Elizabeth, Pauline, Cath, Trevor, Terry, Helene, Lynn, Amanda,
Diane
The words
of the day
Hype – stimulate, excite
Scrimmage – tussle, scrum
Pluviophile – lover of rain
Morsel – mouthful, fragment
Compunction – a slight regret or scruple
Solitary – alone, lonesome, unattended
Sabotage – deliberate injury by enemy agent
Ubiquitous – seemingly everywhere, everywhere
Vail – to go low, to doff ones hat, to be of use, tip and veil
Writing
from words of the day
The writers were hyped to create a range of stories and poems:
Trevor – wet conditions, Amanda – Watching the rain, Pauline –
Pondering questions, Terry – The cowboy, Helene – Fetta and Spinach, Elizabeth
– Devoted, Cath – Living a solitary life, Diane – To no avail and Lynn – The
vigil.
Reading
of homework
Eight writers created an array of homework: Elizabeth reading
for Juan – My future wife, Cath – So many visitors, Diane – OCD & OCPC
comparison, Lynn – Half lie, Amanda – A strange sensation, Pauline – As time
goes by, Terry – A toadstool and Helene – Coffee beans.
Exercise
-
five things we dislike touching and five adjectives
The writers disliked touching the following items - Slugs,
snakes, spider web, peach fuzz, mud, vomit, velvet, dog poo, beetles, unknown
gooey substances, insects, fish, eel, mangy dog, loose wires, glass, sharp
knives, birds, some food, thorns, liquid detergent, golden syrup, flies, ice, seaweed,
metal, wet dishcloths, chalk and some fabrics.
Lots of “s” and other words were used to describe the feelings like
slimy, scaly, sour, stale and rough.
Exercise -
Take three nouns disappointment, fishing boat and brooch
The writers produced an amazing range of stories from the
three nouns.
Helene – The opal broach, Terry – prawning, Pauline – One was
real, Amanda – We hired a boat, Trevor – The bottle top, Lynn – The water was
dark and eerie, Diane – The mermaid brooch, Cath – All we could find and
Elizabeth – Fish hate you.
Homework
If I were invisible I would ……………… or
Write the point of view of a household item and dialogue
between yourself and the item
