22 February 2017

Record of meeting 22 February 2017  

 The writers

Cath, Juan, Helene, Pauline, Elizabeth, Margaret, Terry, Lynn, Amanda, Jenny, Diane and welcome back Muriel our visitor from SA.

The words of the day

Slink – to creep or steal

Bamboozled - confused

Unpopular – not popular

Gourmand – lover of delicacy

Vacillate – waiver, hesitate

Homework – work completed at home

Preferment – advancement or promotion

Minimax – strategy to strategy to minimise maximum loses

Paramnesia – inability to recall the correct meaning of a word

Shoal –1 Group of fish crowded together or 2 Sand bank

Defragging – rearrangement of files on a hard disk for faster data access

Writing from words of the day

Helene – her own unique way, Gina – a new relationship, Elizabeth – The long version, Lynn – she wanted to be spared, Muriel – A long winded fax, Margaret – Keep up with technology, Jenny – Collecting her thoughts, Pauline – The cannon, Amanda – Fish or crab, Terry  - Politician speak and Cath – Decisions.

Homework readings (Subject…Unpopular)

An interesting mix of stories as usual

Juan…a soldiers experience, Elizabeth…rabbitting experience as a young girl, Muriel…Steve and Rose…a love story

Margaret…Tissues in the washing, Jenny…in the name of religion, Pauline…Candy at school (2nd hand rose) 

Amanda…strange happenings and the weird singing doll, Terry...Unpopular is not so bad in the end


Exercise

We then completed an exercise with the subject…bananas


Homework subject for next week

”He was a really nice guy…"




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