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"Driving Upstate with My Father" - C.L. O'Dell
Poetry, C.L. O'Dell, The Sun
"Driving Upstate with My Father" - C.L. O'Dell
Poetry, C.L. O'Dell, The Sun

at the end of a bad year. Trees begin
to outnumber houses. Rain turns to snow
as fields hang like paintings.

Poetry, C.L. O'Dell, The Sun
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CoralCast 0404 - Speech Regulation in Games
CoralCast 0404 - Speech Regulation in Games
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There's a Prefix, a Suffix and... A Curse Word
What Lydon is Thinking
There's a Prefix, a Suffix and... A Curse Word
What Lydon is Thinking

This is a post about swearing. Seriously.

What Lydon is Thinking
Punctuation as Style
What Lydon is Thinking, Related Items
Punctuation as Style
What Lydon is Thinking, Related Items

I read an excellent post on Medium comparing the punctuation use of multiple authors. It's cool! (no, seriously)

What Lydon is Thinking, Related Items
The Garden Path Sentence
Reading
The Garden Path Sentence
Reading

Sometimes a sentence leads you to a dead end. You are confused, and that's ok. This time you can blame the sentence.

Reading
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Romeo and Juliet Performance Reflection
Two Replies to Poetry Responses
Unit 2 Learning Checkpoint 2
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Completed Pantoum
Workshop Submission
Feedback Submission
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Ch 12 Presented (Mario)
Chunk 2 Due
Ch 13 Presented (Pacman)

How Would Lydon Do It?

An English, Teachy Blog
Analysis of "Sweat" (How I...)

This is how I would analyze how Hurston's "Sweat" is a tribute to ordinary African Americans and a departure from some of the ideal of the Harlem Renaissance.

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Writing a Theme and Passage Analysis Essay (How I...)

This is how I would write the your final written assessment (in arguably too much detail).

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