Imagery

Pick a scene from the book, Uglies, and depict it visually and within writing on your blog.  Find an image online that closely represents what you imagined the Smoke, Rusty Ruins, New Pretty Town, Uglyville, Special Circumstances, etc. to look like as you read.

After you find an image THEN I would like you to write a descriptive paragraph (as a character – no need to tell me who) describing that place.  Be sure to incorporate imagery within your paragraph.  Remember: Imagery means that you are incorporating all of your senses; sight, touch, smell, taste, and hear.  I should see each of these five senses incorporated into your paragraph (major points).  Your paragraph should be no less than eight sentences.  Your goal is to create an image in the readers’ mind. 

Mrs. Carn’s Example: 

There is a chill in the air as I walk through the Rusty Ruins.  The silence is almost deafening until I am shaken by the sounds of metal and glass falling in the distance.  There is a coat of dust all over everything and I wonder, “Is it really dust or residue from a war that once happened on this land?” – either way it leaves my mouth feeling dry and gritty.  I am so thirsty and yet there isn’t one source of water anywhere in this decrepit city.  Cars are overturned, windows smashed, buildings burned – everything around me crumbling and falling apart.  What was this town like when it was all put together?  I find myself tripping and my shoes becoming tattered as I walk over the sharp pieces on the road – debris is everywhere and it is hard to miss.  The cars are not running and yet there is a faint stench of oil in the air…and also….death.  This is no place that I want to be for very long but it certainly is fascinating.  Life was once here, but now it is gone.

 

Post Secret

Post Secret is a current blog out on the web that allows people to post secrets on the blog anonymously.  I would like for you to choose a character and post a secret. However, I would like for you to write the secret on a picture and post it onto your blog.  YOU DO NOT HAVE TO SAY WHO THE SECRET IS FROM.  Actually, find someone to go to your blog and guess who is stating the secret.  You can reveal later (in a comment box) whether or not they are correct.

Here is my secret message...who do you think it's from?

Please utilize www.picmonkey.com to edit and add text to your image!

Dystopia/Utopia

1.What is a dystopia? Give me a definition.

2. What makes the book Uglies a dystopian novel?  Explain thoroughly in at least five sentences.

2. What is a utopia?  Give me a definition.

3. Give me a picture of what your "utopia" might look like.

4. Explain to me in detail what you visualize for your own utopia.  NOT just the physical aspects but how your world would exist. (Six Sentences)

Mrs. Carn's Example

My utopia or desirable world to live in would definitely begin with a beach. I would definitely love to wake up every single morning to the sound and feeling of the ocean.  In my world people would be healthy and live off the land.  We wouldn't be consumed by the media or this pre-packaged consumer world. People would treat each other with love and respect and be willing to help each other out in various ways.  Society would be out to better themselves, each other, and the world.  We would take time for ourselves and take care of our bodies and minds.  There would be more hours in the day to spend with the ones we loved.  Most importantly - we would not take things for granted.  Life would be good.

Character and Clothing

For this blog, I would like for you to choose a character from the book and design two outfits for them.  You will be using the website called Polyvore.  You must create an account.

www.polyvore.com

On your collection page, you must have the following:

• 2 Clothing Outfits
• 2 Pairs of Shoes
• 6 Accessories
• The Name of the Character on Your Page

The outfits must truly represent the character based upon what you have read about them in the book.  
Have fun!

Interior Design

What do you think the various settings in the book may look like?  What do you envision when reading the book?  For this blog, I would like you to consider one setting (such as the party towers, dorms, David's parent's house, etc.) and create an interior design board to represent that environment.  You must support your design with at least one quote from the book that explains or gives information about the setting.  

Directions: Create the design board with at least 20 items, write a short paragraph (at least five sentences) explaining your board, and include a quote from the book to support your design choices.

Please use the following website: www.olioboard.com 

Mrs. Carn's Example:

When Tally first went to David's parent's house she said that it was, "unlike any other in the Smoke.  It was like a standard crumbly home, filled with impractical objects.  A marble statuette stood in one corner, and rich rugs had been hung on the walls, lending their colors to the light in the room, softening the edges of everything."  In my design board, I tried to add the elements that Tally described.  I included a lot of ornate and interesting items because Maddy and Az seem like very unique and eccentric people.  I would imagine their home to look much like what I pictured above.  I imagine it to be one of those homes where you just keep looking at everything in it with amazement and/or wonder.

Poetry

Please go to the MOODLE page and download the "30 Days of Poetry" document.  

Pick one of the poem formats to write. 

 Then...  For this blog, I would like you to write a poem as if you were one of the characters in the book.  Be sure to explain who is the character writing the poem and what type of poem you chose.  Then either place the poem onto a picture or include a picture onto your blog.

 (utilize PicMonkey - link is on my website)

Mrs. Carn's Example
Just Because Poetry: Tally

Comic Strip

For this blog assignment, you will be recreating a scene from the Uglies into a cartoon.  You will be utilizing "ToonDoo" again (the same software we used for the Edgar Allan Poe cartoons).  After you have created the cartoon you need to save it as a picture.  Upload the picture to your blog and then explain the scene and why it is important to the book in no less than eight sentences!

Mrs. Carn's Example

 

This scene occurred towards the end of part one of the book.  I find it to be a major turning point in the book.  This scene is where Tally is awaiting becoming a "Pretty" and Shay comes back to visit her one last time.  Shay decides to run away and she asks Tally to go with her.  Tally tells her that she wants to stay and become a "Pretty".  Shay is shocked by this and upset that she didn't tell Tally her plan sooner.  I think this is the turning point because from here on out everything changes about Tally's life.  There is a ripple effect directly after - she doesn't get to become "Pretty," she is interrogated, she is forced to betray her friend, lie, and go on an unbelievably scary journey to seek out the "Smoke."  Everything about Tally's life is now different based upon her friendship with Shay and her decision not to go with Shay.  Shay entering Tally's life had some major effects - both good and bad.  This scene really starts making the story great, in my opinion.