Present: Jo, Terry, Helene, Mandy, Wendy, Eva, David R, David C and Cath.
News: Terry failed his audition for Letters and numbers. Helene went to Dales book launch. Mandy has two and a half dogs at present and lost a kilo. Wendy went to the Rugby Union and saw a portable toilet blow over. Eva has enrolled in a Certificate 3 in Aged Care. Cath cleaned out a spare room and made it into a music room for Rudd her grandson. David R has lost 20 kilos in the last year, a penguin swam with him this week and he has two male whip birds in his back garden. David C has been looking for a cheap printer and found a new one for $50.
Words -Terry – sardonic - bitterly contemptuous, quarantine – from Italian quaranta forty. Helene – skewiff - a Northern Irish word meaning crooked, out of line, or not straight. Wendy – borboygmus – a stomach rumble. Eva – machinations - lay or devise plots. Cath – iterate – to repeat. David R - pell-mell – confused rush or confused manner. David C – scot-free excused from payment, without having to pay. Jo – lour – gloomy scowling and threatening words. Glabrous – adj smooth free from hair.
Competitions - Jo bought info about a poetry competition in Ipswich. Terry has sent an email out containing the details.
Homework readings
Wendy - an ode to cheese. Cath – let the moment pass her by. David R – momentous moments. David C – more of Charlie the police officer. Jo – A moment in time. Terry - the silver ghost. Helene – Live in the moment. Mandy – A moment in time.
Exercise – we had lots of fun and laughter playing Celebrity heads
Quick write – a hook for a macabre story – we wrote about libraries, detectives, fishing, scary nights and bodies with missing parts.
Homework due 23 February 2011 – finish the macabre story you started from the quick write or write a macabre story including a hook in the first paragraph.
