10 August 2016

Record of meeting 10 August 2016


The writers

Wendy, Juan, Cath, Helene, Terry, Leonie, Pauline, Elizabeth, David C, Diane

News

Elizabeth thanked the group for their wishes and present

The information session on Suicide prevention will be conducted at 3 pm Wednesday 17 August 2016. This information is to assist us in judging entries in the Youth writing competition.


The words of the day

Fudge = to cheat
Family = groups
Foray = incursion or raid
Fustigate = to beat with a stick
Philanthropy = a love of mankind
Faugh = an exclamation of disgust
Frolic = run and play in a lively way
Funicular = worked by cable or rope
Feral = wild after being domesticated
Finagle = to get something by trickery

Writing from words of the day

Helene – Anything for fudge,  Wendy – give him what for, Juan – communicating with my Telco,  Terry – The senate, David – fire walking, Leonie – Dad didn’t like Felix, Elizabeth – I would rather play marbles, Diane – Wanton behaviour, Cath – They should be fustigated and Pauline - Quoting from a movie.



Reading of homework

Eight writers read their homework on the topic of memories: Di – All we have, Leonie – Contrasts, David – Operation Lullaby, Terry – The best marble – a great story, Juan – The ultimate sacrifice, Helene – My grandmother’s heart shaped locket, Pauline – When the punishment was unfair and Cath – The boat trip.

Reading

Terry read out Juan’s compassionate story “They call me refugee”.

Exercise

We wrote stories and poems starting with the words “Yesterday when”

Homework


Write a poem or a story about a holiday memory

For the meeting on 17 August provide a word of the day starting with the letter P.