And Then There Were None mystery unit

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And Then There Were Nonemystery unit
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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

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Pre-Reading Anticipation

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

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Vocabulary Detectives
The following is a list of vocabulary words
chosen for this novel all these words will be
assessed on the final.

• innocuous
• lassitude
• maudlin
• mirthless
• palpably
• perjury
• proxy
• raucous
• recrimination
• red herring
• righteous
• sagacity
• surreptitiously
• tenacious
• verisimilitude

• adroitness
• ascertain
• brethren
• capricious
• cumbrous
• earnest
• exonerated
• farce
• fraternizing
• furtive
• idiosyncrasy
• impious
• incongruous
• indignation
• inexorable

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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).

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Setting (Burgh Island, England)
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Burgh Island, England -cliffs -modern hotel
(mansion??)
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Chapter 1 (I)

• Content Goal- Were getting to know the ten
  characters and making inferences about their
  personalities and pasts.
• Language Goal- We will sift through the names and
  descriptions to make a chart of the important
  characters. (2)
• Vocabulary Detective righteousness (3)

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Chapter 1 Meeting CharactersFill 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 novels
final.
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Chapter 2 (II)

• Content Goal- to make connections and get engaged
  in the characters and plot of the novel
• Language Goal- Well assess what we know and what
  we need to learn from this reading. (2)
• Vocabulary Detectives fraternizing, red herring,
  surreptitious bonus word malevolent (9)

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Chapter 2 Asking Questions
during reading

• 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?

• 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 (III)

• Content Goal- To increase personal connection to
  the novel through making connections
  journaling.
• Language Goal- To write journals, to read the
  chapter, to listen and discuss connections with
  cooperative groups. (2)
• Vocabulary Detectives adroitly, verisimilitude
  (6)

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Chapter 3 Making Connections
during or after reading

• 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?

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Chapter 4 (IV)

• Content Goal- (for kinesthetic learners) to gain
  content knowledge by doing. We will evaluate
  important story elements, prove comprehension,
  and reflect on the process.
• Language Goal- to write quizzes, to read the
  chapter, to listen to group members, and to
  discuss corrections. (2)
• Vocabulary Detectives exonerated (3)

admit
lie
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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.
• 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)

• theme, 2. summary, 3. inference,
• 4. prediction, 5. conflict,
• 6. compare/contrast, 7. cause/effect,
• 8. authors purpose, 9. evaluate choices/decisions

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Chapter 5 (V)

• Content Goal- to recognize the elements Agatha
  Christie repeats to recognize her purpose and
  literary elements.
• Language Goal- read, write, speak, and listen
  collaboratively while evaluating important
  repetitions (2)
• Vocabulary Detectives capricious, indignation
  (6)

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Chapter 5 Recurring Elements
during reading

• 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
• themes, motifs
• repetitive events
• characteristics of house guests
• emotions of house guests

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Chapter 6 (VI)

• Content Goal- We will actively read the text by
  personalizing passages in a double entry diary.
• Language Goal- read, write, speak, and listen
  collaboratively while making connections with
  text elements (2)
• Vocabulary Detectives none this chapter

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Chapter 6 Double Entry DiaryFill out this
chart with complete quotes and parenthetical
citations (8) and your connections to the text
(8).
during and after reading
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Chapter 7 (VII)

• Content Goal- to write CAT questions to check our
  knowledge and analyze the events and characters.
• Language Goal- read, write, speak, and listen
  collaboratively while creating and answering CAT
  questions (2)
• Vocabulary Detectives none this chapter

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Chapter 7 CAT QuestionsWrite 10 CAT-like
questions (10) to be answered by a peer in this
class (30). Make sure your peer answers the
questions fully so you can earn full credit.

• Theme
• Summary
• Inference
• Prediction
• Conflict
• Compare/contrast
• Cause-effect
• Authors purpose
• Was _____s decision to _______ a good idea?
• Compare novel to another book or movie cite 2

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Chapter 8 (VIII)

• Content Goal- to select most important details
  from the full text to summarize thoroughly
• Language Goal- read, write, speak, and listen
  collaboratively while evaluating important plot
  elements (2)
• Vocabulary Detectives indignation, righteous
  both are repeats, furtive, proxy (6)

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Chapter 8 Selective Notes
During reading

• 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 dont think this Owens 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.

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Chapter 9 (IX)

• Content Goal- to understand elements the author
  makes obvious versus ones she wants you to think
  about more.
• Language Goal- read, write, speak, and listen
  collaboratively while thinking critically about
  the text (2)
• Vocabulary Detectives exonerated (repeated),
  idiosyncrasy, mirthless, perjury, recrimination
  (12)

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Chapter 9 Question-Answer RelationshipsAnswer
these twelve questions. (12)
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Chapter 10 (X)

• Content Goal- to analyze the relationships
  between all the characters (dead or alive) to
  reassess who U.N. Owen is.
• Language Goal- read, write, speak, and listen
  collaboratively while analyzing character
  interactions (2)
• Vocabulary Detectives surreptitiously
  repeated, tenacious (3)

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Chapter 10 - Sociograms
after reading

• Decide on a shape to represent each of the 10
  characters (and Owen). (10)
• Consider including the setting in your drawing.
• Draw each character near others to show their
  relationships (i.e. living, how murdered,
  alliances/friendships, enemies) (10)

an example from Hamlet
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Chapter 11 (XI)

• Content Goal- to use clues Agatha Christie puts
  in the text to infer information about the living
  characters
• Language Goal- read, write, speak, and listen
  collaboratively to draw conclusions (2)
• Vocabulary Detectives perjury (repeat),
  ascertain, earnest, impious (9)

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Chapter 11 Inferential Conclusions
during reading
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Chapter 12 (XII)

• Content Goal- We will draw conclusions about
  characters, events, and conflicts based on
  information from this chapter.
• Language Goal- We will read the chapter, write
  our conclusions, listen to group members
  conclusions, and discuss our own. (2)
• Vocabulary Detectives cumbrous (3)

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Chapter 12 Drawing Conclusions
during reading

• 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)
• 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 (XIII)

• Content Goal- to pay particular attention to
  details surrounding Justice Wargrave and make
  inferences
• Language Goal- read, write, speak, and listen
  collaboratively to critically analyze
  characterize (2)
• Vocabulary Detectives none this chapter

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Chapter 13 Character Studyput 2 text-based
details in each box (no repeats) (16)
What Wargrave thinks
Wargraves feelings
What Justice Wargrave says
description
professional information
shady past
who Wargrave dislikes
actions by or to him
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Chapter 14 (XIV)

• Content Goal- to make connections to prior
  knowledge, summarize, and make predictions
• Language Goal- read, write, speak, and listen
  collaboratively while predicting the conclusion
  of the novel (2)
• Vocabulary Detectives farce, sagacity (6)

Burgh Island is said to have been the
inspirational setting for And Then There Were
None.
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Chapter 14 My Own Think Aloud
after reading

• Answer these questions by restating the question
  a supporting each answer with two text-based
  details. (15)
• Connection to prior knowledge A few things I
  already knew about this (character, weapon, poem)
  are
• Summary One way of saying what has happened in
  this chapter is (beginning, middle, and end)
• Mental image In my mind, I see
• Prediction In chapters 15-16, I predict that
• Question One question Ive had since the
  beginning that I think will be answer in chapter
  15-16 is

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Chapters 15-16 (XV XVI)

• Content Goal- to make predictions before and
  after these chapters to track plot elements
  during chapters 15-16
• Language Goal- read, write, speak, and listen
  collaboratively about the novels resolution (2)
• Vocabulary Detectives adroit repeat,
  innocuous, lassitude, raucous (9)

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Chapter 15-16 Cliffhanger
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
Write the most important eight events from
chapters 15-16 along the cliff. (8)
Evidence for what I think will happen- based on
end of chapter 14. (2)
My prediction of what will be revealed in the
epilogue and manuscript at bottom of cliff (2)
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Epilogue (Chapter 17)

• Content Goal-to put all the pieces of the plot
  together
• Language Goal- read, write, speak, and listen
  collaboratively to review the novels plot (from
  the police perspective) (2)
• Vocabulary Detectives none this chapter

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Epilogue C.S.I. Crime timeline(use this
chapter to complete your character chart) (14)
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Manuscript (chapter 18)

• Content Goal- to evaluate critical questions
  presented by the chapters narrator
• Language Goal- read, write, speak, and listen
  collaboratively and support answers with specific
  text-based details
• Vocabulary Detectives brethren, incongruous,
  inexorable, maudlin, palpably (15)

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ManuscriptCritical Questions Chart Post-Reading
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