"Down River" Blog Post 52

If you were Tally, would you ask the Warden to make you pretty. Yes

"Confessions" Blog Post 51

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 she will regret it and David will come for her and forgive her for what she has done.

"Hippocratic oath" Blog Post 50

Should Maddy have force Shay to take the "cure?" Why or why not?
No because if it didn't work she would feel guilty and you can't make anyone do what they don't want to do.

"night alone" Blog Post 49

If you wer Shay would you get the cure? Why or why not? Yes I would because I would want to be myself not have lesions in my brain eating it away dieing slowly.

"get away" Blog Post 48

Respond to the following quote from the chapter... what does it mean to you? "Tally thought of teh 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 friend's thoughts, warping her feelings, gnawing at the roots of who she was."
It means that the leasions are changing you, altering you, killing you without you even knowing that the damage is there.

"Rescue" Blog Post 47

Give a chronological list of improtant events in the chapter. What's the kicker at the end of the chapter?
1. Finds out that Shay is a pretty.
2. Gets everyone out of the jail
3.Find out that AZ is died.
The kicker is that AZ is died.

"Inside" Blog Post 46

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." What "labels" doTally and David find in the special circumstances building? Give a BREIF description of what you think each means.
I think it has a big meaning because all of these can be use for harm and protection. Like radiology is the study of radiation (atom bombs, mutations), also neurology I think is the study of manipulating people but I think I'm wrong, Magnetic Imaging is like making hoverboards and stuff, and lastly the Operating Theatre Two is the operating room were they make Special Circumstance people special.
Describe Shay's appearance at the end of the chapter using textual evidence.
"She was tall elegant, every feature perfection. Her eyse deep and soulful, flecked with copper and gold-" Shay was turned pretty and her face sides were similare with no skin bumps and spots.

"Over the edge" Blog Post 45

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 imprtant to you. What would it be and why? It would be GO TO BOY SCOUTS think every boy should at least experience camping in the wilderness and haveing fun outside then play XBOX all the time.

"Accomplices" Blog Post 44

The Uglies they met in this chapter are similar to Tally at the beginnig of the book. When you compare her to these Uglies, how has Tally changed and what has made her change? She has changed by first thinking first then acting, and not just having fun, the thing that change her was the hardships of the Smoke, the work, and her likeing David.

"Familar Sights" Blog Post 43

Do you think Tally's plan will work? David wants to save his parents, but what's driving Tally? Do you think she is craxy, or are her feelings valid?
Yes I think it will work and Tally is doing this to redeme herself and she likes David.

"Oil Plague" Blog Post 42

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

One they describe the rusties as foolish which is true because some of the stuff we do don't make sence. Another is that we use oil for everything also thats all the way correct we do use oil and petroleum for everythink. Last one is newspapers about being books but not really but real accurate and we do throw them away.

What are weaknwsses of OUR society?

Not enough security, dept, and we help other countries toooooooooooooooooooooooo much.use only oil

What are weaknesses of THEIR society?

the rusties had the problem with using only oil, the orchirds, and the oil mold thing.

"Maddy and Az" Blog Post 41

Find information and a picture about a time we weren't prepared. (i.e. natural disaster or attack). Post the information and cite it"Two jet airliners were hijacked and crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City on September 11, 2001. The first jet crashed into the North side of the tower and the second jet crashed into the south tower. Both buildings collapsed within two hours of being hit. It killed everyone onboard and many others working the buildings. Buildings around the tower also had damage to them. Two thousand six hundred and three people died at the World Trade Center. The Towers were condemned due to all of the damage and toxins."ac3176.k12.sd.us/Event/Twin%20Towers.htm

"Ruin" Blog Post 40

Describe the irony in Tally's "victory" over Dr.Cable. What was lost in the process?
Tally betrayed the Smoke to be pretty and then her victory over Dr.Cable lost her the chance to be pretty.

"Amazing" Blog Post #39

Is David right? Is Tally amazing? Do you think she should be feeling guilty? Why or why not?
It is amazing that she betrayed her freind just to be pretty and also getting away from the specials. But I think that she should be feeling guilty because she brought this on, on everyone and cause the invasion. She should just tell David the truth.

"Run" Blog Post #38

Who is the voice in the dark? Do you think it will be a freind or enemy to Tally? What do you think Tally will do now?
I think it will be David because she didn't see him at the rabbitt pens also he took a walk he probably didn't come back to the Smoke and was saved. Of course Davids, but even if it isn't David it couldn't be any of the specials because non of them know about that cave.

"In Case of Damage" Blog Post #37

Explain what self preservation means to you. Is it the most important thing? Would you lie because of it?
Self preservation is keeping your self sage and I don't think its the most improtant thing. I think you should put others before yourself.

"The Rabbit Pen" Blog Post #36

Tally had changed her mind about the Smoke and the operation, but what will she do about all that now? Whose side is she on?
I think shes on Davids, Shays, and the Smokes side and is going to try to save them and do anyting she can.

"Invasion" Blog Post #35

Is this the climax of the book? Explain why or why you don't think so in a few sentences. No I don't think this is the climax for a couple or reasons. One if you look at the book there is a lot more to go in the story apparently not this one chapter is going to end the book. Two it can't be the end because Tally hasn't got caught yet. Lastly, I think the ending is going to be they all are in like in jail or something like that and Tally has to get them out and start the Smoke up again.

"Burnig Bridges" Blog Post #34

Read the following quote David says to Tally. "What you do, the way you think, makes you beautiful." Name one person in you personal (home) life and one in your academic life ( you may leave them nameless if you wish)...what makes this person beautiful?
Well in my home life it's not just one person is all of them because they like me, care for me, and are sometimes fun to be around like a family. The academic (not a teacher) is ______. ____ is always there for me, is a real freind, and is fun to be around. Doesn't be mean to me and is just fun to be around.

"Pretty Minds" Blog Post #33

Respond to the following qupte, 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 physically if you were pretty? (think...habits, intelligence, and physical attributes) In the story and what I think the quote means is that it changes the way everyone thinks so everyones easier to control, to manipulate. Also I would like to be super smart in English so I wouldn't have to crame to get an A. NO OFFENCE TO TEACHERS. I would like to have no bad habits like scratching my fingers,or nails when I run, I would also like to be more physically inclinded to running not slow as a snail.

"The Secret" Blog Post #32

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 partents and children? That's just weird."
It says that the pretty program change the community and the people so much that there children don't look like there parents
Predict what you think being "pretty" is. In the book being pretty means that you have had the operation done on you.

"Bravery" Blog Post 31

Find an example of imagrey, personification, and simile. Quote directly and give page numbers.

Imagrey-"He turned her palm up to reveal her freshly blistered fingers"

Personification-",and roots graspingthe railroad tracks"...her necklas tight as the vines, brush, and roots grasping the railroad tracks.

"Hearththrob" Blog Post #29

Why would it have been easier for Tally to activate the pendant when she got to the smoke? Explain.
Because she wouldn't find any friends ad feel bad about activating the pendent.

"Work" Blog Post #27

Find an image of a skyline like the one Tally sees. Post it. What is beautiful about it? Is there anything ugly about it?

The things beutiful about this picture is that it all bends together in a reacuring theme and all the plant life just makes it bust with awesomeness. The only thing about this I think is ugly is that it ends and doesn't go on forever.

"Suspicion" Blog Post #30

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

I think she does because David was the person she liked and Tally came in and poof David doesn't even know Shay exsists and falls in love with Tally.

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

No I wa always giving gifts and it did have meaning when I gave stuff away like I like them or stuff like that.

"The Model" Blog Post #26

What do you think about Shay's description of a model? Shay and Tally hav a skewed view of our time, but what have they got right? (1 paragraph)
Basicaly Shay's right about trying to be a perfesional pretty. The dieses they were talking about was the girls haveing a mental problem so they feel they have to look skiny to look beutiful. In are time people starve to look good and people to like them and Shay and Tally were right about that. Well they have some sterotiping mixted in with it like the fat commedens not all of them are fat and the rockstars having stringy hair is kinda right. The last thing they had right is the fact that there was no pretty programa because they would all look the same if they were pretty but they didn't.

"Lies" Blog Post #25

Characterization:...David
David is a boy that is a little older than Tally and is an ugly. He basicaly put everything together and makes everything at the smoke run soothly, also is very confident looking and likes Shay.
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 because it looks like the description of the houses and is by the mountains. Also in the back of the picture you see a house bigger than the rest which is the library.

"Bug Eyes" Blog Post #24

List the important events of the chapter in chronological order.

1.Tally meets the Rangers halling her out of the water.

2.Learns about the Orchirds and how they are taking over all the other life around them.

3.Tally is dropped off by the ranger hikes up the hill and is wating for them to come and get her.

Respond the following quote: "...Tally was stuck out her in the wild forever. Ugly for life. Her only way home was to betray her friend." This is saying she has to basicly tattle on her friend to get her life back to normal.

"Firestorm" Blog Post #23

Give one example of each of these from the chapter:

Imagrey "Billowing clouds of smoke surrounded he, blotting out the sky."

Personification "Fingers of it shot up the hill, leaping grom one beautiful flower to another, leaving them scorched and black."

Simile "...,but then the wind caught the hoverboard, much lighter without her on it, and spun it away like a leaf."

"The Side you Despise" Blog Post #22

What do you think the flying machine was? Who was in it? Make a prediction.
I think it was a helicopter, the people who the rusties were trying to get away from, and I think they try to kill everyone in their teritory and are tracking down Tally.

"Spagbol" 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? I would make beef stroganof and you just boil the water untill its boiling and pour the boiling water into the package and for 1 minute shake it and let it cool for 2 minutes
Make a list of things you would miss about your home if you were forced to leave it as Tally was.
1.T.V. 8.My dogs
2. X-box 9. Air conditioning
3.Shower 10.Other cloths
4.Sonic
5.Freinds/Family
6. Good food
7. my House

"Infiltrator" Blog Post #18

Give a chronological list of important events that happened in the chapter.
1. Tally agrees to answer all the questions and do anything they want to the best of there abilities to Dr. Cable
2. Tally learns that they know about David.
3. Tally learns that Dr. Cable and special circumstances as made a copy of the letter that Shay gave Tally.
4. Dr.Cable tells her to find the smoke.

"ugly for life " Blog Post #16

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

It means that she felt embarresed, and doesn't fit in so it was like she stuck out and that was why everyone was looking away because she looked like a freak, a weirdo, and not like them.

"Special Circumstances" Blog Post #15

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


1. Tally is taken to a rectangular building where all the people there were scarey and athoritive faced.


2.A women named Dr. Cable interigates her about Shay


3. One of the things is that the room could tell if Tally was lieing


4.Tally says she made a promise and she wouldn't go and fing Shay and give her up


5. Dr. Cable goes out of the room and tells Tally that she will be a ugly forever if she doesn't give up Shay.

Characterizaton: Dr.Cable:
She's a cruel pretty. "Her nose was aquiline, her teeth sharp, her eyes a nonref ledive gray. Her voice had th same slow, neutral cadence as a bed time book."
She's a scary, cruel, and athoritive looking women.

"Operation" blogpost #14b

Summarize the chapter highlight the important events in chronological order. Predict what you think will happen next.
1.Tally is at the operating room
2. She is there for a long time and starts thinking about becoming a pretty and Shay
3. A scare looking man comes in and says there is something wrong with her operation.
Also I think what will happin next is that she will be an ugly for life

"Last Trick" Blog post #14a

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 means don't let anyone control your life except yourself and always do what you want to do don't let anyone stop you.

"Fight" Blog Post #13

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? (no less than one paragraph)
The fake fight and the realy Shay and Tally fight were the two fights. They both had yelling and arueing but the fake fight had contact like had to hand. They both took place because of arguing and different thoughts kinda like the civil war. The outcome of the fake fight would be in real life just scared some 12 year olds but if it was real it would be they fought and now there mad at each other. The real fight the outcome was that they are mad at each other and don't want to see each other.

"Waiting for David" Blogpoast #12

What does th following qoute from the chapter tell you about the city?
"That was one thing avout being outside the city; It make all that natre stuff they taught in school seem a lot more useful. She remembered now how rainwater fell on the mountains and soaked into the ground..."
That its realy eary and dark, no lights, people, or advertizements to spoule nature. and it seemed diserted sacred.

"The Rusty Ruins"

Write a one paragraph summary of the chapter. Tell the important events in chronological order.
Tally and Shay are walking into the rusty ruins. They see that the whole town is crumbaly and old. That the working areas were so packed in like a bee hive. Then Shay and Tally go on a rollercoaster, unfortunatly the coaster was broken and Tally fell, getting scared out oof her mind but the braclet caught her before she hit the ground. Then Tally sares a secret with Tally that she can't tell anyone, its that theres a person liveing in the Rusty Ruins!
Find two similies in this chapter and quote them, as well as the page number.
page 62 " Every building sported jagged spurs of metal sticking from its broken walls, like bones jutting from a long dead animal." Page 64 "...hoverboarding really waslike bing a bird."

"Rapids" blogpost #10

In this chapter Tally says, " I kind of like being fooled about some things." Do you agree with Tally, or would you rathr know the reality behind everything? Why?
I agree with Tally because of the best prize is a suprise.


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The rubber river raft is believed to have been invented in the early 1840s. It was first made by Lt. John Fremont, who was then serving in the U.S army and Horace H. Day. They invented the rubber raft with the intention of surveying the Rocky Mountains and the Great Plains. Although the raft was invented in the mid-nineteenth century, it was not until the turn of the century that the first ever commercial whitewater trip was undertaken. At first, surplus military rafts were used as boats and it was only much later that inflatable rafts were used.
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"Pretty Boring" blogpost #9

Describe the Rusty Ruins. What are they? What happened during this time period?
The Rusty Ruins are basically the houses and buildings of our time period. Now they are destroided because of fighting caused by the pretty program. The Rusty Ruins are all rusty and forgotten now.
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 when your freinds are doing something, own something, or even think something is cool and you feel pressured to think the same or do the same wanting to fit into the crowd. I have expereinced this and it realy bit me in the butt we it happened.

I was in second grade, and it was after school. I was still at school because my mom is a teacher. My freinds were throwing rocks outside, my mom said not to go and play so I just watched. When I say how much fun they were having I started to get bord and left out. Then forgetting what my mom sayed I went outside and started playing, and who would of guessed it a kid threw a rock strate for my head and my head was a founten of red blood in two seconds.

"Facing the Future" blogpost #8

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

"making ourselves fell ugly is not fun."...This whole game is just designed to make us hate ouselves." I think what Shay is trying to say is that, insulting yourself is never good you should be happy with yourself no matter what. Also that the software was made to want to desier to be a pretty and thats how the corpuration was so big and how it got started.
"Everyone judged everone 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)
Everyone judges people on there looks and everyone wanted that unfair advantage. So they were fighting for this advantage and people got hurt.
"It's the only way to make people equal." (becoming pretty)
Because of all the fighting they made the pretty program to end the fighting to make everyone equal. But I think they should make it illegal and distroied it.

"wipeout" blogpost #7

Think of another,book, movie or comic (exc) in which people use hover baords. How are they used? If possible, post a video of this.
Treasure Island had huver boards. They used the hover baords like a parasalle, moving the jire to move the sails for the wind curent to take it left and right.
why do you think the new pretties don't come back to uglyville to visit? Describe their physicall and mental trasformationd into new pretties.
I think they don't want to come back to uglyville because they don't want to be around ugly people like there going to catch a deisesse, the ugly. The proceeder for being turned into an pretty. They grind your bones, peel and rub down you skin and face, and add plastic cheeckbones. Also they take away all your bad habits and mistervious ideas or habits.

"Shay" blogpost #6

Write a one paragraph summary of the chapter. Tally is trying to get out of new pretty town. She uses bungee jump equipment to set off the fire alarm and get out of there. Then she is trying to get back to her house while hiding from the police trying to find her. Then in the bushes she meets another ugly,Shay, that was spying on the pretties while Tally pulled the alarm. Now both of them together are trying to get home.

What have you learned about Shay? Is she like Tally? Make a prediction about what will happen between Tally and Shay. Shay is an ugle that is freinds with a bridge so she can were her interface ring and not get cote. She is like Tally because she was out spying on the pretties. Also I think they'd become freinds.

"Best Freinds Forever" blogpost #5

Why do you think New Pretty Town advocates bungee jumping? I think they advocate it because you can look pretter while bungee jumping and thats there whole theme. Also its for fire alarms because falling off a burning building and living is very glamorous.

"Bungee has quite an old origin. The idea of this way of jumping comes from the ancient ritual "Gkol" performed in the Pentecost Island in the Pacific Archipelago of Vanuatu. The legend says that in the village Bunlap a man called Tamalie had a quarrel with his wife and she ran away and climbed a Banyan tree where she wrapped her ankles with liana vines. When Tamalie came up to her, the woman jumped from the tree and so did her husband not knowing what had his wife done. So he died but the woman survived. The men of Bunlap were very impressed by this performance and they began to practise such jumps in case they got in similar situation. This practice transformed into a ritual for rich yam harvest and also for proving manhood.Modern bungee jumping as we know it today actually started on the 1st of April ( Fools' Day ) 1979 when group of people from the Oxford University Dangerous Sport Club, impressed by a film about "vine jumpers", jumped from 245-Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, England. Using nylon braided, rubber shock cord instead of vines, and dressed in their customary top hat and tails, they performed a four man simultaneous jump .The enthysiasts promptly were arrested for this. But at least hit the world press the next day. The new adrenaline mania has been started. The D.S.C. performed many other jumps, including one off the Golden Gate Bridge. In early 1988, A.J. Hackett and Chris Allum, opened the first commercial jump site in Ohakune, New Zealand. Hackett also made a great commercial show in 1987 when he jumped from the Eiffel Tower in Paris.. As part of the site publicity, Hackett performed an astounding bungee jump from the Eiffel Tower! Nowadays there have already been a lot of towers,cranes,bridges and even hot-air balloons serving as platforms for jumping and bungee is the simplest and easily understood of the aerial extreme sports."

<http://library.thinkquest.org/C0123122/historybungee.htm>

"Best Freinds Forever" blogpost #4

Characterization of Tally-Tally is a ugly in this book, she has frizzy hair, a wide nose,and too-high forehead. She is a high spirited and smart girl that spies on the pretties. She is so called freinds with Peris a pretty and wantes to be like him, a pretty. She is also very snecy and good at spying.

Characterization of Peris- Peris is 3 months older than Tally and was her freind. But know he's a pretty and is a rich snobe that lookes down on pretties. Also he only wantes to be tallies freind when shes a pretty.

How do you fell about the freindship of Tally and Persi? Are they true best freinds?Why or Why not? I feel that Peris and Tally were freinds when they were uglies but not anymore because true freinds wouldn't care about outside apperiences. But Peris would only be freinds with Tally is was a pretty and thats not a true freind.

"New pretty town" blogpost #3

Find and qoute ONE oxymoron from the chapter or ONE sxample of irony. (qoute it directly) irony "But nothing had been beautiful since Persis turnd pretty."

Why do you think Tally chose to wear a mask to the party that was deemed "white tie"-Because one she didn't know it was deemed "white tie" and she wanted to were a masked so knowon would see she was an ugly in new pretty town.

"Mask
a form of disguise. It is an object that is frequently worn over or in front of the face to hide the identity of a person and by its own features to establish another being. This essential characteristic of hiding and revealing personalities or moods is common to all masks. As cultural objects they have been used throughout the world in all periods since the Stone Age and have been as varied in appearance as in their use and symbolism." <http://www.anymask.com/historyofmask.html>

This realates to Tallys decigion because it says that they are used for disguises and thats exactual what she was doing.

"New pretty town" blogpost #2

Have you ever had a freind like peris who abandoned you freindship after moving. Explain.

Ya I have had a freind abandon me. I realy don't remenber him but I know it was in pre-k. We were freinds since we were born, same hospital, same hallway, and he was only born 3 days younger than me. He was such a good freind sometimes I thought of him as my twin even though we looked nothing alike. His dad had to move because of work and thats all I remember about him. All I remember after he left it was realy boring without him and I finaly realised that I basicaly lost one of my best freinds it was realy sad.

Describe the following terms:

1.Interface ring- An interface ring is a mishmosh of a lot of things. It can be an I.d., tracking devise, and a acess key. Basically its you life in ugly town or pretty town or whatever.

2.Toothbrush pill-A toothbrush pill is a toothbrush in a pill. It has the meaning in the name but the liquid in it cleans you teeth.

3.cacophony-Unpleasent sound.

Before Reading blogpost #1

uglypretty

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and sometimes other people like other things. If everyone was beautiful nowon would be theyed all be the same only the rich snobes would be beautiful.

Ipicked the rainbowish thing pretty because it realy appeals to me. It realy pops out and says hey look at me. I picked the red sculpture thing as ugle because its boring. Like okay I'm a sculpture that doesn't make and sence and just strate lines. I liked the rainbow over the boring sculptre because I think that the rainbow adds a little pazzas not like the boring modern art faze sculture.