How to describe a sunrise?

[figaromeetsmarie]

I am going to write a mock diary entry about a sunrise as an example for my students....I realized that I have never actually been outside that early to describe it using all of my senses.

How would you describe it using all your senses?

TIA

 

[hereyago]

Dang. um, when the sun is coming up, you feel the warmth of the sun slowly creep on your face.

You can see the yellow/orange of it rising up.

You can hear the birds start to really chirp and day time animals start rustling around.

I can't think of ones for smell or taste. hope it helps though.

 

[Where'sPiglet?]

Maybe write about the sunset...


The book The Pearl by John Steinbeck does a great job using sensory language to describe a new day in the opening pages. You can even read some of the first few pages on Amazon by using the "Look Inside" feature.

 

[Jennasis]

I would suggest setting the alarm extra early tomorrow and go and experience one.

 

[kirbsam]

perhaps compare it to the first time you have sex.

 

[minkydog]

I think instead of asking others to do your work for you perhaps
some research is in order.

 

[figaromeetsmarie]

I think instead of asking others to do your work for you perhaps
some research is in order.

Because I was trying to do something quick? Yes I did do research, but I was asking the opinions of other people. Btw, this is for vacation bible school as I am not getting paid and just wanted a little insight in modifying the "curriculum" to give the kids an example.

 

[figaromeetsmarie]

Dang. um, when the sun is coming up, you feel the warmth of the sun slowly creep on your face.

You can see the yellow/orange of it rising up.

You can hear the birds start to really chirp and day time animals start rustling around.

I can't think of ones for smell or taste. hope it helps though.

Thanks

 

[figaromeetsmarie]

Maybe write about the sunset...


The book The Pearl by John Steinbeck does a great job using sensory language to describe a new day in the opening pages. You can even read some of the first few pages on Amazon by using the "Look Inside" feature.

Thanks! I am going to look that book up in the library!

 

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

umm,

sun goes up, sun goes down,
tide comes in, tide goes out...


asking other people to describe a sunrise, is like asking what their views are on politics.

the answers you get will never quite be what you would view as correct.

 

[Disney Doll]

I've seen a couple in my day.
The sky begins to brighten.
It starts out usually sort of purplish, then turns lighter to shades of pink.
Then you can see the "top" of the sun begin to peek over the horizon....it is usually a bright yellow.
If there are some clouds, there are usually "rays" of sun spilling acros the clouds.
if you are outside, you can start to feel some warmth and you can start to hear the animals moving, as a PP said.

 

[L107ANGEL]

As the earth began to waken for the birds, the sun was not quite ready.
However a few moments later I could see it over the mountain line. The dark was disapating quickly as the chorus of birds multiplied.
I step outside to smell the coolness of the dew and the feel of fresh air..
Moments are moving as quickly as the flashes of purples and pinks and the sun starts to rise above the line. I take another sip from my mug and smile knowing I get another day!
At times, seconds feel like moments, and at others moments like seconds.
Once the orange and yellow take over the sky I can only sit in awe, take a deep breathe and hope tonights sunset will be as miraculous!
I take one last look and.................................................

Totally off the cuff

 

[hereyago]

As the earth began to waken for the birds, the sun was not quite ready.
However a few moments later I could see it over the mountain line. The dark was disapating quickly as the chorus of birds multiplied.
I step outside to smell the coolness of the dew and the feel of fresh air..
Moments are moving as quickly as the flashes of purples and pinks and the sun starts to rise above the line. I take another sip from my mug and smile knowing I get another day!
At times, seconds feel like moments, and at others moments like seconds.
Once the orange and yellow take over the sky I can only sit in awe, take a deep breathe and hope tonights sunset will be as miraculous!
I take one last look and.................................................

Totally off the cuff

Dang, that is good.

 

[camlace]

So why choose something you have never experienced ...pick something else, that you CAN describe if that is what you want them to do. Or as PP said...set your alarm nice an early tomorrow, I personally love to catch a sunrise whenever I can.

 

[Buckalew11]

I would suggest setting the alarm extra early tomorrow and go and experience one.

I think instead of asking others to do your work for you perhaps
some research is in order.

So why choose something you have never experienced ...pick something else, that you CAN describe if that is what you want them to do. Or as PP said...set your alarm nice an early tomorrow, I personally love to catch a sunrise whenever I can.

VBS or not, I think you should set your alarm and experience this for yourself. If you can't do that soon enough, describe something you ARE familiar with. Maybe your VBS students have NOT experienced this either. Why ask them to describe something that you yourself have not even experienced--and you are at an age to be teaching kids so you've got a few years on them.

DD has 2 friends that had to do this assignment this year at college--they didn;t want to get up that early to complete it. But, they did.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

I would highly recommend that if you have never seen a sunrise (really?), that you pull one up on You tube.

This way you can get what you need done tonight.

Am I alone in thinking it weird that someone has NEVER seen the sunrise by the time they are an adult?

My children have all experienced it--sometimes by default of travel--but they have all seen it. Worth getting up early for to experience at least once.

 

[shortbun]

The first inklling I get of sunrise is the shadows or profiles of buildings and trees with a hint of light behind them. Morning has broken. The light becomes a glow and warms the sky with it's color. Soon a tiny speck of brilliant light shines through somewhere and the sky becomes fire at the horizon, warming the morning and lighting the dew on the fields or water. The ocean is my favorite place for sunrise because the sun casts a pyramid of light from one tiny beam across the water just before it rises to show the arc of the ball of fire. Then, the whole sky becomes that dawn color, blues and oranges and yellows and reds all blending into one warm glow. Good Day Sunshine! Good Day Sunshine!! As the bright orange ball rises, I fight to block the blinding light but so wanting to keep the color of that morning for as long as possible. Everything is a more brilliant color now, the sun has removed the blanket of mist that was laid down by the moon to keep the earth safe and clean. I think of all those who bring me joy and those who have left this life but somehow MUST be involved in bringing this glory to me every morning.

While I understand that you do not have time to see the sunrise for this particular lesson...it is imperative that you experience sunrise in all kinds of places. Over a cityscape, over the ocean, in the country, in the mountains, the desert and on an island. I'm sure there are many more but you just have to see it. When I was driving a school bus, I saw sunrise every single morning-in the snow, ice, wind, rain, calm, fog, wind, heat...you name it, I was there and it was the highlight of my day often until I had delivered my last child back home, picked up MY child and stopped to watch the sun set with him.

 

[Where'sPiglet?]

Thanks! I am going to look that book up in the library!

The book is more for middle and high school level; and not really appropriate for VBS. You will be able to pull a few lines from it, which is what you'd probably be doing anyways.

If you're going to the library, you might ask the librarian if they know of some children's picture books with sensory details in them.

An alternative is to pop popcorn with your group and then describe it with the five senses. It would be a shared experience and you get them all, including taste. (Just make sure there are no food allergies or anything.)

 

[SandrA9810]

I've experienced sunrises and sunsets at the beach.

There, it's the sound of the ocean wave that look like they're pulling the sun up with each crash. The smell of the salty air. The feel of the cool morning breeze (which feels wonderful because it doesn't take long for the Florida heat to kick in).

I've watched the sunrise over the Castle. Which is actually when most Disney promotional pictures are taken.
I've watched the sunset over Yosemite. There are a lot of detailed blogs and web pages about a morning sunrise over Yosemite, it's something that I really want to experience. Here's one small blurb about it,
The winters in Yosemite National Park are home to an interesting phenomenon called the Crack of Dawn. The cold night will freeze Yosemite Falls and as the light of dawn warms the falls they let out a thunderous crack that echoes through the valley as they crumble.

And you can probably find a lot about sunrises over the Grand Canyon.

 

[Cantw8]

Look at you trying to trick us into doing your schoolwork for you