The Westing Game By: Ellen Raskin When theres a will, theres a way- and Sam Westing has left quite a will! About the Author born on March 13, 1928 grew up during the Depression era entered the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a
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The Westing Game By: Ellen Raskin
"When there's a will, there's a way- and Sam Westing has left quite a will!"<br>
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About the Author born on March 13, 1928
grew up during the Depression era
entered the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a major in journalism, visited the Chicago Art Institute, and then returned to the university with a major in Fine Arts<br>
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Ellen Raskin and Her Writing began writing in 1966
In 1978, Ellen was awarded the Boston-Globe Horn Book Best Fiction Award for The Westing Game
In 1979, Raskin won the Newbery Medal for The Westing Game
Favorite book was Figgs and Phantoms<br>
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Setting Wisconsin
considered to be a progressive state: it has been at the forefront of changes
an Indian word that means, “gathering of the waters, wild rice country, and home land.”
nickname is the Badger State because of the miners that worked and lived in holes in the hillsides
divided into five regions: Lake Superior Lowland, Northern Highland, Central Plain, Western Upland, and Eastern Ridges and Lowlands<br>
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The Westing Game Genre: Murder-mystery/Detective fiction (Whodunit?)
Children’s Detective Fiction:
The Hardy Boys
Nancy Drew
Scooby Doo
Inspector Gadget
Veronica Mars<br>
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Synopsis "One fateful day, sixteen people gather for the reading of Samuel W. Westing's will. To their surprise the will turns out to be a contest, challenging the heirs to find out who among them is Westing's murderer. Forging ahead, through blizzards, burglaries, and bombings, the game is on. Only two people hold all the clues. One of them is a Westing heir. The other is you!"<br>
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The Westing Game Characters:
The Theodorakis Family
Theo Theodorakis
Chris Theodorakis
George Theodorakis
Catherine Theodorakis The Wexler Family
Grace Windsor Wexler
Angela Wexler
Tabitha-Ruth “Turtle” Wexler
Jake Wexler<br>
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The Westing Game Characters (cont.)
Sydelle Pulaski
Sandy McSouthers
Otis Amber
Judge J.J. Ford
Flora Baumbach
Dr. Denton Deere
Berthe Crow<br>
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Schedule of Events Each day, you and your partner will take on the role of being Detective Partners. You will each be responsible for reading the assigned chapters, completing the day’s discussion questions as well as vocabulary.
Each of you will also keep your very own Detective’s Log, this will be where you will record your daily observations/findings as well as hunches.<br>
