Fun in the Park
Today, we read an excerpt from Tom Brown's Field Guide: Nature Observation and Tracking, learned how to look at common things objectively, the guest speaker Rob Boler talked on poetry, and played volley ball and Newcomb for the rest of the day.
The guest speaker Mr. Boler asked us to write metaphors about nature and compare it to things that do not necessarily relate.
Nature Metaphors
The water pushed at the shore, conforming it to it's will.
The tree held the earth and sky in a shaky alliance, with only one breeze needed to have it come crashing down.
The grass was restless, constantly fidgeting in the wind.
The birds sang their song, hoping for a moment of attention and appreciator for their work.
The flowers bloomed, revealing their true selves only to realize the beauty they had always contained.
We also examined a patch of grass seeing what we could notice based on how close we are to it. From this prompt I created three description;
Looking down from above: Green grass with some intermixed clovers and purplish white colored flowers. They have small tube shaped petals that curve in to the center and creates almost an artichoke shape.
Kneeling: As I get closer, I see dead tan grass intermixed with the living and barely some of the dark dirt between.
Peering in: I now see a forest of life, with bees like hawks swooping down on to the topmost flowers. Ants march along the ground, patrolling the stems, protecting their homes. Rolly poly's skitter around the roots, tumbling and dodging the grass. Leaves form shadows along the moist ground, hiding some of the life.
Activities
My favorite part of the day was playing volleyball and Newcomb. We played this for the greater part of the afternoon. To play, we split in to two teams on either side of the volleyball net. We then hit the volleyball over the net and try to not let the ball hit the ground on your side of the net. Whichever player has the ball hit the ground closest to them is out. The opposing team wins when everyone has been eliminated on your team. We kept the same teams the whole time, which made it an awesome bonding experience. I also enjoyed listening to our guest speaker talk about metaphors and how the books he wrote related to nature.
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