Record of meeting 21 January 2015

News

Snake skin

Terry took a grandson to Mogo Zoo and asserted common sense at the entrance.  Elizabeth has had a hoard of visitors to check on her.  Jo brought in snake skins from two diamond pythons. David C visited his 18 year old grandson in Queensland. Geoff had another letter published in the Fin Review about constructive Government policy development. Helene has two grandchildren staying and a plumber found a plunger in her drain. Cath is cleaning up for visitors. Pauline has relinquished her patronage of P&O. Lynn is painting again. Diane had her grandson visiting for a few days and played cricket and monopoly.

 

Words of the day

Mordacious = biting or sharp

Delve = research

Incorrigible = not able to be changed

Bizarre = strange, quaint or fantastic

Ambidextrous = able to write with both hands

Cavil = to raise trivial objections

Aberrant = going off track

Altruistic = living for the good of others

Obdurate = stubborn, refuse to change

Maladroit = lacking skill, fumbling, clumsy

 

Stories from words of the day

Jo – A good child

Elizabeth – Ancestry research

Diane – Conflict in the brain

Terry – Joe with a pout

Lynn – The attack

Pauline – The granny flat plan

Cath – Tom and the team

Helene – conflict in the group

Geoff – Our shallow PM

David C– Feet and hands in mouth

 

Reading of homework

Terry – Common or refined

Pauline – A visit to Melbourne

Cath – Manual to automatic

Helene – The snake

David C – RBT

Garry – two stories The Tsunami & Beauty

Jo – Frightened by school - What is “abc”

 

Exercise

We wrote short stories on the topic, what I recall

Cath – A Filipino fishing boat

Helene – What will people think?

Geoff –Times of economy

David C – When the Titanic sank, London fire etc

Jo – I couldn’t swim but won a cup

Elizabeth – A holiday in China

Diane – Life without TV

Terry – No regret

Lynn – Lollies three a penny

Pauline – The church

 

Homework

Write a true story include one detail which is 100% made up. When you read it next week see if we can guess the one lie.