1. ATTWN Reading Log Prompts

2. Bell Ringer Have your book out on the corner of your desk. Take out a clean sheet of paper. Put your MLA heading in the top left corner. Title the paper “ATTWN Reading Log.”

3. October 13, 2015 Write the underlined portion of the following prompt under your “Text/Prompt” column. Then respond to the prompt in complete sentences under your “My Response” column. Prompt: Agatha Christie has chosen an island as the setting for her novel. What are the advantages and disadvantages of living on an island? How has she begun this novel in a peaceful state? Include at least one piece of evidence from chapters one or two to support your answer.

4. October 14, 2015 In your reading log, record today’s date and the underlined portion of the prompt. Then respond to the prompt in complete sentences. Prompt: Think about our Big Question #2. What have all of these characters been accused of? How do you think a guilty person would respond? How do you think an innocent person would respond?

5. October 15, 2015 In your reading log, record today’s date and the underlined portion of the prompt. Then respond to the prompt in complete sentences. Chapter four ends with a bang (or more like a choke ). Using your mystery notes, identify what part of the plot circle this event marks. Now put yourself in Agatha Christie’s shoes. As a writer, where do you think she should go next in her story?

6. October 16, 2015 In your reading log, record today’s date and the underlined portion of the prompt. Then respond to the prompt in complete sentences. Record the first stanza of the “Ten Little Soldiers” poem in your log under “Text/Prompt.” Explain the connection between the poem and Anthony Marston’s death. How is Agatha Christie using the poem in her novel?

7. October 19, 2015 In your reading log, record today’s date and the underlined portion of the prompt. Then respond to the prompt in complete sentences. Find one example from the weekend’s reading of a character being suspicious of another character, OR find one example of two or more characters forming an alliance, or a trust, in one another. Describe that example in your log.

8. October 20, 2015 In your reading log, record today’s date and the underlined portion of the prompt. Then respond to the prompt in complete sentences. Agatha Christie uses the metaphor of a mouse trap on page 143 (end of section I in chapter 9). Explain the metaphor: What’s the “cheese”? The “mice”? The “trap”?

9. October 21, 2015 In your reading log, record today’s date and the underlined portion of the prompt. Then respond to the prompt in complete sentences. Look back at the poem. Make a detailed prediction about today’s reading based on what’s next in the poem.

10. October 22, 2015 In your reading log, record today’s date and the underlined portion of the prompt. Then respond to the prompt in complete sentences. Reread page 195 (the last page of chapter 11). What mood is created as a result of the third person omniscient point of view on this page? Why?

11. October 23, 2015 In your reading log, record today’s date and the underlined portion of the prompt. Then respond to the prompt in complete sentences. Think about what humans (and animals) do when threatened. What might these characters do in order to try to survive?

12. October 28, 2015 CHOOSE YOUR SEAT TODAY. In your reading log, record today’s date and the underlined portion of the prompt. Then respond to the prompt in complete sentences. What do you think of the “ending” of ATTWN? Does it leave you satisfied as a reader? Does the ending fit our detective notes/plot circle?

13. October 29, 2015 In your reading log, record today’s date and the underlined portion of the prompt. Then respond to the prompt in complete sentences. Read the "Author's Note" at the beginning of the novel. What was Agatha Christie's purpose in writing this novel?

14. October 30, 2015 Staple together your reading log. Make sure your MLA is on the front page. Turn in to class period’s tray.