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"Small Kindnesses" - Danusha Laméris
Poetry, Danusha Laméris, The New York Times, Naomi Shihab Nye
"Small Kindnesses" - Danusha Laméris
Poetry, Danusha Laméris, The New York Times, Naomi Shihab Nye

I’ve been thinking about the way, when you walk
down a crowded aisle, people pull in their legs
to let you by. Or how strangers still say “bless you”

Poetry, Danusha Laméris, The New York Times, Naomi Shihab Nye
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CoralCast 0404 - Speech Regulation in Games
CoralCast 0404 - Speech Regulation in Games
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How To Write (a Student Exemplar)
Student Submission
How To Write (a Student Exemplar)
Student Submission

This is an example of excellent student writing.

Student Submission
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
Semicolon (or, The Period with a Goatee)
What Lydon is Thinking
Semicolon (or, The Period with a Goatee)
What Lydon is Thinking

I've had a few students ask me about semicolons in the past week. I am sure they are not alone in wondering how to use them, and why we use them the way we do.

What Lydon is Thinking
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Three Quill.org Punctuation Practices
Annotate "Martha, Martha"
ONE Quill.org Proofreading Practice
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WT 1-14: Drafting Project 1
Project 1

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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9th: Stylistic Analysis of a Director (How I...)

I take arguably too much time explaining in painful detail every step I would take in completing this week's rough draft. 

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