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Nature as Nourishment: Nature Walk around Oakland Lake Weds 20 March 2:10-3:30 dress for the weather! Meet on the Humanities Quad. We are creating a website to identify the birds and trees we will see as we walk around Oakland Lake and will share research about the stress and writer's block-relieving benefits of being in nature.
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New Yorkers are fortunate in that foods from all over the world are available practically right outside their doors. Before moving here, I lived in a suburban town with two restaurants--and they were both pizza places (I exaggerate; there were really three, but that one served pizza, too). That said, how many of us have tried that new place our friend was raving about only to be disappointed? I know I have. Maybe the food was good, but the service was slow, or the decor was outstanding, but the meal was overpriced. It's a good thing, then, that we have professional food critics. They get there first to let us know what to expect. For this blog, read a restaurant review from one of these publications:
If the sentence above was separated from the picture of a slice of pizza, would you understand the meaning? How would you know? Or just as importantly: why would (or wouldn’t) you know?
Whether you’re ordering a slice of pizza, explaining to your professor why you missed class, or asking for help with your essay at the Writing Center, you rely on language to make yourself understood. Here, at CUNY, although many members of our campus community speak several languages, we mainly speak English in the classroom--and in the Composition classroom, we write only in English. This is where frustration sets in, even for native English speakers: how to make our thoughts, which make perfect sense in our heads, clear to our readers who are our classmates and your instructor. Here is where you know more than you think you do. You know how your language works, or at least some of how your language works. In the comment section below, “teach” the readers of this blog about two significant features of your first, spoken language. Make sure you include links to the sources where you found your information.
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Choose your favorite CLAIM/SO WHAT pair and post your top choice in the comments section box below. You can view the summary of responses by clicking HERE. You will have to wait until after the rest of the class has posted so make sure you check back!
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