Present: Mandy, Terri Nolan, Jo, Cath, Wendy, Terry M, Vala, David C, Helene and welcome to Kelly.
News: Wendy had cortisone injection and waiting for improvement in her shoulder, Cath has had a clean up and donated goods to charity, David C’s daughter completed the Huskisson Tri-athalon with a PB, Terri’s daughter was accepted into the NSW police force. Mandy is so fit she could push her husband up and done the hill to the pool, Helene saved her grandson at the beach on Sunday. Kelly is happy to be at the meeting.
Word of the day
Terry - Dyad – a couple, tropes – a figure of speech eg a cold heart. Wendy - Discombobulate – to throw into a state of confusion. Cathy – foetid – smelly. David C – caprice – a whim. Vala - sobriquet – an affectionate or humorous nick name. Jo – transit passage of a body and transitory continuing for a short time. Terri – avuncular – uncle like. Mandy – antecedent and precedent - happens before the event. Helene – passion. Kelly – para linguistic – communicate without language, the study of vocal (and sometimes non-vocal) signals beyond the basic verbal message or speech.
Homework readings
Terry – Revenge. Wendy – Me and dad. Cathy – Amanda. David C – Love is. Vala – Santa’s lap. Jo – Lap dancer. Mandy – A new life. Helene – A Christell clear view. Kelly – A fantasy.
Exercise
Scrambled musical instrument names – challenging and fun exercise.
Quick write
The worst teacher I ever met covered darning needles and the sewing teacher, lollies at school, school raps, the face slap, the dishonest Science teacher and creative cheekiness, physical voice, Mr Mack, killing passion, Mr Pin Head.
Homework
Use one or more words of the day (above) to write your poem or short story.
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