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S t a g e 3 : A f t e r R e a d i n g

Review the predictions you made at the start and later in the novel. Were you right? Were you surprised by anything that happened? Explain. I was right in all of them, yes, but i was really surprised about the ending. I mean, why did Ash had to end up with Kaisa, the royal hunter?? To make it exciting, and that no one would have guessed it? I mean, i did guess it, but its so strange that way. Why did the main character have to be a lesbian? And something else, why didn't Ana, her stepsister, and Lady Isobel, her stepmother get punished? They treated Ash so cruelly, yet they didn't get punished. Okay, i know that if they did, it would be sorta cliche, but the story seemed so uncompleted.

Write some questions you would like to ask a main character. What answers might he or she give? In the role of this character, write an interview script using your questions and answers as the interview script. Sabina: Hi Ash!! May i please ask, how did you survive those years with your stepsisters and stepmothers? *interested* Ash: As you may imagine, speaking about the past is not very comfortable with me, but i will answer your question. Indeed, i found it very hard to cope with, and that they were very unfair. But i had to live through everything. If i didn't, i probably wouldn't even be here right now, answering your questions. Sabina: That is very true...then lets not talk about the past. What about now? How are you managing your life? Ash: Ahaha, you ask the strangest questions. Of course, i live with Kaisa right now, hunting animals each day, doing the normal stuff. I live a very happy life. Sabina: Of course, of course, how stupid of me! *laughs at myself* Well then, do you give me permission to talk about your real parents? Ash: Real parents? All of my parents are real, but i know what you mean. My first parents, yes? Sabina: That must have been very rude of me! Yes, your first parents :D Ash: Of course you can, Sabina! Sabina: Well then, may i ask, do you think your mother's soul is still alive? Ash: *looks a little upset* Even though she may be dead, i feel her everywhere i go. My father too. I can feel them watching me. I feel safe that way. Sabina: Indeed. And now, changing the topic, what do you think will be the future for your step sisters? Ash: Of course, Ana will marry Lord Rowan, and live a very unhappy life, and Lord Rowan might divorce her in the end. And about Clara, well as soon as she marries her true love, she will be free from her trapped cell, but if she marries a man, being forced by stepmother, she will never escape her cell ever again... Sabina: *sighs* I feel so sorry for Clara. She never did anything wrong. Ash: That is very true, Clara never deserved to be treated so badly. But i believe one day Ana and stepmother will be punished, by the fairies, or by the humans. Maybe even both. They do not deserve to even be called humans. But they should be given a second chance. They might change the way they do things. Sabina: That is true. I admire how you think so deeply, Ash :D Do you think you inherited this from your mother? Ash: Of course. My mother was the imaginative type. Loved to read me stories, and tell me about the fairies. Sabina: Indeed. Now to the last question, If your parents had not died, what do you think your world would be like right now? Ash: Well...Sure, my world would be happy without stepmother and Ana, but to never have met Kaisa...i don't know. With my parents alive, i would have wished for nothing more, but Kaisa, i could never live without Kaisa. I...don't know what to say... Sabina: Indeed, that is a very hard question to answer. So you did an excellent job. Bye Ash!! I enjoyed talking to you!! Ash: Me too, Sabina. Hope we meet again! Sabina: Same :D

Investigate whether or not figurative (imagery) language is used in the novel.List some effective examples of figurative (imagery) language and explain why you chose them. Yes, figurative language is used in Ash. This is the one that my sister and i like best: An ice-blue silk dress flooded out over her patchwork coverlet like a rush of cool water. The bodice was embroidered with hundreds of tiny crystal beads in a complex pattern of flowers, and in the dusky light that came through the window, the bodice shimmered like the scales of a fish. She took off her faded brown dress and put on the new one, and it felt like wearing the weight of spring: soft and warm, with the breath of an evening breeze over her skin. There were shoes, as well - satin slippers in the same ice-blue - and a mask shaped like a butterfly, embedded with what seemed to be hundreds of tiny diamonds and sapphires. There was a shimmering silver rope studded with diamonds that she braided into her hair, and there were diamond pins to fasten her hair in place. At the bottom of the satchel was ab black wooden box, and inside on a bed of velvet was a necklace in the shape of a diamond cobweb with a great sapphire at its centre. She put it on and looked at herself in the small mirror on the back of her door, and the jewels blazed with an unearthly light, shedding a pale, cold glow over her face. She put on the mask, which was tied with a silken cord so thin she could barely see it, and at last she took out her moonstone ring and slipped it on her right hand. I like the figurative language used in this paragraph because you can actually imagine the picture clearly, and see the beauty of the clothes that she is wearing.

(Sorry Ms Melville but i thought figurative language meant describing language, and when i finally noticed my sister already returned the book!!)

Write a front page news report of an important event.

ASH MEETS HISTORY TodayAsh has just met the man who is under her mother’s curse-to fall in love with a human girl-which is Ash, lets her know more about her mother, and lets her experience both countries, the countries of humans and fairies… This is the fairy, Sidhean! Sidhean will help her attend the royal ball, without her stepmother and sisters knowing(they knew at the end), and will give her a horse with horse riding clothes, but will ask for something in return-a little bit of her life. “Somber and lovely… Ash feels pulled between two worlds — the fairy realm, where a haughty prince named Sidhean waits for permission to possess her …” New York Times” Keep on reading Ash to find out more about this intriguing character, Sidhean!

Write a sequel to the story or a side story to fill a gap in the action. WHOOSH! Ash's Horse flew past Kaisa's, quickly galloping towards the deer that was running for its life. When Ash was close enough, she took out her gun from her pocket and pulled the trigger. BOOm! The deer lay down before her feet. Kaisa laughed.

"Great job, Ash! You're even better than me now!" Ash blushed.

"No, i'm no where near you" She replied shyly. Lore looked at them with envy. Perhaps Kaisa would choose Ash instead of herself to become the royal hunter now. What was she going to do? Lore suddenly sighted another deer. 'i'm going to get that one' she thought. So without thinking, she rushed at full speed towards the deer.'

"WATCH OUT, LORE!" Screamed Kaisa.

That was when her horse tripped over a log and she fell off, into the river. The current was flowing at such a high speed that Lore disappeared within seconds.

"LORE!" Kaisa's voice echoed across the mountains. Kaisa whipped her horse, urging it to go faster. Ash galloped behind. As they got closer, they saw Lore's hand, waving frantically in the air. her head bobbed up and down, trying as much as she could to breathe. Kaisa reached out her hand but it wasn't close enough. Ash looked around, desperate for any material at all. When she found none, Lore was starting to drown.

"SIDHEAN! I BEG YOu! COME HELP ME!" cried Ash. Her scream echoed over mountains. Sidhean arrived within seconds.

"here at your service, my princess" Said Sidhean, kneeling in front of her and kissing her hand. Ash blushed.

"Who's this? Can he help us?" Shouted Kaisa "Yes, but if so, i have to become his" replied Ash sadly. Kaisa looked torn apart. Save Lore's life and have Ash and her relationship torn apart or stay with Ash, living peacfully? She tried not to think of it was Lore's life was endangered. her own apprentice. "Save Lore" Commanded Kaisa. Sidhean nodded and with only one finger, he pointed at the river. The current stopped immediately, and Sidhean dived into the water, coming back up with an unconscious Lore. Tears began to fall down Ash's face. Was this a dream or not? Kaisa...was not with her anymore. She collapsed onto the floor and cried, and didn't stop until Sidhean hugged her close and said, "Don't worry Ash, i'm still here for you" Ash buried her head against his shoulder and smiled.

Write a review of the novel for readers your own age Malinda has this unbelievable talent for detail and atmospheric setting. She captures the very essence of the world she created. I loved the concept of a Cinderella-like story, but with a twist at the end. And it was very imaginative, with the fairies and all.

Sabina Wang, 11 years old