Record of meeting 5 October 2016

 The writers

Wendy, Cath, Juan, Lynn, David C, Elizabeth, Helene, Diane

The words of the day

Ebullient – full of life

Erudite – scholarly, learned

Emotion – sentiment, passion

Epitome – a perfect example

Emigrant – leave one country for another

Equity – value of share, fair and reasonable

Eccentric – quirky, act differently to others

Equanimity – calmness of the mind, composure

Writing from words of the day

The writers embraced the words of the day and expressed the following; Helene - Poor decision making, Wendy – On the night cart, Juan – My favourite poem, Elizabeth – His face,  Lynn – Most settle, Diane – The artist, David – No class and Cath – Achievement.

Reading of homework

Three writers shared their homework: Helene – Elongated elegant envelopes, Wendy – An extra leg and David – I went to see Eric and Ernie.

Exercise – Dear self or someone else

The writes wrote a humorous letter to themselves or someone else Helene – James Packer, Cath – sliding around and throwing custard packets, David – You have finally done it, Diane – I wish I had bought the witch, Lynn – You washed the car, Elizabeth – Black slacks, Juan – Letter from the Minister and Wendy – Dear June.

Exercise – Three word poem starting each line with letter E

The writers wrote poems with three word sentences, each line starting with the letter E.  Helene – Every day starts, Wendy - Early to bed, Elizabeth - Every day sunny, Lynn – Ever the gentleman, Diane – Emulating wind machines and David – Every line rhymes.

Homework

Select your word of the day starting with the letter I. Use words starting with the letter I in a comedy story or poem

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