This material was presented and discussed by Susan Ruyle of Saddleback College during one of the seminar's curriculum workshops. This is an exercise in exploring nature and the self. It can be used with a piece of literature or with discussions of the relationship of nature and the self.
Students can read aloud and discuss what they have written.
Put yourself there in your imagination. Describe your place in specific detail. Explain how you feel in this place and why. Think of one adjective or symbol to represent this place. Explain your relationship to the place carefully.