Introduction to And Then There Were None

March 22, 2019

RL.11-12.2 Determine two or more themes of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to produce a complex account; provide an objective summary of the text.

Obj: I can determine two or more themes and analyze the development of them over the course of the text through the use of objective summaries.

Starter

Free Write Friday

Use the time to create something that expresses your own ideas. 

Vocabulary: 

Word: Infer 

Part of Speech: Verb

Dictionary Definition: deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements.

Your Definition: 

Activity: Determine a time it might be useful to make inferences. 

Activity: 

1.  Clue 

Clue Checklist

Make a copy of the link above and use it to keep track of who you think committed the crime, with what weapon, and in what room.

If you have never played Clue before make sure to read the instructions.

This can also be a test in understanding informational text :)

Set up the game and play at least ONE full round.

As you are playing consider what skills you are using to help you win the game. 

Reflect on how this can be useful in other aspects of your life. 

2.  And Then There Were None

And Then There Were None Full PDF

(Copies of this book have slowly been disappearing and I do not have enough for everyone to take home.  If you do not have access to internet at home please check out a copy of the book from me.  If you are able to access the PDF online please use that edition.)

Read chapter one (pages 1-17).

For each section in chapter one, write a 1-2 sentence summary.

Please write the summaries in the ATTWN Google Doc provided.

As you read, infer why Agatha Christie chose to start the novel the way she does.

This reading needs to be done by Monday, March 25.

Closure: 

How did playing Clue help you make inferences?