A Natural History of the Senses—Passage Collage!!

For our exploration of Ackerman’s fascinating book, I am inviting you to write an essay that explores our senses. I envision a collage. Your essay should have a unique title, which I imagine you will come up with after the writing process. You should have sections, each beginning with one of the senses. For instance “Touch”. For each chapter, select a meaningful quote that you feel illustrates the sense, put this quote into italics, then go on to write a paragraph that first explains the meaning of the quote in the content of the text, then goes on to explore your personal connection to the quote/sense using reflections or memories from your own.

Thus…each paragraph should follow this pattern: Centered title (sense), passage quote in italics (can be single sentence or a passage from the chapter), analysis of the quote, your personal connection/memories.

When you finish the writing for one sense, move on to the next and continue with the same pattern. You may include and memories/personal experiences, etc. to develop your paragraphs. Write with as much vivid detail as possible to allow readers a true insight into your experiences. Write from the heart, and go deep. Play. Have fun with language.

You should have an introduction that briefly introduces and summarizes the book. And you should have a conclusion that reflects on “the senses” and the text.

MINIMUM 5 pages.