After earning a few dollars working on my brother-in law's farm near portage [wisconsin], i set off on the first of my long lonely excursions, botanising in glorious freedom around the great lakes and wandering through innumerable tamarac and arbor-vitae swamps, and forests of maple, basswood, ash, elm, balsam, fir, pine, spruce, hemlock, rejoicing in their bound wealth and strength and beauty, climbing the trees, revelling in their flowers and fruit like bees in beds of goldenrods, glorying in the fresh cool beauty and charm of the bog and meadow heathworts, grasses, carices, ferns, mosses, liverworts displayed in boundless profusion.

review the module writing prompt.

how have these two authors expressed their relationships with nature? after reading and analyzing "calypso borealis," an essay by john muir, and william wordsworth's poem "i wandered lonely as a cloud," write an essay in which you describe how each author views nature and answer the question. support your discussion with evidence from the text.

using what you learned in the lesson, write an effective hook to introduce your topic and get your audience's attention. write in complete sentences and state the hook strategy you chose to use.