Our challenge/Discussion:
Over the last few months, we have focussed on the use of different words. After a brief discussion about the value of this exercise, we had a quick challenge to identify a word from a range of clues. It was not as easy a challenge as I had expected.
Some of our Stories:
From Alpha to Omega: A very clever piece with pairs of people with the same initial at tables in a café identified by the initial. For example, Euripides and George Eliot were seated at table E, descending into a quarrel about who was the most popular author of his/her time.
The Winter Wind and Ash Wednesday: Both these stories involved young wives during the second world war and their lives while their husbands were away. They both receive news of their husband’s death, but in different ways and with different endings. Added to this, they were on different sides of the war. It is always interesting when we have similar stories from different writers.
The Graveyard Shift: A young man is in a graveyard before midnight on Halloween because of a bet. He meets a woman who says she scavenges items dropped in the graveyard. Her name is Eve Hallows!
Two Friends, Two Lives: Based on a news item about two male penguins who had made friends and incubated a neglected egg. It was watched by a couple. The husband, now a grandfather, is overcome by guilt about hiding his homosexuality for years and admits to his wife who responds she has known since they first met. A lovely story of understanding and empathy.
Over the last few months, we have focussed on the use of different words. After a brief discussion about the value of this exercise, we had a quick challenge to identify a word from a range of clues. It was not as easy a challenge as I had expected.
Some of our Stories:
From Alpha to Omega: A very clever piece with pairs of people with the same initial at tables in a café identified by the initial. For example, Euripides and George Eliot were seated at table E, descending into a quarrel about who was the most popular author of his/her time.
The Winter Wind and Ash Wednesday: Both these stories involved young wives during the second world war and their lives while their husbands were away. They both receive news of their husband’s death, but in different ways and with different endings. Added to this, they were on different sides of the war. It is always interesting when we have similar stories from different writers.
The Graveyard Shift: A young man is in a graveyard before midnight on Halloween because of a bet. He meets a woman who says she scavenges items dropped in the graveyard. Her name is Eve Hallows!
Two Friends, Two Lives: Based on a news item about two male penguins who had made friends and incubated a neglected egg. It was watched by a couple. The husband, now a grandfather, is overcome by guilt about hiding his homosexuality for years and admits to his wife who responds she has known since they first met. A lovely story of understanding and empathy.
Prompts:
The prompts for the final class for the year on 9 December are:
The prompts for the final class for the year on 9 December are:
- He was digging in the garden when he found it.
- The plans for his overseas holiday were almost complete. All that was left was to find the right app for learning the language.
- The work at the rescue shelter was stimulating, but excruciatingly sad.
Joy Shirley
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