Summer reading assignment for Seniors 2009

Book:  And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

Requirements:  Read the novel.  The assignments are due August 27, 2008.  A final test will be given on that day.  All work should be done in complete sentences.  Neatness counts.  Illustrations may be drawn, copied, traced, cut out of magazines or computer clip art.  Be creative.

Honors and Non-Honors complete the following:

1.      Story Map for Solve-It Stories - click appropriate link below

2.      Puzzle Piece Mystery Book Project - click appropriate link below

3.      Vocabulary Study Page (15 words):  this is a typed page of vocabulary words from the novel that are new to you.  For each word, quote the entire sentence and bold face the new word.  Each sentence should be numbered and should include the page number where the sentence can be found.  After the sentence, write the definition of the word.  (You must have 15 words).
 

ACTIVITY for HONORS ONLY
Discuss the pros or cons of the right of Wargrave to take vengeance on those who were outside the law. Include in the discussion the moral and religious implications of Wargrave’s “taking the law into his own hands.” Was Wargrave acting as a vigilante who was doing what the police could not legally do, or was this carefully planned series of murders really to satisfy his own desire to kill?  Needs to be one full page typed, double-spaced, 12-point font, Times New Roman.

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