Wendy, David R, Pauline, David C, Terry, Geoff, Cath and Lynn all enjoyed a great days writing.
WORDS OF THE DAY
Prognosis - foretell
Staunch - loyal, firm or stop flow
Ambivalent - contrary emotions
Pendulous - hanging down, swinging decision
Eclectic - made of different sources
Bloomsday - anniversary day for James Joyce Irish author
Addage - proverb or saying
Subdue - overcome
The group used various aspects of Bloomsday to create some interesting stories then homework was read the topic being Anniversaries -
Anniversaries of marriage, disasters, belonging, political events and a poem on 'States of Mind' showed the eclectic thought processes of the group.
EXERCISE
DARWIN AWARDS - using one of five novel newspaper heading write the story behind the headline.
A two wheel wheely bin ride
Fake robbery goes wrong
Chile eating record broken
Midnight scooter ride down highway
Death in brewery
From this came wild stories of poor dead Jimmy, Dermot, lots of chile eating compounding the nuts, that screws washes and bolts.
EXERCISE
Write the shortest viable sentence possible using the words deduct, detail, defeat and defence.
EXERCISE
Compile a list within the group of words starting with mag. Then use this list in a quick write using at least three of the words.
HOMEWORK
'SANDCASTLES' 
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