The writers
Wendy, David R,
Helene, Terry, Lynn, Geoff, Cath, Elizabeth
The words
Salient =
noticeable
Ambulant = able to
walk
Expurgate = remove
parts
Immure =
imprisoned or fixed in beliefs
Linguist = person
skilled in foreign languages
Cephalopod =
molluscs with tentacle heads
Dialogue =
discussion or conversation between
Provenance = a
place of origin, record of ownership
The Writing from words of the day
The writers ambulated
through the salient words and created the linguistic masterpieces of - Greek
lunch, The poli-linguist, The script, My nose, In the small tank, Next time,
Memory and Nuclear weapons.
Five diligent
writers read out their homework on the topics - Talk about it later; Bean stalk
talk; What would Ms Marple think? A bank in Bridge Street ; and Golden years.
The Exercise
We selected five
things to take on a desert island and wrote a story about our experience on the
island.
We created a range of a fantasy stories set on the island – The floating mattress and the lazy fish, Careless Cate, I sprayed my hair for George Clooney, Survival till the ferry arrives, Pizza and Liza, We will soon know and Plenty of water.
The Homework
Choose a book, go
to page 58, and select the first complete sentence to start your story/poem.