Apologies – Pat, Fran, Jenny
The words of the day
Disaffected – no longer believe
Traduce – speak badly, defame
Luminary – expert in a subject
Repine – to fret or feel discontent
Persona – a face you choose to represent
Heath Robinson – an English cartoonist best known for drawings of whimsically elaborate machines to achieve simple objectives
Writing from words of the day
The writers used the words of the day to write about - Lost in space, I like simple cartoons, According to his mother, Thai politics, Left side of the brain and NSW elections.
Reading of homework
Seven writers read out their homework on the topics - The bookshop, Connections, Painting of a horse, medication, star sign, Citizens of Australia unite, In Wagga, Round the world 1995 and Dancing in St Georges Basin.
Exercise – helium, circus, rings, balloons, popcorn, clown, elephant, laugh, top, tent, tame, tight rope, acrobat, master, lion. The writers choose three words and used the phrase “She shrugged her shoulders and said I don’t know why” and wrote about
Helium gas, We aren’t getting anywhere, The party type, He laughs at his own jokes, Favourite snack, Animals and Hot air balloons.
Exercise – looking through the peep hole
The writers wrote about - I tricked police, Snort and a grunt, No visitors there, Myself at 93, List of horrors, I hid in the shower and Trick or Treat.
Homework - It was written on his hand