Record of meeting 11 March 2015

Present

Lyn, Leonie, David C, Elizabeth, Geoff, Helene, Cath, Terry, Jo, Diane and news from

David R saying he is recovering

 

Word of the day

Loquacious = talkative

Conflate = combine two or more ideas into one

Sanctify = purify, justified

Wretched = poor

Sciolist = superficial pretender of knowledge

Harangue = tirade or pompous address

Virulent = intensely obnoxious

Imbue = transmit or add a tone

Moral = concerned with right or wrong conduct

Colloidal = gummy substance

 

Stories from words of the day

Cath – The specialist

Terry - Force of habit – a great poem

Jo – Truth and lies

Lyn – misguided views

Di – the Matron rules

Leonie – Our group

David C – Gary’s congregation

Elizabeth – The address

Geoff – Our Federal cabinet

Helene – Alice’s ideas

 

Reading of homework

David C – No certainty

Leonie - Family reunited

Lynne – Better days

Jo – Too late

Terry – Cranky Nana

Cath – Make up your mind

Helene – On the train

Garry - Apples in the bag

 

Reading

Terry read homework from last week, the old man wasn’t dead – to the metre of the Man from Snowy Mountains

 

Exercise on the topic Australian made

 

Elizabeth – Australians abroad

David C – Fair dinkum Aussie

Diane – Quality and cost

Lynne – Having a lend of me – a great poem

Jo – The Harley went to war

Terry – Self sufficiency

Cath – Silk worms

Helene – The Australian skirt goes to Paris

Geoff – Cheap clothes from China

 

Homework

Your computer keeps sending you a message – what does it say and want happens next.