Writing with Sense
Posted by Ariel WarshawWhat can you hear? What can you feel? Did you see that? Is what you are tasting or smelling stirring a storyline?
Our fifth graders found inspiration outdoors, as they were tasked with penning what they sensed in their writer’s notebooks. Students sat in our garden and on our benches, perched in trees and on steps, enjoyed the babbling of the brook, and reflected on Mrs. Shannon’s Bridge as they documented the sensations they felt in those spaces. Some tasted luscious ripe tomatoes and wrote about that quintessentially “summery” flavor. Others watched butterflies flutter on the coneflowers, and created tales about what flight might feel like for those winged creatures.
It was a beautiful way to spend the morning – surrounded by nature and our thoughts, pencils in hand, and inspired by our senses!
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