26 March 2014

Record of meeting 26 March 2014


Words of the day

Beggars belief = unbelievable (it beg to be believed)

Vociferous = loud and unrestrained shouting

Coxcomb = a conceited foolish dandy or fop

Cogitate = to take careful thought or think carefully about; ponder
 
Scintilla = a tiny trace or spark of a specified quality or feeling. A particle, atom, iota, bit, modicum
 
Euchre = a card game or to trick
 
Paucity = small quantity
 
Paradox = an enigma, riddle
 
Lycanthrope = suspicion that a person can turn into a wolf
 
Uber = extreme, over the top
 
Postulate = make a claim or demand, take for granted
 
 
Writing from words of the day
 
The noisy motivated group created a wealth of stories covering - Outliving the competition a racy story from Melissa, Our PM by Helene, Hair from Wendy, The NT murder from Terry, The story is false from Cath, The State election from Jo, Short and sweet from Lynn, Go to the middle of Australia from Leonie, A part in the play from David C and The rooster who dressed as a fox a quirky poem from David R.
 
 
Reading of homework
 
I once was a kookaburra a believable story with sound effects from Jo, The interview from Lynn, Looking for Lily a great story by Leonie, The accident from David C, Meeting with Gran mama from Garry and read by Cath, Acclimation about talking trees and other messages from David R and connections with Jervis Bay from Terry.
 
 
Writing exercise
 
Melissa bought from the Op shop the book “A recipe for dreaming” by Bryce Courtney, which contained the inscription “To Sharon from John 1994”.
 
We created a range of imaginative stories namely - Secret Santa present from Melissa, Are you OK? from Helene, John loved Sharon from Wendy, Simon, Sharon and John from Terry, Hooked on Sharon by Jo, a poem about the cat and the cream by Lynn ,They met in Byron Bay by Leonie, What will I buy for Shazza a funny story by David C and the poem Are you just a cow from David R.
 
 
Homework – the middle
 
Select a book; choose the first sentence of one chapter and the last sentence from another chapter. Write a story using one sentences as the start and the other as the end of your story or poem.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

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