Cath, Juan, Helene, Pauline, Elizabeth, Margaret, Terry, Lynn,
Amanda, Jenny, Diane and welcome back Muriel our visitor from SA.
The words
of the day
Slink – to creep or steal
Bamboozled - confused
Unpopular – not popular
Gourmand – lover of delicacy
Vacillate – waiver, hesitate
Homework – work completed at home
Preferment – advancement or promotion
Minimax – strategy to strategy to minimise maximum loses
Paramnesia – inability to recall the correct meaning of a word
Shoal –1 Group of fish crowded together or 2 Sand bank
Defragging – rearrangement of files on a hard disk for faster
data access
Writing
from words of the day
Helene – her own unique way, Gina – a new relationship,
Elizabeth – The long version, Lynn – she wanted to be spared, Muriel – A long
winded fax, Margaret – Keep up with technology, Jenny – Collecting her
thoughts, Pauline – The cannon, Amanda – Fish or crab, Terry - Politician speak and Cath – Decisions.
Homework
readings (Subject…Unpopular)
An interesting mix of stories as usual
Juan…a soldiers experience, Elizabeth…rabbitting experience as a young
girl, Muriel…Steve and Rose…a love story
Margaret…Tissues in the washing, Jenny…in the name of religion, Pauline…Candy
at school (2nd hand rose)
Amanda…strange happenings and the weird singing doll, Terry...Unpopular
is not so bad in the end
Exercise
We then completed an exercise with the subject…bananas
”He was a really nice guy…"
