Due 10/19 (Sheldon) and 10/20 (South)
1) Nature Walk
Your home work is to take a walk in nature and jot down observations you have. Walk silently and slowly and focus your attention on sounds and colors and movement. You may want to take some paper with you so that you can jot down observations as you go, but if not when you get home write a short description (no less than ½ page) of what you experienced on your nature walk, and be descriptive.
2) Then read the excerpt from Emerson Nature noting what he has to say about nature. Be prepared for a discussion in class about your observations and Emerson’s beliefs about nature.
3) Poem about nature
Take the observations from your nature walk, and the excerpt from Emerson’s Nature and write a Found Poem that captures the essence of nature for you.
A Found Poem takes words from existing text and turns them into an original poem. You should find words and phrases that are important to understanding what you and Emerson think about nature. Then move these words and phrases around, change their order, repeat important words, cut out ordinary words.
The key to making this poem yours is going to be in how you choose to inter-mix Emerson’s words with your own observations from your nature walk.
Your poem should be at least 10 lines long, but may be much longer.
Don’t forget to cite the Emerson excerpt at the end of your poem, and have fun with this assignment.
