Periods 3 & 4 - Due by September 28th at 11:00 p.m.
You know how I am always pointing out AWESOME WRITING in our readings. Remember when Bradbury, the author of "A Sound of Thunder," described the T-Rex??? Well, now it's your turn to discover it for yourself in chapters 1-3 in New Moon. For this assignment, I want you to choose three different sentences that appeal to your sense of smell, sight, taste, touch AND/OR hearing. You will need to type the full sentence in the comment section, identify the sense it's playing on, as well as the page number the sentence is located. YOU CANNOT USE SENTENCES THAT SOMEONE ELSE HAS ALREADY USED.
Here is an example, but you will have to do this for three different sentences:
SIGHT - "That was me. Me in a mirror. Me-ancient, creased and withered." (Page 6)
Be reminded that THIS IS NOT EXTRA CREDIT. Feel free to use a class computer during lunch, or before/after school if you need to.
As you read, underline the sensory images (which is active reading, a trait of a GREAT READER). You should also try to employ Meyer's strategies whenever you write. She is gifted at luring in the reader with her sensory details! Have fun with this!
Sunday, September 20, 2009
New Moon Homework: Chapters 1-3
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Homework, (:
Page 5-6.
1) "But where our fingers should have met, there was nothing but cold glass ". - Touch
Page 25
2). " There was a table with a white cloth draped over it next to Edward's grand piano, holding a pink birthday cake, more roses, a stack of glass plates, and a small pile of silver-wrapped presents" - Sight.
Page 33
3). " The only sound besides our quiet breathing was the soft plink,plink as the tiny fragments of glass dropped one by one to the table." - Hearing
Homework
1.Touch- "He pressed his icy, perfect lips against my wasted cheeck" Page 6
2.Hearing- "Alice's laughter chimed again" Page 11
3. Sight- "Edward stood beside me, casting no reflection, excrucitantingly lovely and forever seventeen." Page 6
1. The skin was soft and withered, bent into a thousand tiny creases that clung gently to the bone underneath. PAGE 3 SIGHT
2. I woke with a start - my eyelids popping open wide - and gasped. PAGE 9 HEARING
3.When I parked in front of Charlie's house, he reached over to take my face in his hands. PAGE 15 TOUCH
MELISSA P.
PERIOD 4
Home Work :D
Hearing: PAGE 6
I took a deep breath, and then i jumped again when my alarm went off.
Touch: PAGE 8
I slammed teh door of my '53 Chevy truck- a shower of rust specks fluttered down to the wet blacktop- and walked slowly toward where they waited.
Smell: PAGE 15.
His sweet breath fanned across my face.
Adisney P.
Period #4
Great job!!! Do you see how employing these skills in your writing will make it POP?????
Love you!
Touch- I could feel his lips curve upward as he let go of my face and reached back to unlock my grip on him. Page 16
Sight- I looked down at my shirt; the light blue cotton was soaked and spotted with my blood. Page 41
Sound- It was quiet for a long moment as I listened to my lulluaby drift to a close. Page 50
Hi there!!! I am glad to see you all are picking up on those sensory details!
Home -work. :)
Sound- Hearing the stutter in my heartbeats, he smiled again. Page 9
Touch - " Edward , please _" I started to beg , but he pressed one cool finger on my lips. Page 12
Smell - The smell was strange ; it made my head spin. Page 35
Sound:page#21
Edward smiled.after a moment,I heard the sound of the police cruiser pulling into the driveway.
Touch:page#46
"Happy birthday"he signed,and he leaned down to touch his lips to mine.
Sight:page#70
He just stared at me,and I could see from his eyes that my words were far too late.he already had.
Jennifer p
period#4
Keep those great ideas coming!!!
Touch-Page 12- She grinned the wide smile exposed all her perfect, glistening teeth then pecked me on the cheek and danced off toward her first class before i could respond.
Smell-Page 15- His sweet breath fanned across my face.
Sound-Page 17 The movie eventually captured my interest thanks in largest part to Edward whispering Romeo lines in my ear his irresistible velvet voice made the actors voice sound weak and coarse by comparison.
Touch-page52 Trying to be sneaky about it,I pressed my injured arm against his shoulder,so his cool skin would sooth the burning.
sound-page29 There was another noise,a grisly snarling that seemed to be coming from deep in Jasper's chest.
Sight-I couldn't feel anything but despair untill i pulled into the familiar parking lot behind Froks high school and spotted Edward leaning motionlessly against his polished silver Volvo,like a marble tribute to some forgotten pagan god of beauty.
Cecilia M P#4
Touch-"Suddenly his lips became more urgent,his free hand twisted into my hair and held my face securely to his." page:51
Sound-"Neither of us switched it on,and the silence intensified by the sudden thunder of the engine." page:44
Sight-"Dazed and disoriented,I looked up from the bright red blood pulsing out of my arm -into the fevered eyes of the six suddenly ravenous vampires." page:29
JackieFish (Jackie S.) from period 1.(:
homework
1. Sight: "If I develop this film, will you show up in the picture?” Bella Swan
2. Hearing: "His voice was sad. He was wallowing."
3. Touch: "Bella, you gave yourself a paper cut — that hardly deserves the death penalty."
Sight: The skin was soft and withered, bent into a thousand tiny creases that clung gently to the bone underneath. Like a dried apricot, but with a puff of thick white hair standing out in a cloud around it.~3~
Hearing: "Ugh," I mumbled.~57~
Touch: I felt the smooth wooden floor beneath my knees, and then the palms of my hands, and then it was pressed against the skin of my cheek.~84~
1.Hearing-"shh", i shushed him halfheartedly.
2.Feels-My head was already spinning by the time he leaned closer and pressed his icy lips against mine.
3.Touch-unthinkingly, my fingers traced the crescent-shaped scar on my hand that was always just a few a degrees cooler than the rest of my skin.
sight-But their skin was precisely the same pale shade, their eyes had the same strange golden tint, with the same deep, bruise-like-shadows beneath them. pg.8
touch-His mouth lingered on mine, cold and smooth and gentle, until I wrapped my arms around his neck and threw myself into the kiss with a little too much enthusiasm. pg.16
hear-"Your radio has horrible reception." pg.15
geisa p6
Sight-"Shoot," I muttered when the paper sliced my finger;I pulled it out to examine the damage.A single drop of blood oozed from the tiny cut. pg.28
Touch-"Heaven forbid that I should do anything I don't want to do," he said in a strangely desperate tone as he put his hand under my chin and pulled my face up to his. pg.51
Hear-He hit play,and we waited in silence.Then the music began. pg.49
Period:4
Homework.
1. TOUCH- "heaven forbid that I should do anything I don't want to do," he said in a starngely desperate tone as he put his hand under my chin and pulled my face up to his. Page 51
2. SIGHT- I shot a panicked glance back at gran, and saw that it was too late.She was just turning to stare back at me,her eyes as alarmed as mine. Page 5
3. HEAR- Emmett chuckled with delight. Page 28
Ashley Colon
Period. 3
Sight- If she hadn't been in my line of sight, I wouldn't have noticed Alice give up ans steal out of the room.
Hearing- The voice was deep and unfamiliar,but full of recognition. He wasn't calling my name to search, he was acknowledging that I was found.
Taste- We just had cold pizza. I think it's still on the table.
Touch- Trying to be sneaky about it, i pressed my injured arm against his shoulder, so his cool skin would sooth the burning.
Helen R.
touch- I could feel something, panic maybe, building up in my chest. I escaped to the kitchen.pg.58
see-Dull gray light, the familiar light of an overcast morning, took the place of the blinding sun in my dream.pg.6
hear-The sounds of male bonding and banter continued from the TV. set. pg.58
Vanessa de la cruz p-4
Wow! You guys are GREAT!!!!!
Smell: Still breathtaking beautyful, but his face was colder, more like a sculpture, less alive. Pg. 65
Sound: It was farther away this time, and sometimes it sounded like serveral voices were called at once. Pg. 74
Feel: My voice was just a whisper now; awareness was beginning to seep through me, trickling like acid through my veins. Pg. 70
Homework ;
Sight : (page 3) "Gran hadn't changed much; her face looked just as i remembered it. The skin was soft and withered bent into a thousand tiny creases that clung gently to the bone underneath. Like a dried apricot, but with a puff of thick white hair standing out in a cloud around it."
Touch : (page 16) "His mouth lingered on mine, cold and smooth and gentle, until I wrapped my arms around his neck and threw myself into the with a little too much enthusiasm."
Hear : (page 69) "I shouted, furious, the words exploding out of me--somehow it sounded like a plea."
SOUND-"I felt like iw as trapped in one of those terrifying nightmares, the one where you have to run, run till your lungs burst".PAGE 1
TOUCH-"I took the little packeage, rolling my eyes at Edward while i stuck my finger under the edge of the paper and jerked it under the tape".PAGE 28
SMELL-"He was the only one who could bear the smell of my blood without suffering from the intense temptation".PAGE 33-34
Homework <333
Sight ;
* " he smiled my favorite crooked
smile, but it was wrong. it didnt
reach his eyes." - page 67
Touch ;
* "His body was cold through
the thin quilt, but i crushed myself against him eagerly."
- page 51
feel ;
*"suddenly his lips became much
more urgent, his free hand
twisted into my hair and held
my face securely to his".
-page 51
SIGHT* When he finally looked up, his eyes were diffrent, harder-like the liquid gold had frozen solid. PG.69
TOUCH* Emmett grabed Jasper from behind in the next second, locking him into his massive steel grip, but Japer struggled on, his wild, empty eyes focused only on me.
PG.29
HEARING* They wereall waiting in a huge white living room; when i walked through the door, they greeted me with a loud chorus of "Happy birthday, Bella!" while I blushed and looked down
PG.25
Yelsin S. 2nd pr.
As i watched, his frozen eyes melted.The golden became liquid again, molten, burning down into mine with an intensity that was overwhelming. -see Pg.71
Suddenly, there was another sound, startlingly close. A kind of snuffling, an animal sound.It sounded big. I wondered if i should feel afraid . I didnt- just numb.it didnt matter the snuffling went away. -feel Pg.74-75
"Well that changes things," i was surprised by how calm and reasonable my voice sounded.
-hearing Pg.70
sight- page 5-she just turning to stare back at me, her eyes as alarmed as mine.
touch-page9-he lift his free hand and traced one cool fingertip around the outside of my lips as he spoke.
hearing-page9- hearing the stutter in my heart beats,he smiled again
(Sight)I could see it all so clearly-the blinding sun,the heat waves coming off the concrete as I ran with desperate haste to find the sadistic vampire who wanted to torture me to death. Pg.18
(Smell)The smell of alcohol burned in my nose. Pg.36
(Touch)He killed the engine, but his hands stayed clenched around the steering wheel. Pg.45
Sight:(page2)"The clock tolled again, and the sun beat down from the exact center point of the sky."
Touch:(page2)"As the clock began to toll out the hour, vibrating under the soles of my sluggish feet, I knew it was too late-and I was glad something bloodthirsty waited in the wings." (page51)"His body was cold through the thin quilt, but I crushed myself against him eagerly.;he pushed me away with gentle, firm hands."
Feel:(page3)"I WAS NINETY-NINE POINT NINE PERCENT SURE I was dreaming."
Hearing:(page35)"His lips turned up in a private smile."Hasn't Edward told you this story?"
Taste:(page51)"Suddenly his lips became much more urgent, his free hand twisted into my hair and held my face securely to his. And, though my hands tangled in his hair, too,"
Homework :)
Touch:
... he said in a strangely desperate tone as he put his hand under my chin and pulled my face up to his.
p. 51
Sight:
Edward was waiting for me at school, as usual, but his face was still wrong.
p. 53
Sound:
Regardless, I snapped a picture of my room.
p. 60
I love you <3
SIGHT-page 2-
perhaps the outcome would be different if she weren't trapped by the brilliant sunlight. Only I was free to run across this bright, crowed square.
HEAR-page30-
a low warning growl slid from between his clenched teeth.
TOUCH-page31-
he shook his head.” too much glass in the wound.” he reached over and ripped a long, thin scrap from the bottom of the white tablecloth. He twisted it around my arm above the elbow to form a tourniquet. The smell of the blood was making me dizzy.
1) Touch- "The box was so light that it felt empty." (Page: 27)
2) Hearing- "There was another noise, a grizzly snarling that seem to becoming from deep in Jaspers chest." (Page: 29)
3) Sight- "His face was smooth, unreadable, but thier was something wrong with his eyes- something he was trying very hard to hide." (Page: 41)
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