Words of the day
Satanic =
diabolical
Piccaninny = a
small black child
Placate = appease,
pacify, conciliate
Moratorium =
legally authorised ban or delay, postponed
Sinecure = cushy
job, paid job very little work
Sanguine =
naturally cheerful, expecting things to go well
Canvases = more
than one canvas
Symposium =
drinking after a dinner party, a banquet, a series of contributions to a
newspaper or conference
In a short time we
created beautiful stories from our words about The president, The Art Gallery, At the local pub, Did it
cause too many tears, I’ve given up, The usual flourishes on canvases, The show
did not open and Painting.
The knife incident
from Garry , The toy koala from
Helene, Men made of thunder from Terry, Swimming around Australia – pool by pool from Jo, We’ll be
neighbours by Leonie, The decision from Elizabeth
Discussions and readings
We discussed the apostrophe
and pronunciation of the words “Jervis” and “clerk”. We also discussed Memories of childhood and
Terry could remember when he was 2.5 years old and his younger brother came home from hospital.
Terry read - The
car club poem and Jo read the feisty feminist story Farewell – I am free.
We completed a short exercise to describe our
favourite colours in a rainbow of ideas. Helene – blue, Wendy – scary black, Terry – red, Jo – green,
Leonie – it changes with my moods, Elizabeth
Homework
Write about what
will be happening in your life in 5 years time
