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.
I once was a kookaburra a believable story with sound effects from Jo, The interview from
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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