Present with News
David C built a
shed next door (what a neighbour), Geoff had water pipes burst and flooded the
floor, Trish’s voice is coming and going, luckily she has good bone density,
Helene saw “The Butler” and wrote to Aeroplane Jelly, Wendy had her operation
and it didn’t work and waited in hospital 3 days for a scan and had to share a
shower with three men, Cath sort of broke her middle toe and then danced, Terry’s cataract surgery was successful, Jo’s laundry flooded, Margaret
woke at 3 am and remembered she hadn’t read the second page of her homework
last week, Leonie’s children are visiting for Christmas, the projector broke
down and while she had an MRI and a medical appointment her partner bought new
equipment and he has given up artificial sweeteners and his health has
improved.
Words of the day
Hindsight = the
ability to understand after something has happened or rear sight
Adhere = stick to
or follow a cause
Chronic = a length
of time
Enigma = a puzzle
or riddle
Halteres = a
weight held in the hand, the balance of insects
Politic = likely
to become advantageous, astute
Enclave = a
district surrounded by another district
Anaphora =
repetition of a phrase for emphasis
Felicitous = pleasing,
happy
Frolic = run and
play in a lively way
Writing from words of the day
The well worded
group produced a range of stories on the topics Remain in your place, The green
slopes of Parliament house, The long jump frolic, I was a clown, On the beach
at Bondi, Tell a friend about it, Education policy, Jaws, Out with the tyrant
and Over the cliff.
Homework reading
Jo bought a rocky
thing to ask if it was a fossil. No decision was reached.
Helene gave some
more information about ABC Open and the fact that Sarah Moss our Regional
Producer will visit us on Wednesday 19 February 2014 to give the group
information about the program.
David C read a
poem by A B Patterson’s grandmother- looks like he had inspiration there.
Geoff reminded us
about two launches on Saturday 7 December
Deb Benson’s book
Gallipoli Dog in Ulladulla and
The Kitchen table
poets film in Nowra.
We stemmed our
verbosity to create stories containing three word sentences. The stories
covered the topics of Shakespeare the bard; Three little words; Are we there;
Clean car tomorrow; Eat this stew; Tourist masses come; Pitch a tent; I don’t
know; and I was ill.
Neighbours (Fifi and Garry - please no
singing from the neighbours theme song)
