Cath, Pat, Helene, Terry, Pauline, Diane
The words of the day
Contumely – rudeness
Humanist – a classical scholar
Calamity – disaster, mishap, tragedy
Allegory – a story with a hidden meaning
Circumspect – cautious, prudent, careful
Esoteric – Obscure, understood by a few with specialised
knowledge
Writing from
the words
The writers carefully used the words in a prudent way and
created stories and poems; Helene – Hank, Cath – Bogans, Pauline – A scholar,
Pat – Mixed culture, Diane – Waiting to erupt and Terry – I have an allegory (a
great poem).
Reading
of homework
Three writers read out their homework; Helene – FOMO and other
acronyms Part 2, Pat - Goldilocks part 3 and Terry The old man told me a story.
Exercise
- I heard her voice or two things
Pat – If books could talk and I go to sleep in the daytime, Di
– A cold voice, Terry – I had her measure (another great poem), Helene –
Message from Fiona, Cathy – Message bank and Pauline – I saw what she had
written on her I-pad.
Exercise - Quotes and saying
Cath – red sky, Helene – Clichés, Terry – a cat in gloves
(very funny), Diane – You are what you eat, Pat – Lost time and Pauline –
Temptation.
Homework
Select two chapters of a book. Take the first line first
chapter and the last sentence of the second chapter you chose - write a story or poem using the sentences you in any way.
