March 12th 2018

In class exercise

• Writing prompt was our choice from a  series of scientific photos brought in by Tom

Homework for March 19th

• Tom handed out clippings from Lonely Hearts/Personal columns in newspapers. Build a character from what you read in these. Write 100 words. If you were not in class, then pick similar advert from column in current newspapers


• Also see Business section below

Business

• Library has agreed to an exhibition of our work for 3^rd week in May


• Library has agreed to the idea of an evening performance after the end of May – bring ideas to next week’s class


• Slough Writers’ group needs a poetry judge. Sally suggested we could do it as a group. We could also set the them for them.  Around the 2^nd week in July. Bring ideas to Sally at next week’s class

Programme for term to include

• Reading of each other’s work, hearing your work done in another voice


• Performance – details to be determined


• Poetry – good/bad, different styles


• Vocabulary exercises – 22 Jan,


• Run a Group competition – Generally, remember PrizeMagic


• A visit to Writer’s Centre, Dragon Hall, Norwich


• Project updates – 12^th , 19^{th ,} 26^th  Feb, 5^th March