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Summary
Story 1: Three is a Lucky Number by
Margery Allingham
Ronald Torbay has met and married Edyth, a 43-year-old
woman, alone in the world, with a lot of money. He plans
to murder her and make it look like an accident, as he has
done with two previous wives. Edyth becomes suspicious
and alerts the police. She escapes and the police arrive to
arrest Ronald.
Teachers notes
LEVEL 4
Teachers notes
LEVEL 4
Story 1
Before reading
1 Discuss: Talk about crime and punishment.
Have students talk about crime stories.
Do you like murder stories where the killer is caught at
the end? Or do you prefer it when the criminal gets away
with his or her crime?
Talk about a crime story you have read, or a film you
have seen, that you particularly enjoyed, and say why you
liked it.
2 Guess: Have students read the text in italics below the
title and predict what they think might happen.
Read these sentences and say what you think will happen
in the story. Why must the discovery not happen too soon?
After reading
3 Discuss: Have the students talk about the similarities
and differences between Ronalds three marriages.
Look at paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 on page 2. How were
Ronalds three marriages similar? And how were they
different?
Story 2
After reading
4 Role play: Have the students look at the picture on
page 11.
Student A: You are a police officer at the scene of the
accident. Interview one of the witnesses and find out
what they saw.
Student B: You are the driver of one of the cars in the
picture. Answer the police officers questions and say what
happened and exactly what you saw.
5 Discuss: Talk about the title. Ask students if they
think the title of the story is a good one, or whether
they can supply a better title.
Say why you think Full Circle is a good title for this
story, or agree on a better title.
Story 3
After reading
Story 5
While reading
9 Guess: Whats going to happen? Get students to stop
reading at the end of page 53 and say what they think
will happen.
What do you think is going to happen? Will the police
discover Frosbys body? Will Pete and Maggie come back
when they hear that his father has disappeared? Will
Andy go to the police?
After reading
10 Write: Have the students look at Maggies letter to
her father on page 51.
Write the beginning of Maggies letter from Boston.
11 Check: Have students check the predictions they
made in the previous activity and explain the
reactions of Skip and Andy at the end of the story.
Why does Skip shoot himself ?
Why does Andy decide not to tell the police what he
knows?
Story 6
After reading
12 Discuss: Talk about the Hall of Waxworks. Madame
Thibaults Hall of Waxworks, like Madame Tussauds
around the world, shows models of famous murders.
Ask students what they think about shows like this.
What do you think of a waxworks show with models of
famous murders? Would you want to see a show like this?
13 Write: Have students write a continuation of the
newspaper report on page 63.
You are a reporter. Continue the newspaper story on
page 63, with short interviews with Fred Keating and
the husband and wife who found the bodies.
Story 7
While reading
Story 4
After reading
Vocabulary activities