And Then There Were None is a murder mystery written by Agatha Christie. Set on Indian Island in English, 10 people come together and realize that somehow they are being murdered. Who will survive and who is killing them?
And Then There Were None is a fun novel to read at the end of the year because students become invested in discovering the murderer and solving the mystery using their developing skills of inference, citing textual evidence, close reading, and argument.
Standards
R1. "Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the texts says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text."
R3. "Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision."
R10. "By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, at the high end of grades 6-8 text complexity band independently and proficiently."