Record of meeting 19 November 2014

News

Jo has sorted out her dog neighbours. Cath joined a group on Facebook called I love Sanctuary Point. Wendy has two son’s visiting on the weekend for her 52nd wedding anniversary. Helene enjoyed the movie Pride and a day trip to Sydney. David R rescued a frog from his cream container and had three glorious swims without the frog.

 

 

Words of the day

Lampoon = to make fun of

Diminutive = very small

Fracas = noisy disturbance

Trenchant = keen sharp effective

Precocious = intelligent, bright, talented

Writing from words of the day

Jo – I’m always like that

Cath – Larry’s cartoons

Wendy – Flying mice

Helene – The lights

David R – Be cool

Reading of homework

Helene – Time passes

Wendy – I’m the boss

Jo – As the door closes

David R – Sir Lust-a-lot between dusk and dawn

Garry – Fifi can’t stop singing

 

Reading

David R read his Sci fi poem – Mummy was inseminated in outer space

 

Exercise

We used a three step process to develop a story from the idea “A man comes home early his partner is crying in front of an old movie”. We wrote creative stories on the topics

Jo – sex on SBS and reality

David R – I’m sick of housework and you

Helene – Writing a script at a beach house

Cath – I’m so glad you are here

 

Homework

As far as my eye can see

View from Illawarra Fly 2014