Blogpost #52

"Down River" pg.420

If you were Tally, would you ask the warden to make you pretty?

Yes and no. I would ask him because that was part of the deal that Tally made with Maddy, and she really wants Shay to take the pills so they can both be uglie friends forever. I would say no, because the warden is probably not going to no a single thing about the operation and how it works, because he is a cop!!

Blogpost #51

"Confessions" pg.415

Tally has finally come clean. Do you think she will regret it? Do you think David will change his mind about her?

I don't think Tally will regret it. She finally told the truth and she can stop lying to everyone she likes. I think David will not change his mind about Tally, because he just loves her too much and he can't cry about her betrayal forever! (unless he is just a big wuss!)

Blogpost #50

"Hippocratic Oath" pg.405

Should Maddy have forced Shay to take the "cure"? Why or Why not?

I think she shouldn't have, because Shay is having a great time being a pretty, even though she is brain damaged Shay deserves to be happy. If Maddy took that away from Shay that would make Maddy a serious punkasaurus rex!!!

Blogpost #49

"Night Alone" pg.398

If you were Shay, would you get the cure? Why or Why not?

Probably not. There may not be a big risk of dying from the cure, but there is still a chance, so I wouldn't want to take until it was tested on someone else. Also I wouldn't want to go through another transformation, because I would just want to stick with how I am. Also I would be having such a great time as a pretty, I would like the fact of going to awesome parties and dancing with superrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr hot girls!!!

Blogpost #48

"Getaway" pg.389

Respond to the following quote from the chapter...what does it mean to you? "Tally thought of the lesions on Shay's brain, the tiny cancers or wounds or whatever they are that she didn't even know she had. They were in there somewhere changing her friends thoughts, warping her feelings, gnawing at the roots of who she was."

To me it means that Shay is no longer her normal self. All of her feelings, emotions, and actions as an uglie are gone because of the lesions. Basically Shay is not a Smokie anymore and she is drunk like all of the pretties.

Blogpost #47

"Rescue" pg.382

Give a chronological list of important events in the chapter.Whats the kicker at the end of this chapter?

1. Shay is beautiful
2. Tally and David set they're friends and David's mom free.

The kicker at the end of the chapter is that David's dad dies!!

Blogpost #46

"Inside" pg.374

Is this quote a play on words, or does it have a deeper meaning to the story? "Radiology. Neurology. Magnetic Imaging," she read softly. "Operating Theatre Two."

I think it has a deeper meaning to the story because that might be the rooms where the doctors make the operation or where they study different things.

What "labels" do Tally and David find in the Special Circumstances building? Give a brief description of what you think each means.

They find Radiology, Neurology, Magnetic Imaging, Operating Theatre Two, Morgue, Interrogation Room One, Interrogation Roome Two, Isolation Room One, Disorientation Room One, and Long Term Detention. I think that Radiology is a room where they learn about radiation. I think Neurology is a room wher doctors learn about the operation. I think Magnetic Imaging is where they take x-rays of the operation patients. I think Operating Theatre Two is one of the operating rooms. I think the Morgue is where they keep dead bodies. I think Interrogation Room One and Two are where some Uglies are asked questions. I think Isolation Room one is where prisoners are kept. Disorientation room is probably where they put the uglies to sleep. Long Term Detention is probably where bad uglies are kept for a long long time.

Describe Shay's appearance at the end of the chapter.

> tall and elegant
> eyes-deep and soulful
> every feature perfection

Blogpost #45

"Over the Edge" pg.367

In this chapter a few uglies go to New Pretty Town to do a "trick." They make the words "THE SMOKE LIVES" with sparklers. If you had ONE chance to post a message important to you, what would it be and why?

My message would be " THE PRESIDENT NEEDS TO BE VOTED OUT IN '12 BECAUSE HE IZ A DICKtator! I would put that because the president really does need to be voted out of office, and soon before this country becomes nothing!

Blogpost #44

"Accomplices" pg.359

The Uglies met in this chapter are similar to Tally at the beginning of the book. When you compare her to these Uglies, how has Tally changed and what has made her change?

Tally doesn't want to be pretty anymore and she is more accustomed to the wild and being able to take care of herself. I think that David and Shay has made her change. Also being out in the wild and being at the Smoke for a while made Tally change drastically.

Blogpost #43

"Familiar Sights" pg.348

Do you think Tally's plan will work? David wants to save his parents, but what's driving Tally? Do you think she is crazy, or are her feelings valid?

I think the plan will work because the bungee jacket will probably catch Tally and David before they splat on the ground. I think that being with David and wanting to save Shay and all of her other Smokey friends is driving Tally. I don't think Tally is very crazy because she just wants to save David's parents and her friends really badly.

Blogpost #42

"Oil Plague" pg.340

How do David and Tally describe the Rusties? Is it accurate?

They described the Rusties as very stupid and crazy, but they said that some of them had the right idea because people of the future still use Rustie's technology. I think they're right because I would have just walked if everyone else was dying in the cars.

What are weaknesses in our society?

We have wayyy to much debt and are country is going to heck in a handbasket if Bam-Bam isn't taken out of office.

What are weaknesses in their society?

In David's and Tally's society, they care too much about being pretty and going to awesome parties, instead of more important things like finding new ways of technology or sometining like that.

Blogpost #41

A time when we weren't prepared was hurricane katrina. It was one of the most devastating hurricanes ever!!Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the costliest hurricane,[3][4] as well as one of the five deadliest, in the history of the United States.[5] Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes, it was the sixth strongest overall.
Hurricane Katrina formed over the Bahamas on August 23, 2005 and crossed southern Florida as a moderate Category 1 hurricane, causing some deaths and flooding there before strengthening rapidly in the Gulf of Mexico. The storm weakened before making its second landfall as a Category 3 storm on the morning of Monday, August 29 in southeast Louisiana. It caused severe destruction along the Gulf coast from central Florida to Texas, much of it due to the storm surge. The most severe loss of life occurred in New Orleans, Louisiana, which flooded as the levee system catastrophically failed, in many cases hours after the storm had moved inland.[6] Eventually 80% of the city and large tracts of neighboring parishes became flooded, and the floodwaters lingered for weeks.[6] However, the worst property damage occurred in coastal areas, such as all Mississippi beachfront towns, which were flooded over 90% in hours, as boats and casino barges rammed buildings, pushing cars and houses inland, with waters reaching 6-12 miles (10-19 km) from the beach.
At least 1,836 people lost their lives in the actual hurricane and in the subsequent floods, making it the deadliest U.S. hurricane since the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane. Economist and crisis consultant Randall Bell wrote: "Hurricane Katrina in 2005 was the largest natural disaster in the history of the United States. Preliminary damage estimates were well in excess of $100 billion, eclipsing many times the damage wrought by Hurricane Andrew in 1992."[7]
The levee failures prompted investigations of their design and construction which belongs to the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) as mandated in the Flood Control Act of 1965 and into their maintenance by the local Levee Boards. There was also an investigation of the responses from federal, state and local governments, resulting in the resignation of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) director Michael D. Brown, and of New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) Superintendent Eddie Compass. Conversely, the United States Coast Guard (USCG), National Hurricane Center (NHC) and National Weather Service (NWS) were widely commended for their actions, accurate forecasts and abundant lead time.[8]
Four years later, thousands of displaced residents in Mississippi and Louisiana were still living in trailers. Reconstruction of each section of the southern portion of Louisiana has been addressed in the Army Corps LACPR Final Technical Report which identifies areas not to be rebuilt and areas and buildings that need to be elevated.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/hurricane_katrina

Blogpost #40

"Ruin" pg.325

Describe the irony in Tally's "victory" over Dr. Cable. What was lost in the process?

Tally wasn't really victorious over Dr. Cable. Special Circumstances still made it to the Smoke, and it was all Tally's fault. All of Tally's friends except for David were lost in the process. Also the Smoke was destroyed. "Great victory Tally!!"

Blogpost #39

"Amazing" pg.319

Is David right? Is Tally amazing? Do you think she should feel guilty? Why or Why not?

I think Tally is amazing because she can actually get dirty and not say "Owwwww... I broke my newly manicured nail!" I think she should feel guilty though, because she is kissing all over David, while Shay is getting dragged back to the city, and she is the one who caused the invasion in the first place!

Blogpost #38

"Run" pg.313

Who is the voice in the dark? Do you think it will be a friend or enemy to Tally? What do you think Tally will do now?

I think the voice in the dark is one of the Smokies, probably David. I think this because the night before the invasion he went on a midnight stroll. I think Tally will go farther into the dark to see where the voice came from.

Blogpost #37

"In Case of Damage" pg.304

Explain what self preservation means to you. Is it the most important thing? Would you lie because of it?

I think self preservation is when you protect yourself to keep out of harms way. I don't think it's the most important thing because it protecting you, and everyone around you is getting hurt. I would not lie, because lying is not good and it's just down right wrong to lie about something as silly as that.

Blogpost #36

"The Rabbit Pen" pg.297

Tally had changed her mind about the Smoke and the operation, but what will she do about all of that now? Whose side is she on?

I think Tally will escape Dr. Cable and help all of her Smokie friends, because she likes them and has especially grown to like David. I think that Tally is on the Smokies side because she doesn't want to betray Shay and David, and she has become to like the Smoke.

Blogpost #35

"Invasion" pg.287

Is the climax of the book? Explain why or why you don't think so in a few sentences.

I think it is because their is so much action going on in this one chapter. Also Special Circumstances finally arrived and their taking all the Smokies back to their designated cities. Also Tally is caught by a Special and is taken away.

Blogpost #34

"Burning Bridges" pg.269

Read the following quote David says to Tally. "What you do, the way you think, makes you beautiful." Name one person in your personal life and one in your academic life.. what makes this person beautiful?

My mommy is beautiful because she has brown eyes like me and she is on a diet, which is making her look even more gorgeus! The girl at school that I think is pretty is beautiful because she has good looks, a good personality, and is pretty smart, (also has a nice body of course!)

Blogposts #33

"Pretty Minds" pg.262

Respond to the following quote, what does it mean to you/to the story? "Becoming pretty doesn't just change the way you look...it changes the way you think." How would you want to change mentally and phisically if you were pretty?

> I would want to be 6 foot tall
> I would want to have bigger muscles (even though I already have some big guns)
> I would want to be better at every subject
> Have no allergies
> no glasses (perfect vision)
> be able to eat vegetables better!!

Blogpost #32

"The Secret" pg.253

What does the following quote tell you about the city and society in general?"But you do know about genetics don't you? Sure I know all about genes. I knew two sisters, uglies, who looked almost the same. But parents and children? That's just weird."

I think the city didn't think that children and parents should look alike, and thats why they have doctors who do the operation. Also that is probably why they seperate the child and the parents at Tally's home.

Predict what you think "pretty" is.

I think pretty is just having no flaws at all on your body or in your mind or no flaws for bad habits. Also I think that being pretty is looking your best all the time and caring about how you look.

Blogpost #31

"Bravery" pg.243

Find an example of imagery, personification and simile. Quote directly and give pg numbers.

Imagery: "Now sitting next to her, David seemed very real. He took the world more seriously than any other ugly she'd ever met-more seriously, in fact, than middle pretties like her parents. In a funny way, his eyes held the same intensity that the cruel pretties' had, though without their coldness."pg.246

Simile: "Dr. Cables pendant seemed to grow heavier and heavier, wound around her neck as tightly as the vines, brush, and roots grasping the railroad tracks."pg.243

Personification: " She thought of the orchids spreading across the plains below, choking the life out of other plants, out of the soil itself, selfish and unstoppable." pg.244

Does it require bravery to meet David's parents, why or why not?

I think so, because Tally was uneasy of David's parents when David talked to her about them. I also think it would be awkward for her to see old people who are uglies.

Blogpost #30

"Suspicion" pg.229

Do you think Shay has a right to be jealous of Tally? Why or why not?

Yes, because Shay has liked David longer than Tally, and Shay works hard to show off to David. Also Shay thinks that Tally has a different love, and Shay thinks it wouldn't be cool to like two people at the same time.

Tally received a gift from David in the chapter that is special. Have you ever received something that made others jealous as this gift did? Did your gift have a meaning behind it as Tally's had?

I got an xbox 360 from my brother on my birthday and my friends were very jealous of me... but my brother gave it to me because he loves me, of course!!!

Blogpost #29

"Heartthrob" pg.220

Why would it have been easier for Tally to activate the pendant when she got to the Smoke? Explain.

She wouldn't have to lie to Shay and David. Also it would make her fell better if she got it over with ASAP.

Blogpost #28

"David" pg.212


If David's parents were doctors, why do you think they ran away? Support your answer with textual evidence.


I think David's peeps ran away because they didn't want to be pretty anymore. I think they thought being pretty like everyone else was just not right. "they reversed the operation?" "yes." "they cut each other? out here in the wild? "to make themselves..."

Blogpost #27

"Work" pg.203

I think this is beautiful because the sky is so clear and the water is very nice. Also the landforms on the left side are very nice looking (like me!). To me there is nothing ugly about this except for the fact that one day it might be polluted.

Blogpost #26

"The Model" pg.195

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 Shay described the model well, but I don't think that models look pretty because its their job, I just think they want to look very pretty so they can impress people. I think they definetly are proffesional pretties because they are very good at looking good. Tally and Shay are right that some girls are so ashamed of being fat that they stop eating. A lot of girls are always concerned about their weight because they want to look good in a bikini (which is very important) and because they want to fit in a size 4 again. I just think girls need to calm the heck down and do what they want to do!!

Blogpost #25

I chose this picture because it doesn't have a lot of trees, and there is a river for the Smokies to drink out of.

"Lies" pg.187

Characterization: David

1. is an ugly

2. has a nice smile

3. face holds confidence

4. few years older than Tally

5. forehead too high

6. smile is crooked

7. moves gracefully

Blogpost #24

"Bug Eyes" pg.178

List the important events of the chapter in chronological order.
1. The strangers put a mask on Tally that gives her fresh air.
2. Tally finds out that the flying machine is a helicopter
3. Tally meets the rangers on the helicopter
4. Tally finds out that they are burning all the white tiger orchids.
5. Tally gets dropped off near the Smoke.
6. Tally waits on the hill that Shay described as "the bald head"

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.

I think Tally is being a turd. She really should not be betraying her friend like that. I think she just wants to be a pretty so bad that she won't think twice about betraying her friend. I think she is just being very selfish and cruel.

Blogpost #23

"Firestorm" pg.172

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

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.

Imagery: It was the flying machine, its thundering beat now obvious above the raging fire. Sparks jumped across the river as the machines windstorm stirred the fire to a new intensity.

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

Blogpost #22

"The Side you Despise" pg.164

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

This is just a guess, but I think the flying machine is a helicopter and inside the helicopter are pretties who call themselves rangers and they burn all the white flowers on the land. This guess is most likely wrong!!

Blogpost #21

"The Worst Mistake" p.156

Have you ever made yourself do something that you didn't want to do because you knew you had to?
Yes. One time my aunt came over and made this really good pasta dish, but it had evil little green things in them, yeah that's right I'm talkin' about PEAS!!! Those things are so disgusting!! I just knew I had to eat them though, or it would hurt my aunts feelings, and my mom would yell at me and call me special-ed!

Predict what will happen next.
I think that the loch ness monster is going to swim up to Tally and eat her, but it doesn't think she tastes good so it spits her out.

Blogpost #20

"Spagbol" p.147

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?
It doesn't have a fancy name, but I would make shrimp 'n' noodles. You would make it by boiling some water, add egg noodles, add tailess shrimp, and mix it with alfredo sauce, salt, and a little bit of pepper.

Make a list of things you would miss about your home if you were forced to leave it as Tally was.
1. my parents
2. my xbox-360
3. homecooked meals
4. my soft bed
5. my tv
6. my warm house
7. my xbox-360 (I listed it twice because I would really miss it!)

Blogpost #19

"Leaving" p.139

Why do you think Tally ultimately decides to figure out where Shay is?
I think she decides to search for Shay because she doesn't want to be ugly for the rest of her life. I also think that she might be going because Peris made her feel bad about her supposedly not keeping her promise with Peris. In my opinion I would tell Peris to back off and let me think about what to do, or lead Special Circumstances in the wrong direction.

Blogpost #18

"Infiltrator" p.129

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

1. Tally drives to Special Circumstances
2. Tally tells Dr. Cable about Shay
3. She gives Dr. Cable the directions
4. Dr. Cable tells Tally that she will be going to The Smoke
5. Tally accepts

Blogpost #17

"Peris" p.120

Why do you think Peris comes back? Support your answer with textual evidence.
I think Peris came back so he could convince Tally to spill the information, so she can be a pretty and be with him forever. I also think that he came back to see what was taking Tally so long to become a pretty. "So tattle anyway, how big a deal can it be?" "You made me a promise too."

Blogpost #16

"Ugly for Life" pg.111

Respond to the following quote:

"Everywhere she went, eyes looked away. But it was the most visible she'd ever felt."
That's actually quite funny. I know what Tally means by that. She wasn't really noticed before, but now, even though kids are looking away from her, she is getting attention. It may not be the attention that she wants, but people are notincing her for once.

Blogpost #15

"Special Circumstances" pg.102

Summarize the chapter highliting the important events in chronological order. Predict what you think will happen next.
1. Tally is taken to an ugly building.
2. Tally meets a cruel pretty named Dr. Cable.
3. Dr. Cable asks Tally about Shay.
4. Tally doesn't say anything about Shay to Dr. Cable.
5. Dr. Cable tells Tally that if she doesn't give info to her about Shay, then she will never be a pretty!

Characterization: Dr. Cable
> She is a cruel pretty
> Aquline nose
> Sharp teeth
> nonreflective grey eyes
> Sharp voice
> Works for Special Circumstances

Blogpost #14B

"Operation" pg.96

Summarize the chapter highliting the important events in chronological order. Predict what you think will happen next.
1. Tally is waiting for the car that will take her to the operation place.
2. A ugly boy asks her about being pretty.
3. She thinks about the whole operation in her head.
4. Tally meets the hospital hovercar driver.
5. Tally gets to the hospital.
6. The driver says that there is a problem with her operation.
7. The driver takes her somewhere.

Blogpost #14A

"Last Trick" pg.85

Respond to the following quote, what does it mean to you? "We didn'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 wherever Shay went, that would be a much more unique, and free place than New Pretty Town. I think that I would choose to go to that place because there you don't have to do a painful operation just to look like everyone else. Also you could mess around and not have to be so perfect all the time, like in New Pretty Town. If I were Tally, I would definetly choose to go to that place with Shay.

Blogpost #13

"Fight" pg.76

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 one?
Both of the fights were between Tally and Shay. One of the fights was fake and the other was a real fight. Each fight took place because of the ugly situation. The fake fight was great! Tally ended up pushing Shay over a railing to fall, but Shay had a bungee jacket on. It scared the crap out of the uglies! The real fight was bad. Tally and Shay were fighting over something so dumb and Shay ended up swimming to shore and leaving Tally alone!

Blogpost #12

"Waiting for David" pg.69

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 tought in school seem a lot more useful. She remembered now how rainwater fell on the mountains and soaked into the ground..."
The city had nothing to do with nature. The city never really cared for nature, but they still taught the kids the stuff that happened in nature. I think that all the people in the city just stayed in the city all the time and never wanted to explore nature. I just think that makes them boring and ungrateful for what God gave them.

Blogpost #11

"Rusty Ruins" p.61

Write a one paragraph summary of the chapter. Tell the important events in chronological order.
Shay and Tally make it to the Rusty Ruins. They see all the destruction and mess off the once populated city. Tally and Shay ride a roller coaster with their hoverboards and Tally freaks out because part of the track was brocken and she had fallen. Shay tells Tally that she wants her to meet someone.

Find 2 similies in this chapter and quote them, as well as the page number.
"Every building sported jagged spurs of metal sticking from its broken walls, like bones jutting from a long-dead animal." pg.62

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

Blogpost#10

"Rapids" p.53

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 agree with Tally. I think if you knew the reality behind everything then there would be nothing else for you to learn and life would be super boring. Also it is kind of fun when you get fooled by a joke, riddle or a question. No body can know everything, only one person can and that is God.

Find info about the origin of white water rafting and post it here, along with the wesite URL
White water rafting was one of the first forms of transportation. In 1811, the first recorded attempt to navigate the Snake River in Wyoming was planned by the Overland Astorians. The rubber river raft is believed to be invinted in the early 1840s. It was first made by Lt. John Fremont and Horace H. Day. In 1956, one of the member of the most affluent business families of America, John D. Rochefeller built a resort that introduced one of the first floating trips in the country. In the 1960s and 1970s, exclusive white water rafting companies were formed. Rafting was first included in the Munich Olympic Games, 1972.
http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=MaxBellamy

Blogpost #9

"Pretty Boring" p.46

Describe the Rusty Ruins. What are they? What happened during this time period?
The Rusty Ruins are the remains of an old city. Every building is huge and made of metal. They have a roller coaster that is made out of not so rusted metal. Something or someone destroyed the city a long time ago.

Define peer pressure. Think of a time when it happened to you or someone you know and explain the situation in a paragraph.
Peer Pressure- is pressure from one's peers to behave in a manner similar or acceptable to them. Everyone in 6th grade had a xbox360, and I felt weird that I didn't have one. I eventually got one for my b-day and I was so happy. I think that was actually a good thing that I had peer pressure because the xbox360 is so fun!

Blogpost #8

"Facing the Truth"

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."

I feel that Shay does not want to be a pretty and that she believes that she is already pretty just the way she is.

"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)

I think that is very stupid and that killing is a very bad crime over something something so small and is simple to work out. People should be happy with themselves and how God made them.

"It's the only way to make people equal" (becoming pretty)

I think if everyone made themselves pretty, everyone would be the same and boring. People should be unique and stay themselves.

Blogpost #7

"Wipeout" p.33

Think of another, book, movie or comic (exc) in which people use hover boards. How are they used? If possible, post a video of this.
In Fantastic 4 Rise Of The Silver Surfer, the Silver Surfer used a hover board. Basically the board was part of the Surfer. He controlled the board with his body, because there was some sort of connection between the board and the Surfer.

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

The pretties are to perfect to go back to Uglyville. The docters grind and stretch your bones to the right shape, peel off your face and rub all your skin away, and stick in plastic cheekbones so you look like everybody else.

Blogpost #6

"Shay" p.23

Write a one paragraph summary of the chapter.
Tally just escaped the party. She is crawling on the ground trying to avoid the warden in a park. She sees a figure in the distance and stays stock still. After a couple of minutes she falls and the figure walks over to her. It turns out to be a girl named Shay. They talk a little and decide to take the ancient bridge back to Uglyville together.

What have you learned about Shay? Is she like Tally? Make a prediction about what will happen between Tally and Shay.
Shay spies on her pretty friends too. She was going to go to the "white tie" party, but Tally set off the alarm. That is what Tally and Shay have in common. They also both want to be pretties. I think Tally and Shay will become great friends.

Blogpost #5

"Best Friends Forever" p.11

Why do you think New Pretty Town advocates bungee jumping? I think New Pretty Town advocates bungee jumping because all the perfects like it. Also it might be the new trend in New Pretty Town. It also can help perfects escape fires faster.

Find info about the history of bungee jumping and post it, along with the website URL.
Diving off a high tower with an elastic rope tied to the ankles for a quick adrenaline rush is bungee jumping. The first bungee jumps were carried out thousands of years ago on the island of Pentecost, one of Vanuatu's many islands. In the times when legends were made, a man named Tamalie frequintly and viciously beat his wife. One day she ran away in fear and hid in the top of a tree. Tamalie climbed after her despite threats she would jump. When he reached the top, she threw herself off and he plunged after her. However, she had cleverly tied vines to her feet that broke her fall while her husband crashed to his death on the ground.
http://southpacifichistory.suite101.com/article.cfm

Blogpost #4

"Best Friends Forever" p.11

Characterization: Tally

she is an ugly, has a scar on her right palm, brown eyes, wide nose, thin lips, too-high forehead and tangled mass of frizzy hair.

Characterization: Peris

he is a pretty, big eyes, full lips, smooth, clear skin, symmetrical features; and a thousand other little clues. His palm was smooth and unblemished.

How do you feel about the friendship of Tally and Peris? Are they true best friends? Why or Why not? I think Tally and Peris were really good friends when they were both uglies. I think now that Peris is a pretty and Tally is still an ugly, their friendship is a little weaker. So I wouldn't say they are true best friends yet.

Blogpost #3

"New Pretty Town"

Find & quote ONE oxymoron from the chapter or ONE example of irony. (quote directly) on p.10 "the revelers were wearing masks, devil faces and horrible clowns, green monsters and grey aliens with big oval eyes, cats and dogs and cows, faces with crooked smiles or huge noses. Pretties are wearing masks of things that are not perfect!

Why do you think Tally chose to wear a mask to the party that was deemed "white tie"? I think she wore the mask so she could hide her "ugly" apperance from the pretties. Also she did not know that the party was "whit tie".

Find info about the history of masks and post it. How does this relate to Tally's decision? Masks are a form of disguise.Masks generally are worn with a costume, often so complete that it covers the entire body of the wearer. When the wearer is attired in the mask, ther is a loss of his previous identity and the assuming of a new one.
http://www.anymask.com/historyofmask.html

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"New Pretty Town" p.3

1 paragraph- Have you ever had a friend like Peris who abandoned your friendship after moving? Explain. Yes I have. My friend Devon is moving on January 30 and he will be going to a different school! I was just starting to get to know him and now he is leaving!!

Describe the following terms:

1. Iterface ring- A tracking device
2. Toothbrush pill- A pill you take when you brush your teeth?
3. Cacophony- very loud, unpleasant sound

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

Beauty is good looks that catch my attention, and a good personality. I think if everyone was "beautiful", then no one would be beautiful!!



I chose this picture as my beautiful picture because beaches are very beautiful and calm. Beaches are even more beautiful when beautiful girls are on them!