The writers
Wendy, David
C, Cath, Helene, Pauline, Lynn, Elizabeth, Diane
Words of the day
Exquisite –
beautiful
Excruciating
– painful
Eschew –
avoid, abstain
Obligatory –
compulsory
Ebullient –
cheerful, full of energy
Elixir –
magical, medicinal potent
Edifice – a
monumental building
Extensible –
capable of being extended
Writing from the words of the day
The writers
took the words of the day and produced the following creative stories and poems.
Helene - A dress and a mosque, Elizabeth - The invitation, David - Our Malcolm, Diane - The young man, Lynne - Evening events, Pauline - I struggled, Cath - The
bracelet and Wendy - Two spoonful’s a day.
Reading of homework and other reading
Helene - Eggnog,
Escargot and Eggplant, Pauline - Jack went to the Royal wedding, and David - Ellie
the effervescent elephant.
In addition,
David read his story about Darcy from Condobolin and Lost love. Wendy read out
her poem Bah Humbug.
Christmas break 15 December 2016 to 3
January 2017
Bring a
plate of food to share at our last meeting on Wednesday 14 December.
Be prepared
to return to our writing group on Wednesday 4 January 2017.
Exercise 1 – The beads of sweat
We wrote a
story starting “The beads of sweat” and finished with “Every clown has a silver
lining”.
Helene –
Santa is sick, Wendy – Win $100 to eat Brussel Sprouts, Cath – The wood pile,
Pauline – Dam brats, Lynne – Hide among the balls, Diane – Sweat in the curry,
David – The axe in his hands and Elizabeth – Something hidden.
Exercise 2 - An emotion, a teacher
and an animal
Helene –
Harry, blood and a bull terrier, Elizabeth – Are you my new owner? David – The
vicar and the greyhound, Diane - My
Maths and History teacher, Lynne – Tell me pet, Pauline – Embarrassment and
Cath – Miss Jenkins.
Homework
It was a
difficult decision and the letter G
