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Breaking Dawn Title: Breaking dawn Author: Stephanie Meyer ISBN: 978 1 905654 29 1 No of Pages: 754 Publisher: Atom Publishing Year Published: 2008 When Bella Swan moved to Forks, Washington four years ago she had no idea what she was up for. During //Twilight// she met Edward Cullen who she unconditionally fell in love with, but while she continues to grow Edward stays in his perfect 17 year old form forever all because, just like the rest of his family, he is a vampire. But now Bella’s finally graduated from school and decided that she wants to spend the rest of eternity with Edward so she requests the life changing bite that would change her into a vampire. Nothing is stopping her, except Edward. He won’t let Bella become a vampire without her marrying him first. So without any other choices Bella marries Edward. Everything goes smoothly, until the honeymoon comes round, when Bella discovers that she is pregnant with Edward’s baby. But since Bella was still human and the baby was half vampire its incredible strength and growth rate nearly kill Bella in the process, so without any other options Bella is changed, by Edward, into a vampire. Less than a month later though The Volturi, the vampire equivalent to royalty, hears of the half human half vampire child. But they misunderstand and they set out to kill the child (Renesmee) and so Edward and his family must pull together the strongest guard they possibly can within a month, but would it be enough. Breaking Dawn was an exciting book to read. So many things happen throughout it and it everything is so detailed. I really enjoyed it but out of all four of the books in the series it isn’t my favourite one overall. I liked the part in the book where it changes from seeing it through Bella’s eyes to seeing it through Jacobs’s eyes. I found it quite interesting because throughout the last three books you see everything through Bella’s point of view and then when it changes to someone else’s point of view it changes what you think about all of the books and plot lines. I think it’s because you see how much Bella’s decisions actually hurt Jacob and much he gives up and puts up with just to make sure Bella’s all right. Sometimes it went on for ages about the same thing which got a bit boring but that was probably the only flaw for me. My favourite character is Alec, which one of the younger vampires in The Volturi who can cut off all of someone’s senses with his mind. He’s my favourite character because he loves what he does and he doesn’t seem to care what other people think of him, even his sister, Jane. By Hannah

Short Stories Tasks
Task 1: Use Little Red Riding Hood to give examples of each of the following.

Introduction/Orientation: Little Red Riding Hood is sent to her sick Grandmas house with a basket of goodies. She is told not to wander off the path in the forest.

Problem/Complication: The wolf leads her off the path so she has to take the long way to her Grandmas house.

Resolution(problem seems solved): She gets to her Grans house safetly without seeing the wolf again.

New Problem: Wolf got to Grans house first and ate her. When Little Red arrives he eats her too.

Problem Completely Solved: Woodcutter comes and cuts open the wolf. Luckily the wolf ate Gran and Little Red whole so they both are still alive. They live happily ever after.

Moral: Don't trust a talking wolf

Task 2: Write a 50 word short story based on a nursery rhyme

Little Miss Muffet

"Little Miss Muffet sat on her stool eatin-" "CUT!!!" yelled director Sam "It's tuffet, not stool." "But it's a stool, I can't lie!!!" Objected Megan "Fine, Georgia, find a tuffet" "Yes boss" was Georgia's reply. Georgia soon arrived back with a tuffet. The movie was soon finished WITHOUT any more arguments.

Task 3: Write a short story using every day objects (200 words)

Kara was only a little girl, about ten years old but unlike other kids Kara had developed virtues from a young age so she valued everything in her life. Anyway, Kara’s grandma had died very recently and she had left Kara with an old oak jewellery box. Kara wasn’t allowed to open it yet though. Her grandmas will had specifically said that Kara was not allowed to open it until her 11th birthday, which Kara didn’t like but went along with anyway because she thought her grandma’s final request mattered a-lot. Plus her 11th birthday wasn’t to far away anyway, two weeks to be exact. So Kara waited. But sometimes she couldn’t help herself and she would sit and look at the box paying close attention to every tiny detail. Her birthday finally came and she instantly thought of the box. She went and got the box and opened it. Inside was the most beautiful necklace Kara had ever seen. It had a gold chain and hanging off it was a tiny metal wolf with it’s head thrown back, howling at the moon. Kara cherished the necklace until the day she died when she passed it on to her grandchild.

Task 4: Write a 500 word story

Madeline snuggled down into her duvet with her favourite doll, Lucy, and fell asleep. She’d had Lucy since she was born and had loved her the moment she saw her. Lucy had golden hair and wore elegant dresses. But of all things about Lucy Madeline liked her big brown eyes the best. They sparkled like a polished brown chestnut. But there was something strange about Lucy. Each night, without anyone knowing, Lucy came to life. Every night she would write in her diary or explore Madeline’s bedroom before going to sleep. Sometimes though Lucy would sit and cry because she was so lonely by herself in Madeline’s room. Tonight was the night after Madeline’s birthday and she was tired from running around all day so she went to bed early. That day Madeline had been given a teddy bear with brown fur and a red bow tie. His name was Avalon but Madeline renamed him Jet because it was easier to remember. Anyway, tonight Madeline snuggled down with Lucy and Jet, thinking that he wouldn’t feel welcome being put on the shelf straight away and ignored on his first day here. Madeline’s mother said good-night and left the room. Lucy could hear Madeline’s soft breathing, showing she was asleep, from behind her shoulder. Then something stirred in the darkness, Lucy couldn’t see who it was because she was buried in the duvet so she assumed it was just Madeline moving in her sleep. But then she heard the sound again, this time followed by the sound of feet softly padding along the duvet. It’s just the cat thought Lucy, trying to calm herself down; it was just the cat, wasn’t it? But lying to herself wasn’t working. She knew it wasn’t the cat that was making those noises so she reached up and pulled the covers back from her face allowing her to see the little teddy bear sitting on the duvet, playing with the red bow tie around his neck. At first Lucy was happy; she finally had a friend to play with. But as the seconds passed questions that she didn’t know the answer to rushed through her head. Was he a nice teddy bear? Would he like Lucy? Was it even a boy? Lucy knew she should go up and welcome the bear but she was to nervous and scared so she pulled the covers back and went to sleep. The same thing happened for the next three nights until the fourth night. Lucy heard the footsteps again but they were getting louder as if the bear was approaching her. Just like the other three nights Lucy pulled back the covers and screamed. The bear was looking at Lucy then it spoke in a soft voice. “Do want to play?” it asked. Lucy nodded and slowly emerged from the covers. Lucy was scared of the bear at first but she soon got used to him. Lucy was so happy she finally had a friend to play with.

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 * Author: Stephanie Meyer

New Moon

Isabella Swan has finally turned 18. Her friends, the Cullen’s, host her a birthday party but it all goes horribly wrong when she cuts herself on a piece of paper and one of them, Jasper, attempts to eat her. Because with Bella’s friends there’s just one little catch; they’re vampires. The youngest Cullen, Edward, and Bella are deeply in love so when its time for the Cullen’s to move away from Forks to Los Angles both of their hearts are torn out with loss. But then Bella rediscovers Jacob, one of her childhood friends who seems to help her cope with the loss. Bella soon becomes attached to Jacob and so when Jacob starts to avoid her she determined to find out why. She soon learns that he is a were-wolf and that Victoria, a angry vampire, is out to kill her. Now the plot begins to thicken as Alice, Edwards sister, sees Bella cliff diving. Alice takes Bella doing this extreme sport the wrong way and believes that she is committing suicide. Edward then goes to Italy to provoke the Volturi in hope of dying. Now Bella and Alice must race time to Italy to prove to Edward that Bella is alive before he steps out into the sun to reveal what he really is. New moon is a good book although not as good as the other three. I think that maybe because the other books have something more interesting happening in them. The plot in new moon is really complicated when you think about but the book seemed to be laid out so the plot was easier to understand than I would have thought. I was quite surprised about the lack of action in new moon compared to the other books though. I expected something to happen but then it would turn out quite different and I think that’s one of things that keeps you reading new moon. The book ended really suddenly and nothing really happened at the end which I think is weird because usually a book like new moon would end with something more interesting, like some kind of fight or something similar but instead they were just let go by the ‘badies’. My favourite character would have to be Jasper because he has to try harder than the rest to control himself and he puts others before himself. I would recommend this book to young adults who enjoy fantasies and love stories. Overall I enjoyed the book but not as much I enjoyed the other three. I would recommend this book to young adults who enjoy fantasies and love stories.