Present
Geoff, David C,
Leonie, Cath, Helene, Jo, Robyn
David C has a new
crown on one of his teeth. Jo has a possum bite on her arm. Geoff attended the rehearsal
and the concert of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Cath has been watching the
birds courting in her garden. Leonie had a disaster with her computer. Helene
went out on the whale watch boat on Sunday but saw no whales. Robyn’s husband
is in St Vincent’s hospital in Sydney
Desultory = unsettled
Hector = nag or
aggravate
Scenario =
situation, circumstances,
Tenacity =
persistent
Moraine = the debris
at the end of the glacier
Disparagement = to
belittle, to denigrate
Volatile =
changeable, explosive,
We created stories
including Saved from a belligerent woman; The Greens and the art of the
possible; A scientific discovery; Hector and the mountain; The broken computer; The
meeting.
The homework readings
included a poem using lots of comparisons; Lost mind; The nanny state; Shark
versus cannibals; Another theory on heaven.
David C – read out
part of a Western story he is writing,
* We wrote the opening
para for a novel using the words branching out and harbour.
The opening
paragraphs covered A visit to Ulladulla; The potential; The rhythm of the
water; No risks; A boy under a tree; No surf today and The shop branching out.
* Together we also
answered 20 questions from a literary quiz.
Homework
Write something
using the word unconscious.
