Words of the day
Selfie = a self
portrait photograph
Angst = feeling of
anxiety sometimes associated with depression
Subtle = so
delicate
Rebuke = to
criticise with sharpness and often abruptness
Hireling = a
person who is hired for dubious work
Evoke = to bring
forth or recall to the conscious mind
Infallible =
faultless, floorless, perfect, never wrong
Gravitas =
dignity, solemness
Reading of writing from words of the day
We created wacky
stories from words of the day about
Fifi taking a
Selfie in the bath, Before the wedding, Artistic achievements, Leave the mines,
Red hot pants, Promoting himself, A hireling photographer and All over the
country.
We
read brilliant stories and poems on the topics
Helene
– Lost time
Wendy-
What the Heck
Terry-
Memories
Margaret-
Colour Blue
David-
Sat Nav
Leonie-
A Strand of Loose Hair
Melissa-
Accent
Terry
– announced Wild about Words (a literature component of the See Change
festival consisting of local readings) will occur at the end of May at Boo Books in Huskisson. Sue Kucharova, an organiser of the event will
come to a meeting to give us more info.
David.
R - Questions of Travel by Michelle de Kretser (Miles Franklin award 2013)
Margaret-
A Fortune Teller Told Me by Tiziano Terzani
Discussion
about words- the wonderful, the wacky, and the weird!
We
spent five minutes describing a person's physical characteristics in terms of
food – yummy stuff
Homework
George
never would have guessed a coffin could hold so many marbles.
