The writers
Terry, Lynn, Trevor, Helene, Pauline, Amanda, Elizabeth,
Diane
Words of the day
Irrational – not reasonable
Neophyte – beginner or novice
Timbre – quality of the sound
Prospopagnosia - face blindness
Nonsensical – doesn’t make sense
Quasar – an energetic celestial object
Kaolin – fine white clay to make porcelain
Predictable – unsurprising, expected, banal
Writing from words of
the day
Trevor – The witness,
Lynn – Into the dam, Helene – Blurred vision, Elizabeth – A sunset, Amanda – A telescope, Terry – Have a go, Diane – The alien being
and Pauline – Too bad.
Reading of homework
Helene – Larry the Laptop, Lynn – Invisibility, Trevor –
Eves drop on pollies, Pauline – The electric jug, Diane – A fly on the wall,
Terry – Musings of a chair – very entertaining and Amanda read Juan’s homework
– The humble broom.
Reading
Amanda read her lovely story – My friendly neighbourhood
possum
Exercise
The writers created stories on the theme of evil; Elizabeth –
Two small children, Helene - Parents produce evil, Lynn – Evil lives, Trevor -
The Anita Cobby case, Diane – What is evil, Terry – Pools of blood and Amanda - The
Amy Boots man.
Homework
Write approximately 500 words the beginning of a story
finishing with a cliff hanger. We hope to use this as the start of the longer
story.
