SOLS #24: Ohio's Great Blue Heron
When I started this challenge, my original intent was to get back in the habit of writing AND to try some of the types of writing we create in our classroom. I've been fascinated by literary nonfiction. I've been wanting to give a piece of literary nonfiction a try. Tonight I'm collecting interesting facts about herons. Maybe I can turn this into a piece of literary nonfiction. Mandy, at Enjoy and Embrace Learning , gave me the final push with her post about manatees. "Some people criticize nonfiction writers for "appropriating" the techniques and devices of fiction writing. These techniques, except for invention of characters and detail, never belonged to fiction. They belong to storytelling." Tracy Kidder Visit ODNR In the last several years I've noticed many more herons in Ohio. Now it is possible they've been this common all along. Perhaps I've just started to take note of the bird as it gracefully moves thr...