Week Four Reading: p. 304-end

After finishing the book, I would like you to post the following things:

• Your response to the end of the book
• One question you would ask the author
• Rate the whole book (1-10, ten being the highest) and explain your rating.
• Respond to another student's post. 
  

Week Three Reading: p. 203-303

Questions for Week Three:

• Your first post for this week is an open forum; feel free to discuss anything in this week's readings that you feel is important and worthy of our conversations.
• Your second post for this week should be a question based on this week's reading. What would you like to discuss with your classmates?
• Your third and fourth posts should be answers to your classmate's questions or responses to their posts.

Week Two Reading: p. 102-202

**This week you will need to post one more comment on the Week One board, along with the Week Two requirements. Please return to the comment section in Week One and read all of the comments below your last post. I have listed directions at the end for you. Happy Blogging!

Questions for Week Two:

• Describe the Rusty Ruins and what clues show us that it is based on our life. What do you think was the terrible end of life as we know it?
• Explain what the Special Circumstance division is and your feelings towards this division.
• Explain what the problem with Tally's operation is. Do you think she made the right decision and why?
• Explain why the rangers had to produce a firestorm to save the planet. Compare this situation to another situation in the novel or our world.
• All humans in our society would have been considered an Ugly according to this book, even movie stars and models. What are your thoughts about this concept?
• Do you think Tally will turn Shay in? Make a prediction about whether or not you think Tally will have the opportunity or choose to turn Pretty.

Click on the comments link below to blog and read other students posts.

Week One Reading: p. 1-101

Questions for Week One:

• Do you think the premise of the book is more fair than real life, where everyone has an opportunity to be Pretty? Explain.
• Compare and contrast the characters of Tally and Shay.
• Describe the relationship between Tally and Peris. Make a prediction about what their relationship will be like in the future.
• Do you think Tally's obsession with looks is similar or different than middle school students in real life? Explain.
• Nicknames for the Uglies are their worst physical feature. How do you think this affects their self-esteem?

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Welcome to the Uglies blog!

You will be blogging 4 times a week during this novel unit. Every week I will post questions related to the reading. You will need to respond to at least 3 questions that I post. Your third entry for the week will be a response to another student's entry. Remember that when you are responding to another student's blog, you need to comment positively and appropriately.

Blogging rules-

1. Use appropriate language.
   
2. You may only blog about the book. Nothing personal!
3. You may not post any personal information (use initials only).
4. Use proper writing conventions.
5. Use evidence from the novel to support your answer.
6. When responding to another student's post, you need to reference which post you are responding to along with your own response.