The writers
Wendy, Cath,
Terry, Lynn, David R, Geoff, Helene, Pauline, David C, Elizabeth
The words of the day
Succinct = to the point
Succinct = to the point
Vociferous = shout
out
Minion =
underling, flunky
Psoriasis = skin
disease
Protract = to
prolong
Kerfuffle = a
commotion
Prurient =
excessively interested
Bask = lie back in
the sun, derive pleasure
Prognosticate = to
predict on current knowledge
Moratorium =
authorised ban, suspension, freeze, cessation
The writing from words of the day
The minions of
writers told unlikely stories of - The entertainer, The heli flight, The sun
bed, On them all, The next big thing, Those deviants, Ejection from the chair,
The sunshine, Rest after a holiday and The Vietnam march.
Six talented
writers read their homework stories and poems on the topics of - The train trip
from Parramatta
Writing information
Terry read out an
article about how to work out who did it in Agatha Christie mysteries.
Terry also read
out examples of show don’t tell from “All my enemies” by Barry Maitland.
Christmas lunch Thursday 10 December 2015
Wendy will book
our Christmas lunch for 12 noon on Thursday 10 December 2015 at B&B Lodge.
Exercise
We tackled the
task to create a short story/poem of 26 sentences starting each sentence with the
letters A to Z, including a one word sentence, one question and one quotation.
After 20 minutes
of concentrated writing we produced a range of great stories - A snake in the
grass, Amelia a woman full of good ideas, All is sweet, As they returned from
the funeral, All in good time, Adam met Eve in the garden, Arial snoozed, The
world within her and A small boy.
Homework
Write a fairy tale
where the villain is the hero or
A contradictory
story over heard in the bank about the source of thousands of dollars.
