Blog Post #26 "The Model"

What do you think about Shay's description of a model? Shay and Tally have a skewed view of our time, but what have they got right? (1 paragraph)


I think it is not very accurate because not everyone is perfectly pretty in our world.
She was right that most models were very skinny.

Blog Post #25 "Lies"

Characterization of David -- He was not a Pretty but he had a nice smile. He was a few years older than Tally. He lives in the Smoke.


Smoke

Blog Post #24 "Bug Eyes"

List the important events in Chron. order.

1) A strange man puts an oxygen mask on her/
2) The Rangers teach her about fires and helicopters and what the Rangers do.
3) The Rangers tell her what happened with the flowers.
4) She is taken to Bald Head.
5) She waits for Shay.


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."

She had to betray her friend to be able to become Pretty.

Blog Post #23 "Firestorm"

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

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

Personification: " The fire was growing stronger. Fingers of it shot up the hill, leaping from one beautiful flower to another, leaving them scorched and black."

Simile: " Her footsteps ignited with flame as she ran through the blackened flowers, like stabbing a poker into a slumbering fire.

Blog Post #22 "The Side You Despise"

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

I think it is a helicopter. The fire bug eye people.

Blog Post #21 "The Worst Mistake"

Have you ever made yourself do something that you didn't want to do because you knew you had to?

No, I have not.

Predict what you think will happen next.

I think she will find the people with fire ug eyes and they will take her to the Smoke.

Blog Post #20 "Spagbol"

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?

I would make an instant pepporoni pizza. You would take it out of the package and cook it. It would inflate during cooking and it would taste good.



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

1) video games
2) real food
3) TV
4) my pets
5) sodas

Blog Post #19 "Leaving"

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

So she can become Pretty.

Blog Post #18 "Infiltrator"

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

1) Tally accepts the offer to help Special Circumstances find Shay.
2) Dr. Cable gives Tally a heart pendent that is a tracking device for Special Circumstances to find her once she infiltrates the Smoke.

Blog Post #17 "Peris"

Why do you think Peris came back? Support your answer with textual evidence.

To comfort her.

"The thought of what she must llok like was too much. Tally collapsed onto the bed, covering her face with her hands and sobbing. Peris sat next to her and held her for a while as she cried, then wiped her nose and sat her up."

Blog Post # 16 "Ugly for Life"

Respond to the following quote:
"Everywhere she went, eyes looked away. But it was the most visible she'd ever felt."

You know people were looking at you when you look up and they quickly look away. It is very obvious if they were looking at you.

Blog Post #15 "Special Circumstances"

Summarize the chapter highlighting the important events in chronological order. Predict what you think will happen next.

1) Tally meets Dr. Cable, a member of Special Circumstances.
2) Dr. Cable asks Tally some questions about Shay.
3) Dr. Cable asks Tally if she will help them find Shay.
4) Dr. Cable also says if Tally doesn't help them then Tally will never be Pretty.

Tally will help them find Shay.

Blog Post 14b "Operation"

Summarize the chapter highlighting the important events in chronological order. Predict what you think will happen next.

1. The Hospital Car picks her up from the Ugly dorms.
2. She gets dropped off at the hospital.
3. She waits for about an hour in the waiting room.
4. A man tells her there is something wrong with her operation.

I think the man will tell her what is wrong with her operation.

Blog Post #14a "Last Trick"

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've got a choice. We can grow up any way we want."

I think it shows that Shay wants her own freedom and doesn't want to be like everyone else.

Blog Post #13 "Fight"

Two fights were presented in this chapter. Compare and contrast both of them; list their similarities and differences. Why did each fight take place? What was the outcome of each?

In the first fight, it was a prank played on the new uglies to scare them. They just to have fun before they became Pretties.

In the second fight, it was not a trick. Shay doesn't want to become Pretty so she gets in a fight with Tally about why Tally wants to become Pretty. Shay tells Tally she is not going to become Pretty.

Blog Post #12 "Waiting for David"

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..."

The city makes you not able to see the stars and trees and nature things. They teach the Uglies about nature, but they never see it. So what is the point?!!

Blog Post #11 "The Rusty Ruins"

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

1)Tally sneaks out with Shay to go to the Rusty Ruins.
2)Shay and Tally ride the rapids on hoverboards.
3)Shay shows Tally the Rusty Ruins.
4)Shay tricks Tally into riding the roller coaster.
5)Tally got mad at Shay because she didn't tell Tally about the gap in the track.

Find two similies in this chapter and quote them, as well as the page number.

1) "A shape emerged from the forest, a long spine that rose and fell like a frozen wave." pg. 63

2) "Every building sported jagged spurs of metal sticking from its broken walls, like bones jutting from a long-dead animal." pg. 62

Blog Post #10 "Rapids"

In this chapter Tally says, “I kind of like being fooled about some things.” Do you agree with Tally, or would you rather know the reality behind everything? Why?

I would rather know the reality behind everything because it is the truth and there is no hiding the truth. It is harder to lie than to tell the truth.

Find information about the origin of white water rafting and post it here, along with the website URL.

Rafting or white water rafting is a challenging recreational activity using an inflatable raft to navigate a river or other bodies of water. This is usually done on white water or different degrees of rough water, in order to thrill and excite the raft passengers. The development of this activity as a leisure sport has become popular since the mid-1970s. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafting

Blog Post #9 "Pretty Boring"

Describe the Rusty Ruins. What are they? What happened during this time period?
The Rusty Ruins are old remains of a city built in the past when everyone was Ugly (our time). I guess people started thinking for themselves and things got out of hand.

Define peer pressure. Think of a time when it happened to you or someone you know and explain the situation in a paragraph.
Pressure from one's peers to behave in a manner similar or acceptable to them.

It happened to me in a good way. I used to be afraid about all roller coasters and would never ride them. One day my friends convinced me to ride a roller coaster at the Six Flags in Arlington. I then began to love most roller coasters(key word: most).

Blog Post #8 "Facing the Future"

Reflect on the following quotes from the chapter, what does each mean to you?

"Making ourselves feel ugly is not fun." ... "This whole game is just designed to make us hate ourselves." It means that you don't want to purposefully put yourself down.

"Everyone judged everyone else based on their appearance. People who were taller got better jobs...people killed one another over stuff like having different skin color." (referring to when everyone was ugly) The people of the future don't understand the issues that went on in the past.

"It's the only way to make people equal." (becoming pretty)
They think having everyone look the same is the only way of making sure people don't repeat the things that happened in the past.

Blog Post#7 "Wipeout"

Think of another book, movie, or comic in which people use hover boards. How are they used? If possible post a video of this.

The Jetsons. The people in the Jetsons have hovering vehicles to take them around the city.




Why do you think the new pretties don't come back to Uglyville to visit? Describe their physical & mental transformation into new pretties.

They become much prettier so they don't want to be reminded of themselves being ugly. They also feel much better about themselves so they don't want the Uglies to feel bad about themselves by seeing a Pretty.