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

Blogpost #2

"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

Blogpost #1

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!