The writers
Wendy, David C,
Helene, Roslyn, Elizabeth, Juan, Lynn, Leonie and Elizabeth
The words of the day
Vindictive =
spiteful, malicious, cruel
Flagitious =
deeply criminal
Perpetual =
permanent during life
Impiety = lack of
reverence
Jeremiad =
lamentation or tale of woe
Epitaph =
inscription on a grave or a speech
Cosset = pamper or
spoil
Pensive = deeply
thoughtful
Writing from words of the day
With reverence the
writers cosseted the words of the day and created a range of perpetual epitaphs
on the topics Vince and Jeremiah, At his beck and call, She wanted an epitaph,
the Roman Empire , Peter was upset, It will
come in handy, Sadness in the community and It made me cry.
Five studious
writers read out their homework as follows - Good to see Koko from Helene, Not
eligible – a funny story from David C, The same MO and the Tontine also from
David, The grand ball by Leonie, Run Darcy run by Lynn and The investigation
continues by Roslyn.
Poisonous passions
Top poisons - Analgesics, sedatives, household
cleaning supplies, antidepressants, cardiovascular drugs, alcohol, tobacco,
fumes gasses, stimulants, pesticides, anticonvulsants, antihistamines,
cosmetics and personal care products, plants, anti-microbaterial soaps –
Triclosan, food poisoning, carbon monoxide
Common poisons used in writing
Arsenic, Botulism,
Cyanide, Mercury, Tetrodotoxin, Dimethylmercury, Belladonna, Aconite
or monkshoods, Hemlock
Familiar poisons
Cyanide, strychnine,
mushrooms, anti freeze, oxalic acid, heavy metals, insulin, Succinyl chlorine,
corrosive chemicals.
Exercise
To create stories
and poems for our exercise we selected a poison from the lists above and added
three of minor and major symptoms
Minor symptoms - rapid breathing, restlessness, weakness,
dizziness, headache, nausea/vomiting rapid heart rate
Major symptoms - convulsions, low blood pressure, slow
heart rate, loss of consciousness, lung injury, and respiratory failure.
From the
information we created the following stories and poems - Our poisonous excitement,
The horrible man, Dinner in the oven, Weak and dizzy, Belladonna Lilies and
Cinderella was wrong.
Homework
Select a fairy
tale/fable involving poison or other criminal activity. Write the story or poem
in 2016.
