Shells of Twilight

Who are you and what makes you unique?  What factors influence who you are?

Activities:

1.  Break the class into groups of three people each.  Assign each group to one of the characters from the novel.

2.  Tell students that they will be making a poster abut their group's character.  Each poster will include the following:  1.  Name of the character, 2.  Physical characteristics of the character, 3.  The character's personality traits, 4.  The character's relationship to other characters in the story, and 5.  Any other important information that is relevant to the novel.

3.  Pass out poster materials such as markers, colored pencils, poster board and so forth.

4.  Ask students to present their posters to the class when finished.  Each group will discuss what aspects of the character were included.

5.  Encourage students to discuss the similarities and differences between the characters and the factors that influence the identities of these characters.

6.  Relate the discussion of the characters to the identities of the students.

7.  Display the posters in the classroom to refer to as you continue to read the book.

8.  Add newly learned information about the characters to the posters and discuss this daily.

Who Am I?

A characterization activity, this lesson will focus on characters from the novel.

Lesson Objectives:

~The students will learn about characters in the novel and will be able to identify characters based on improptu portrayals.

~To take on the persona and perspective of characters in the story.

~To build language and reading comprehension skills.

Materials:

Costumes, props

Instructions: 

The students will be told that they will play charades and act out characters from the story.  The teacher will have names of characters in a box and students will get in groups, then choose a name and act it out for the other students to guess.  A variation on this could be that students choose their own characters to roleplay.

Don't Judge a Book by Its Cover

1.  Looking at the cover of the book only, what do you think this book is going to be about?

2.  What do you think the title of the book means?

3.  Read the summary on the back.  What genre do you think this book is and why?

4.  Do you think you will like this book?  Why or why not?

5.  Research the author and explain why or why she would not be a good person to write a novel like this.

Twilight Quotes

1. Surely it was a good way to die, in the place of someone else, someone I loved. Noble,
even. That ought to count for something. (Bella)

3. When life offers you a dream so far beyond any of your expectations, it’s not reasonable
to grieve when it comes to an end. (Bella)

4. Sometimes I wondered if I was seeing the same things through my eyes that the rest of the
world was seeing through theirs. Maybe there was a glitch in my brain. (Bella)

5. So did you stab Edward Cullen with a pencil or what? I’ve never seen him act like that. (Mike)

6. Forks was literally my personal hell on earth. (Bella)

7. Once people start throwing wet stuff I go inside. (Bella)

8. Edward Cullen is staring at you. (Jessica)

9. He unleashed the full, devastating power of his eyes on me, as if trying to communicate
something crucial. (Bella)

10. I wasn’t interesting. And he was. Interesting…and brilliant…and mysterious…and
perfect…and beautiful…and possibly able to lift full-sized vans with one hand. (Bella)

11. Bella it’s not my fault if you are exceptionally unobservant. (Edward)

12. I thought you were suppose to be pretending I don’t exist, not irritating me to death. (Bella)

13. Stupid, shiny volvo owner. (Bella)

14. It was hard to believe that someone so beautiful could be real. I was afraid that he might disappear in a sudden puff of smoke, and I would wake up. (Bella)

15. I decided as long as I was going to hell, I might as well do it thoroughly. (Edward)

16. I had been vacillating during the last month between Bruce Wayne and Peter Parker. There was no way I was going to own up to that. (Bella)

17. What if I’m not a superhero? What if I’m the bad guy? (Edward)

18. So you faint at the sight of blood? (Edward)

19. You scared me for a minute there. I thought Newton was dragging your dead body off to bury it in the woods. (Edward)

20. Honestly-I’ve seen corpses with better color. I was concerned that I might have to avenge your murder. (Edward)

21. Go sit down and look pale. (Edward)

22. His voice was like melting honey. I could imagine how much more overwhelming his eyes would be. (Bella)

23. Can you walk, or do you want me to carry you again? (Edward)

24. Don’t be offended, but you seem to be one of those people who just attract accidents like a magnet. So…try not to fall into the ocean or get run over or anything, all right? (Edward)

25. I don’t think a tank could take out that old monster. (Jacob)

26. I tried to make my smile alluring, wondering if i was laying it on too thick. He smiled back, though, looking allured. (Bella)

27. There’s always a risk for humans to be around the cold ones, even if they’re civilized like this clan was. You never know when they might get too hungry to resist. (Jacob)

28. Do you think if I ran him over with my truck he would stop feeling guilty about the accident? (Bella)

29. Stupid, unreliable vampire. (Bella)

30. I realized then that I wasn’t being followed. I was being herded. (Bella)

31. Do I dazzle you? (Edward)

32. He stared into my eyes, and I saw how light his eyes were, lighter than I’d ever seen them, golden butterscotch. (Bella)

33. You’re always crabbier when your eyes are black-I expect it then. (Bella)

34. Only you could get in trouble in a town this small. You would have devastated their crime rate statistics for a decade, you know. (Edward)

35. You’re a magnet for accidents-that’s not a broad enough classification. You are a magnet for trouble. If there is anything dangerous within a ten-mile radius, it will invariably find you. (Edward)

36. I’ve never tried to keep a specific person alive before, and it’s much more troublesome than I would have believed. But that’s probably just because it’s you. Ordinary people seem to make it through the day without so many catastrophes. (Edward)

37. Your number was up the first time I met you. (Edward)

38. I hear voices in my mind and you’re worried you’re the freak. (Edward)

39. And you accuse me of dazzling people-poor Jacob Black. (Edward)

40. And how long have you been seventeen. (Bella)

41. I can’t be sure, of course, but I’d compare it to living on tofu and soy milk; we call ourselves vegetarians, our little inside joke. (Edward)

42. About three things I was absolutely positive. First, Edward was a vampire. Second, there was part of him — and I didn’t know how potent that part might be — that thirsted for my blood. And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him. (Bella)

43. Hadn’t you noticed? I’m breaking all the rules now. (Edward)

44. We all like to drive fast. (Edward)

45. But outside the door to our Spanish class, leaning against the wall-looking more like a Greek god than anyone had a right to-Edward was waiting for me. (Bella)

46. I’m absolutely ordinary-well, except for bad things like all the near-death experiences and being so clumsy that I’m almost disabled. (Bella)

47. Are you referring to the fact that you can’t walk across a flat, stable surface without finding something to trip over. (Edward)

48. His skin was icy as ever, but the trail his fingers left on my skin was alarmingly warm-like I’d been burned, but didn’t feel the pain of it yet. (Bella)

49. He looks at you like…like you’re something to eat. (Mike)

50. When we hunt, we give ourselves over to our senses…govern less with our minds. Especially our sense of smell. If you were anywhere near me when I lost control that way… (Edward)

51. It’s twilight. It’s the safest time of day for us. The easiest time. But also the saddest, in a way…the end of another day, the return of the night. Darkness is so predictable, don’t you think? (Edward)

52. He grinned his crooked smile at me, stopping my breath and my heart. I couldn’t imagine how an angel could be any more glorius. There was nothing about him that could be improved upon. (Bella)

53. If I’m going to be alone with you tommorrow, I’m going to take whatever precautions I can. (Edward)

54. He knows I’ve been meaning to do the laundry. Maybe he’ll think I fell in the washer. (Bella)

55. I realized slowly that his words should frighten me. I waited for that fear to come, but all I could seem to feel was an ache for his pain. (Bella)

56. I promise to try to be safe. I’ll do the laundry tonight-that ought to be fraught with peril. (Bella)

57. This truck is old enough to be your car’s grandfather-have some respect. (Bella)

58. Are you so depressed by Forks that it’s made you suicidal. (Edward)

59. So you’re worried about the trouble it might cause me-if you con’t come home? (Edward)

60. Edward in the sunlight was shocking. I couldn’t get used to it, though I’d been staring at him all afternoon. (Bella)

His skin, white despite the faint flush from yesterday’s hunting trip, literally sparkled, like thousands of tiny diamonds were embedded in the surface. (Bella)

61. Would you understand what I meant if I said I was only human? (Edward)

63. I’m the worlds best predator, aren’t I? Everything about me invites you in-my voice, my face, even my smell. As if i need any of that! (Edward)

64. I sat without moving, more frightened of him than I had ever been. I’d never seen him so completely freed of that carefully cultivated f facade. He’d never been less human… or more beautiful. (Bella)

65. That is something to be afraid of, indeed. Wanting to be with me. That’s really not in you’re best interest. (Edward)

66. I’m essentially a selfish creature. I crave your company too much to do what I should. (Edward)

67. So what you’re saying is, I’m your brand of heroin? (Bella)

68. Yes, you are exactly my brand of heroin. (Edward)

69. To me, it was like you were some kind of demon, summoned straight from my own personal hell to ruin me. (Edward)

70. I so very nearly took you then. There was only one other frail human there — so easily dealt with. (Edward)

71. Who were you, an insignificant little girl, to chase me from the place I wanted to be? (Edward)

72. Common sense told me I should be terrified. Instead, I was relieved to finally understand. And I was filled with compassion for his suffering, even now, as he confessed his craving to take my life. (Bella)

73. You already know how I feel, of course. I’m here… which, roughly translated, means I would rather die than stay away from you. (Bella)

74. And so the lion fell in love with the lamb…What a stupid lamb. What a sick, masochistic lion. (Edward, Bella, Edward)

75. It was just how close you were. Most humans instinctively shy away from us, are repelled by our alienness… I wasn’t expecting you to come so close. And the smell of your throat. (Edward)

76. I knew at any moment it could be too much, and my life could end — so quickly that I might not even notice. And I couldn’t make myself be afraid. I couldn’t think of anything, except that he was touching me. (Bella)

77. No one could be still like Edward. He closed his eyes and became as immobile as stone, a carving under my hand. (Bella)

78. If I’d ever feared death before in his presence, it was nothing compared to how I felt now. (Bella)

79. Are you still faint from the run? Or was it my kissing expertise? (Edward)

80. Bella, I’ve already expended a great deal of personal effort at this point to keep you alive. I’m not about to let you behind the wheel of a vehicle when you can’t even walk straight. Besides, friends don’t let friends drive drunk. (Edward)

81. You’re intoxicated by my very presence. (Edward)

82. Take it easy — my truck is a senior citizen. (Bella)

83. Do you think I could walk down the street in the sunlight without causing traffic accidents? (Edward)

84. I couldn’t picture it, this godlike creature sitting in my father’s shabby kitchen chair. (Bella)

85. Can I have a minute to be human? (Bella)

86. Bring on the shackles — I’m your prisoner. (Edward)

87. For almost ninety years I’ve walked among my kind, and yours… all the time thinking I was complete in myself, not realizing what I was seeking. And not finding anything, because you weren’t alive yet. (Edward)

88. Just because I’m resisting the wine doesn’t mean I can’t appreciate the bouquet. (Edward)

89. Yeah, it’s an off day when I don’t get somebody telling me how edible I smell. (Bella)

90. Let me get this straight — I’m the baby seal, right? (Bella)

91. Are you sure you won’t vanish in the morning? You are mythical, after all. (Bella)

92. You don’t realize how incredibly breakable you are. I can never, never afford to lose any kind of control when I’m with you. (Edward)

93. I may not be a human, but I am a man. (Edward)

94. He laughed, and then began to hum that same, unfamiliar lullaby; the voice of an archangel, soft in my ear. (Bella)

95. Your hair looks like a haystack… but I like it. (Edward)

96. Well, it’s no irritable grizzly… (Bella)

97. I doubted there were any etiquette books detailing how to dress when your vampire sweetheart takes you home to meet his vampire family. (Bella)

98. You are utterly indecent — no one should look so tempting, it’s not fair. (Edward)

99. Shall I explain how you are tempting me? (Edward)

100. What am I going to do with you? Yesterday I kiss you, and you attack me! Today you pass out on me! (Edward)

101. I think I forgot to breathe. (Bella)

102. And you’re worried, not because you’re headed to meet a houseful of vampires, but because you think those vampires won’t approve of you, correct? (Edward)

103. Actually, Esme wouldn’t care if you had a third eye and webbed feet. (Edward)

104. Finally, a rational response! I was beginning to think you had no sense of self-preservation at all. (Edward)

105. No coffins, no piled skulls in the corners; I don’t even think we have cobwebs… what a disappointment this must be for you. (Edward)

106. I know that at some point, something I tell you or something you see is going to be too much. And then you’ll run away from me, screaming as you go. I won’t stop you. I want this to happen, because I want you to be safe. And yet, I want to be with you. The two desires are impossible to reconcile… (Edward)

107. You’re still waiting for the running and the screaming, aren’t you? (Bella)

108. I hate to burst your bubble, but you’re really not as scary as you think you are. I don’t find you scary at all, actually. (Bella)

109. Vampires like baseball? (Bella)

110. I could walk home faster than this truck moves. (Edward)

111. You smell so good in the rain. (Edward)

112. Bella, you don’t really think I would hit a tree, do you? (Edward)

113. Damn it, Bella! You’ll be the death of me, I swear you will. (Edward)

114. I love you. It’s a poor excuse for what I’m doing, but it’s still true. (Edward)

115. You don’t mind, then? That I’m… all wrong for him? (Bella)

116. You brought a snack? (Laurent)

117. I saw his mind. Tracking is his passion, his obsession — and he wants her, Alice — her, specifically. He begins the hunt tonight (Edward)

118. If you let anything happen to yourself— anything at all — I’m holding you personally responsible. Do you understand that? (Edward)

119. I love you. I will always love you, no matter what happens now. (Bella)

120. I can’t do this anymore! I can’t put down any more roots here! I don’t want to end up trapped in this stupid, boring town like Mom! I’m not going to make the same dumb mistake she did. I hate it — I can’t stay here another minute! (Bella)

121. But it won’t be all right when I’m not with you. (Bella)

122. If you didn’t smell so appallingly luscious, he might not have bothered. (Edward)

123. You wouldn’t believe how euphoric he is now. It’s his favorite game, and we’ve just made it his most exciting game ever. (Edward)

124. Bella, don’t you dare waste time worrying about me. Your only concern is keeping yourself safe and — please, please — trying not to be reckless. (Edward)

125. What is she to me? Except a menace — a danger you’ve chosen to inflict on all of us. (Rosalie)

126. I can feel what you’re feeling now — and you are worth it. (Jasper)

127. You are under too much strain as it is; don’t add to it with wholly unnecessary worries. Listen to me! Our family is strong. Our only fear is losing you. (Jasper)

128. Do you think any of us want to look into his eyes for the next hundred years if he loses you? (Alice)

129. And then, like a carnivorous flower, we are physically attractive to our prey. (Alice)

130. It’s like you’ve taken half my self away with you. (Edward)

131. Immortality must grant endless patience. (Bella)

132. Before noon, please, Bella. I haven’t got all day. (James)

133. I folded the letter carefully, and sealed it in the envelope. Eventually he would find it. I only hoped he would understand, and listen to me just this once. And then I carefully sealed away my heart. (Bella)

134. The minutes passed and Edward’s arrival grew closer. It was amazing how every cell in my body seemed to know he was coming, to long for his coming. (Bella)

135. Terror seized me so strongly that I was literally trapped by it. I couldn’t make my feet move forward. (Bella)

136. I suppose you’re going to tell me that your boyfriend will avenge you? (James)

137. It was all for him, of course. You’re simply a human, who unfortunately was in the wrong place, at the wrong time, and indisputably running with the wrong crowd, I might add. (James)

138. I thought this room would be visually dramatic for my little film. That’s why I picked this place to meet you. It’s perfect, isn’t it? (James)

139. I heard, as if from underwater, the final growl of the hunter. I could see, through the long tunnels my eyes had become, his dark shape coming toward me. With my last effort, my hand instinctively raised to protect my face. My eyes closed, and I drifted. (Bella)

140. This couldn’t be heaven, could it? There was too much pain for that. (Bella)

141. Stay, Edward, stay with me…(Bella)

142. I heard my favorite sound in the world: Edward’s quiet laugh, weak with relief. (Bella)

143. You can sleep, sweetheart, I’ll carry you. (Edward))

144. Death shouldn’t be this uncomfortable. (Bella)

145. You fell down two flights of stairs and through a window. You have to admit, it could happen. (Edward)

146. They gave you a few transfusions. I didn’t like it — it made you smell all wrong for a while. (Edward)

147. Don’t I taste as good as I smell? (Bella)

148. Oh, a sadistic vampire, intent on torturing her to death, sure, no problem, she runs off to meet him. An IV, on the other hand… (Edward)

149. Alice had a little bit too much fun fabricating evidence. (Edward)

150. I was not finished kissing you. Don’t make me come over there. (Bella)

151. Don’t forget to breathe. (Bella)

152. I think that boy is in love with you. (Renee)

154. He didn’t say anything; he watched my face warily as the pain that had nothing to do with broken bones, pain that was infinitely worse, threatened to crush me. (Bella)

155. Now relax before I call the nurse back to sedate you. (Edward)

156. If it weren’t for you, I would be rotting away in the Forks cemetery. (Bella)

157. I don’t seem to be strong enough to stay away from you, so I suppose that you’ll get your way… whether it kills you or not. (Edward)

158. Why didn’t you just let the venom spread? By now I would be just like you. (Bella)

159. I can’t always be Lois Lane. I want to be Superman, too. (Bella)

160. You are my life. You’re the only thing it would hurt me to lose. (Bella)

161. It’s possible to take bravery to the point where it becomes insanity. (Edward)

162. If you’re waiting for me to be on my deathbed, I’ve got news for you! I was just there! (Bella)

163. I may not die now… but I’m going to die sometime. Every minute of the day, I get closer. And I’m going to get old. (Bella)

164. I’m hardly a lottery prize. (Edward)

165. Bella, we’re not having this discussion anymore. I refuse to damn you to an eternity of night and that’s the end of it. (Edward)

166. You’ll never catch me betting against Alice. (Bella)

167. I’m not afraid of the needles. I’m afraid to close my eyes. (Bella)

168. You’re talking about forever, you know. (Bella)

169. That’s the beautiful thing about being human. Things change. (Edward)

170. I’m betting on Alice. (Bella)

171. I’m not coming over anymore if Alice is going to treat me like Guinea Pig Barbie when I do. (Bella)

172. His eyes were melting all my fury. It was impossible to fight with him when he cheated like that. (Bella)

173. Emmett enjoyed having me around — he thought my bizarre human reactions were hilarious… or maybe it was just the fact that I fell down a lot that he found so funny. (Bella)

174. At school, where Charlie couldn’t interfere, Edward and I were inseparable — except for those rare sunny days. (Bella)

175. When someone wants to kill you, you’re brave as a lion — and then when someone mentions dancing… (Edward)

176. Bella, I won’t let anything hurt you — not even yourself. I won’t let go of you once, I promise. (Edward)

177. This looks like a horror movie waiting to happen. (Bella)

178. Do you want me to bolt the doors so you can massacre the unsuspecting townsfolk? (Bella)

179. Oh, I’m with the vampires, of course. (Bella)

180. Can you believe my dad paid me twenty bucks to come to your prom? (Jacob)

181. He said to tell you, no, to warn you, that — and this is his plural, not mine, ‘We’ll be watching.’ (Jacob)

182. So, should I tell him you said to butt the hell out? (Jacob)

183. He called you pretty. That’s practically an insult, the way you look right now. You’re much more than beautiful. (Edward)

184. Twilight, again. Another ending. No matter how perfect the day is, it always has to end. (Edward)

185. So ready for this to be the end, for this to be the twilight of your life, though your life has barely started. You’re ready to give up everything. (Edward)

186. It’s not the end, it’s the beginning. (Bella)

187. I’m not worth it. (Edward)

188. Do you remember when you told me that I didn’t see myself very clearly? You obviously have the same blindness. (Bella)

189. Is that what you dream about? Being a monster? (Edward)

190. Mostly I dream about being with you forever. (Bella)

191. I will stay with you — isn’t that enough? (Edward)

192. I love you more than everything else in the world combined. Isn’t that enough? (Bella)

193. Yes, it is enough. Enough for forever. (Edward)