Helene, Jo, Pauline, Trevor, Jenni, Elizabeth
Promoting the group
The members
present decided to defer further discussion about promoting our group in the
Country Club/Vincentia Golf Club sites.
The words of the day
Salivate – drool
Authenticity –
genuine, original
Pernicious –
harmful, damaging
Collocate – to set
or place together
Pretentious –
affected, ostentatious flashy
Abhorrent –
disgust, detestable, hateful, loathsome
Writing from words of the day
The writers were drooling
at the thoughts collocated by the words of the day. They wrote stories about Barnaby,
Smashed avocado, The secret location, Saving the world, Our leaders and The
dinner party.
Reading of homework
Four writers read
out homework on the topics - Bob Hawke, childhood memory, King David and Rudolf
the Reindeer herder.
Exercise
– A break up message
The writers created break up messages
on the following themes - Dear Malcolm, My identical twin sister, School
reunion, At the school, Complete honesty and talking to the Lord Mayor.
We identified 3 smells we love, 3 smells we hate and used all six in a
story starting with “I pulled into a service station”
The writers wrote about Darling are you OK, On the way at last, Coffee,
Petrol, Rotten egg smell & Fresh bread and coffee.
The writers wrote stories about disastrous holidays as follows - Another
car in the driveway, Accused of stealing, Meal times were a problem and Vegans
and others on holiday.
Think about six animal sounds - use as many of these sounds in a story
starting - Some relationships are better than others.
