Friday, February 26, 2010

blog post # 26

What do you think about Shay's description of the model? Shay and Tally have a skewed view of our time, but what have they got right?

I think Shay's description of the model is a bit exageratted. The thing that they have right about our time is that everybody did look different. They also have the thing about the eating disorder right.

blog post # 25


characterization: David: David is an ugly who lives in the smoke.

Find a picture to represent what you think the smoke looks like and post it on your blog with an explanation of why you chose it.
I chose this picture because it is the what I think of when I think of the Smoke.

Thursday, February 25, 2010

blog post # 24

Respond to the following quote:

"... Tally was stuck out here in the wild forever. Ugly for life. Her only way home was to betray her friend."

It means that Tally will do anything to become pretty.

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

blog post # 23

Give one example of each of these from the chapter: imagery, personification and a simile.

simile:" At first there was a sound like a roaring wind in her dreams."

personification:" A high pitched wine came from the shore."

imagery:" Billowing clouds of smoke surrounded her, blotting out the sky. A ragged wall of flame moved through the flowers giving off a wave of blistering heat."

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

blog post # 22

What do you think the flying machine was? Who was in it? Make a prediction.

I think the flying machine was a helicopter and the people in it were smokies.

I think Tally will make it to the Smoke.

Monday, February 22, 2010

blog post # 21

Have you ever made yourself do something that you didn't want to do becasue you knew you had to?
no.

Predict what you think will happen next.

I think Tally will be found and taken to the smoke.

Friday, February 19, 2010

blog post # 16

Respond to the following quote:

" Everywhere she went eyes looked away. But it was the most visible she'd ever felt"

I think it means that she is ashamed that she is still ugly and that everybody is looking at her in disgust.

blog post # 18

Give a chronological list of events important events that happened in the chapter.

Tally goes back to Special Circumstances. She is going to go along with thier plan. Tally tells them about David. She tells them evrything. They send her to the smoke.

blog post # 17

why do you think Peris came back support your answer with textual evidence.

I think that Peris came back to find out what happend to Tally. The reason I think this is because he says it in the book.

blog post # 11

Write a one paragraph summary of the chapter list important events in chronological order.

Tally and Shay go to the Rusty Ruins. Shay shows Tally the roller coaster. Tally and Shay ride the roller coaster. Tally gets made at Shay because she did not tell her about the gap in the roller coaster. Shay tells Tally about some guy named David.

blog post # 6

Write a one paragraph summary of the chapter.

Tally was jumping off of a tower in New Pretty town with a bungee jacket. Just before she hit the ground the bungee jacket caught her a she bounced all the way to the plessure gardens. When she got to the plessure gardens she hid in the bushes until she got to the lake. When she got to the lake she sees a shadow that she thinks is a warden but it is a girl named Shay. Shay is also an ugly that becomes friends with Tally.

Shay is like Tally. Shay likes sneaking out at night and breaking rules. I think Shay and Tally will become best friends.

Thursday, February 18, 2010

blog post # 20

Invent a dried food you would take with you on your journey if you were Tally. What would it be? How would you make it?

Fettucttine alfredo with tuna and corn.

Make a list of things you would miss about your home if you were forced to leave it as Tally was.

I would miss my bed, tv, computers, and my family and friends.

blog post # 19

Why do you think Tally ultimatly decides to figure out where Shay is?

I think Tally wants to find Shay so that she can become pretty.

blog post # 15

Characterization: Dr. Cable

Dr. Cable is a middle pretty. She works in special surcumstances, and is mean.


Tally goes to Special Curcumstances. She is questioned about Shay. She won't say anything. The people at Special Curcumstances tell her that she will die ugly if she doesn't tell them anything. I think Tally will tell.

blog post # 14 a

Respond to the following quote, what does it mean to you?

"We don't have to look like everyone else,Tally, and act like everyone else. We can grow up any way we want."

It means that Shay doesn't like the flow of things.

blog post # 12

What does the following quote from the chapter tell you about the city?

"That was one thing about being outside the city: it made all that nature stuff they taught in school seem a lot more useful. She remembered now how rainwater fell on the mountains and soaked into the ground..."

It makes me think that survival skills are important

blog post # 10

in this chapter tally says " kind of like being fooled about some things." Do you agree with Tally, or would you rather know the reality bahind everything? Why?

I would rather be fooled on some things because if I knew everything I would freakout.

Find information about the origin of white water rafting and post it here.

www.esinearticles.com/?history-of-white-water-rafting&id=276992

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

blog post # 9

Describe the Rusty Ruins. What are they? What happened during that time period?



The Rusty Ruins are the rusting remains of a present day city.The uglies and pretties call the people who used to live there rusties.

Define pure pressure.

social pressure by memebers of one's peer group to take a certian action.

Monday, February 8, 2010

blog post #7

think of another, book, movie or comic (exc) in which people use hover boards. How are they used?
Jak2, Jak3, and Unreal tounament 3.

In Jak 2, and Jak 3 the hoverboards are used to travel to things faster and to escape from enemies, in Unreal tournament 3 they are used to get around.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qia2mdawvm

blog post #5

why do you think New Pretty Town advocates bungee jumping?
Because it is fun, and pretties are ment to have fun.

Find information about the history of bungee jumping and post it.

www.sthleticscholarships.net/extreme-sports-bungee-jumping.htm

blog post #4

characterization: Tally
She is a fifteen year old girl living in uglyville that is three months away from becoming a pretty.

characterization: Peris
He is a sixteen year old new pretty and Tally's new best friend.

blog post #3

Find and quote one oxymoron from the chapter or one example of irony.


why do you think Tally chose to wear a mask to a party that was deemed "white tie"?

Because if the people saw she was ugly she would of been in alot of trouble.

Find information about the history of masks and post it.

www.anymask.com/historyofmask.html

blog post #2

Have you ever had a friend like Peris who abandoned your friendship after moving?

no.

interface ring: a ring that alows you to interact with computers.

toothbrush pill: a pill that brushes your teeth.

cacophony: harsh discordance of sound.

blog post #1

How do you define beauty? What would the world be like if everyone was "beautiful"?

Beauty is more of a mental stand point than a physical stand point because someone could think something is beautiful in their own mind and another person think the same thing is absoulutely hideous.If everyone on earth was beautiful everyone would in the same sense would be ugly.