The writers
Wendy, Pauline,
Roslyn, Helene, Di, Lynn, Helene, Leonie & David C
The words of the day
Drivel = senseless
Copious = abundant
Feckless =
irresponsible
Eminent =
distinguished
Prognosticate =
predict
Minatory =
threatening
Juxtaposition =
side by side
Footloose = free
to go and travel about
Treaty =
agreement, settlement, pact, deal, accord, contract, pledge
Writing from words of the day
The writers took
the drivel that were the words of the day and wrote the following feckless
stories - Arrogance, Power in politics, The parents, I don’t care, The
professor, The indulgent professor, How I love travel, The lecturers and I like
it.
Six writers
diligently wrote on the homework topic - David C – Dirty unwashed youth; Helene
– The tea towel wars; Leonie - behind closed doors; Pauline – tales from the war
in London; Ros - Foxy loxy; and Lyn – A true story.
Recommendation reading by Leonie
The article Quidnovi:
why war? By Einstein and Freud
War words exercise
Lyn supervised us
writing a journalist piece using the following words -
Attack,
battlefield, counteroffensive, defend, exploitation, ferocious, guerrilla,
death, suffering, hero, infiltrate, liberate, marauding, neutralise, orders,
pre emptive, quell, reprisal, terrorise, uniform
The writers
created a range of convincing journalistic pieces - Helene - Marauding dog
attack, Wendy - Death of a child, Pauline - Battle
at the card tables, Ros – The fight of the cakes, Lynn
Homework
Write about the
enemy
