+2)
Epilogue (Chapter 17) v Content Goal-to put all the pieces of the plot together v Language Goal- read, write, speak, and listen collaboratively to review the novel’s plot (from the police perspective) (+2) v Vocabulary Detectives: none this chapter 38
Epilogue – C. S. I. Crime timeline (use this chapter to complete your character chart) (+14) August 8 th Day 1 August 9 th Day 2 August 10 th Day 3 August 11 th Day 4 August 12 th Day 5 August 13 th Day 6 1. Guests arrive 4. 6. 10. 16. … arrive 5. 7. 11. S. O. S. signals 15. Narracott returns 2. 3. Isaac Morris… 8. No electricity 9. 12. 13. 14. 17. Police decide Owen dealt with what kind of cases? 18. What evidence makes this a confusing case? 39
Manuscript (chapter 18) v Content Goal- to evaluate critical questions presented by the chapter’s narrator v Language Goal- read, write, speak, and listen collaboratively and support answers with specific text-based details v Vocabulary Detectives: brethren, incongruous, inexorable, maudlin, palpably (+15) 40
Manuscript Critical Questions Chart Post-Reading Elements to be evaluated by readers. Cite two text-based details from the manuscript to support your answer from the left column. (+10) Is the main theme clear, concise, thoughtful and multilayered? ___yes ___no Locate examples of theme/message. Does the crime scene evidence seem convincing? ___yes ___no Quote convincing evidence provided in the Epilogue and Manuscript. Are the sources authoritative (expert) and reliable? ___yes ___no Provide evidence that supports statements in the manuscript. Is the “other side of the story” represented? ___yes ___no Provide information from the manuscript that is opposite of the what you knew during the rest of the novel. Does the speaker’s emotional appeal change how you feel about characters? ___yes ___no Quote persuasive language uses emotional appeal to sway your opinion of the manuscript’s writer. 41
Character’s Physical Name traits and behaviors Who invited him/her and why? Evidence of suspicious past – who, why, and how? Order of death (1 st, 2 nd, etc. ) Manner of death – riddle & reality Justice Wargrave Vera Claythorne Captain Philip Lombard Emily Brent General Macarthur Dr. Armstrong Anthony “Tony” Marston Mr. Blore (a. k. a. Mr. Davis) Mr. Rogers Mrs. Rogers 42
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