06 March 2019

Record of meeting 6 March 2019


The writers - Helene, Trevor, Garry

Visitor - Hans

Apologies - Pat, Terry, Fran, Gail, Jenny, Pauline

Garry has developed a web page for online learning English
Have a look at www.yes2day.net




The words of the day

Inveterate – ingrained

Admonished – reprimand or advise

Flotsam – wreckage of a ship or its cargo

Embodied – visualised, alive, personified, come to life

Philosophy – love wisdom Philo – Love & Sophia – wisdom

Transmogrified – change or altered with humorous effect

Jetsam – unwanted material or goods thrown overboard from a ship and washed ashore

Suzerainty – any relationship where one region controls foreign policy of a tributary state


Writing from words of the day

The writers wrote about - Chaotic week, Liar and Pastry.


Reading of homework

Three writers read out homework about – Will prison guards know the score, Deep Purple revisited and Getting lost in China.


Update from Hans Kieft on song writing project

Hans attended the meeting and suggested

  • The writers group work together develop a story using poems and stories
  • The writing group work to develop five or ten concept ideas
  • This is a long term project
  • Target audience 20 to 60 age group –Itune and Spotify users
  • Target the I- tune audience
  • Not financially worth while to make a CD
  • Hans would like to receive poems to make into lyrics
  • The writer will receive copyright
                                     
If writers agree we can incorporate this project into exercises and homework. If people prefer they can contact Hans Kieft direct on 0438 410 961 to discuss working with him.

Hans played several songs based on poems written by Helene – which were brilliant.


Homework

Write a poem or story that can be the key message of an album – topic - Working together.


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