Orangutan Writing Task

This week we were assigned to write a paragraph based on the thoughts of this orangutan pictured below. Our learning objectives were to use an interesting vocabulary and correct puncuation.

Tiny and trembling in the icy rain, the young orangutan sat with his brown furry knees up to his chest, only a thin, battered olive-green leaf he’d found on the jungle floor beneath him to protect him from most of the rain bucketing down. The infantile, helpless creature remained still, silent and alone on the damp log, the pattering of the rain against the leaf above his head arising louder and stronger. His brown fur was completely soaked, his petrified but soft brown eyes were glassy and gazing out upon the rainforest, trying to brave through the wild elements swirling around him.

This was going to be a rough day.