Today's Plan for Nature Writing

Free write: How do a passing rainstorm, wind, or sunny day affect your internal mood.  

Readings: Three poems and one essay

The Summer's Day by Mary Oliver

Joyas Voladoras by Brian Doyle

Lake Isle of Innisfree by Yeats

The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry

What is your favorite topic about nature? Or what is your favorite thing in nature?

Second half of class: Walk around campus and down to the beach. Come up with as many detailed descriptions of items you see in nature. It can be from the smallest piece of sand to the largest tree, and everything in between. Make a list. Try to use figurative language. Check back in with me at 11:45.

Thank you