Terry, Helene, Jo,
Pat, Jenni, Pauline, Cath
The words of the day
Daunting –
intimidating
Opaque –
impervious to light
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| Opaque |
Disabuse –
undeceived, relieve
Demean – loss of
dignity, to lower
Hoot – loud sound
of disapproval, like an owl
Decathect –
withdraw feelings of attachment in anticipation of future loss
Dissolute – lewd, sensually
unbridled, licentious, morally lax
Writing from words of the day
The writers were
not daunted or demeaned and hooted with laughter as they read out stories about
Sarina, Unseen, Cynical remarks, Catching him out, Loved to go out drinking,
Walking through and Barnaby Joyce.
Reading of homework
Exercise 6 from A novel in a year – Louise Doughty - Chose a country, create a fictional character
The writers wrote a paragraph
including the name, age and ethnic background on the following characters - George a car mechanic in Devon, Enrique
sugar cane farmer, Carsus from a Subterranian
city of the USA, Suzanna from Canada,
Rudolf from Russia, Wanda from Port Moresby and Vladimir from Russia.
Exercise –
What was one thing you always as a child but never actually got to have Or the smallest
kindest act of kindness you experienced?
The writers shared experiences and wrote about - Given time to change
uniforms, I wanted to go to Homebush High, My own pushbike and A China doll.
Write a paragraph from the point of view of a character living in the
past. Do some research, look at booklets, pamphlets or newspapers. Feel free to
take a step on from the foreign country exercise today.
Louise Doughty suggests a character based piece. It doesn’t matter if it’s
in the first person or third, past or present tense. Be as wide ranging in your
style and content as you like.
