Day 7

Today we stayed in the class room. We didn't have the chance to go out and explore nature today. I guess it's because we've been doing it for many days. But even though we never went outdoors, we learned about vignettes in class today. A graduating senior from my school came in and explained what a vignette was and how to write them. She gave us an example of of a vignette so that we could practice on our own. After that we had to do a practice vignette given a certain picture. Then after the practice we did our own vignettes using one of our pictures that we had taken from the past trips where we went to the Cox Arboretum.

Here is what I have learned about writing a vignette. I learned that a vignette is short piece of writing that can't be more than 800 words. I also learned that it allows before to get the feeling that they are with you in nature from your description of where you are or what you see. It also uses all five senses of human beings to describe it. Also that a successful vignette must evoke emotions.

The picture I used for my practice vignette 

Here is my practice vignette.

On a sunny beautiful day
With winter around the corner
Fish swimming in the river
Waiting to be snaked on
The big brown bear awaits

Water falling in the creek
So smooth like a piece of glass
Clear like crystals in the mountains
With sounds like the Victoria falls on a chilly day
The big brown bear still awaits

Big, large mountains  around
Covered with pure white snow
With a high peak shaped like a pencil tip
Looks like i can see tomorrow standing on it
The big brown bear awaits.

Tall trees with big leaves
Fresh air and slow wind like a turtle.

Here is my vignette:

Be kind to the frogs
And don't call them names

The frog that we found at Cox

As slimy and more
Or like ugly frogs
Or frog gone wrong
They are just sensitive

Of course they are slimy
But they help with the environment
Keep the ecosystem moving
The web chain going
Please, don't hurt them.