Writing 567 Wednesday Oct 9

Registration for November begins tomorrow

Writing 567 - extra class, support class
EF5/6 - May want a recommendation for what to register for.

Work to do:
sentence combining
Houdini error correction
Paragraphs Unit 7

irretrievably
retrieve (v) - bring back
retrievable (adj)
irretrievable (adj) can't bring back
irretrievably (adv)
The computer data was irretrievably lost.

prefix
un - unconditional 
ir - irresistible/ irresponsible/ irregular
dis - disconnect/ disadvantage/ disable/disable/ discourage
a - amoral/ athiest
im - impatient/ impossible/immoral
in - incorrect/indirect/insane/incompetent



Begin with a grabber. An attention-getting device.
1. Short anecdote - personal story
2. Fact or statistic - number
3. Ask a question
4. An adage or idiom from your language
5. Give a definition
6. Famous expression from a famous person

Then give your topic sentence

My attempt:

          Canada is a multicultural country, and In order to experience as much multiculturalism in Canada as you can, you should try lots of different kinds of food. In order to eat Asian foods properly, you must be able to eat with chopsticks. Everyone is different. It’s not as hard as it looks. The two chopsticks serve two different jobs- one stays still in your hand; the other moves with your fingers. The blunt end of the immobile chopstick sits in the crook of your thumb, and the other end rests on the side of your ring finger. Your thumb keeps it tight in place. The blunt end of movable chopstick sits on side of the tip of your thumb. This part of your thumb acts as a fulcrum.  The sides of your pointer and index fingers rest a couple of centimeters up the stick toward the pointy end. You move the stick by moving these two fingers. Make sure the tips of the chopsticks are even with each other. Practice picking up beans. You’ll get it in time.

Panic
1. My throat was tight, and my stomach was clenched.

My throat was tight; at the same time, my stomach was clenched. Overwritten?

My throat was tight while my stomach was clenched.
2. Adrenalin surged through my veins as my muscles bunched into knots.
bungee jumping
3. The panic was like an enormous crushing wave.
4. It lifted me and tumbled me head over heels.
head over heels - rolling, falling out of control
"He fell down the flight of stairs head over heels."
"She fell in love head over heels."
"He is head-over-heels in love with his girlfriend."

5. My heart was pounding loud in my ears. v adj
My heart was pounding loudly in my ears. adv
I speak English pretty good.
I speak English well.

How are you today?
I am good.
I am doing good. - casual
I am doing good things like volunteering and community service and helping old ladies cross the street.
I am doing well.

6. I was intent on only one thing: survival.

intention - good intentions
"It was not my intention to hurt you."
"The road to hell is paved with good intentions.""We try to the right thing and it backfires/blew up in my face."
"Sarah tried to help her sister, but it blew up in her face."