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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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Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo, You Know?
What Lydon is Thinking
Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo, You Know?
What Lydon is Thinking

Students are talking about Buffalo. Word is they buffalo Buffalo buffalo, which is weird for Buffalo buffalo to do, when you consider that Buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

What Lydon is Thinking
New Quite Excellent - "Small Kindnesses"
Quite Excellent
New Quite Excellent - "Small Kindnesses"
Quite Excellent
Quite Excellent
The Day My Beard Died
What Lydon is Thinking
The Day My Beard Died
What Lydon is Thinking

My Beard Died. This is his story.

What Lydon is Thinking
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Two Replies to Poetry Responses
Reading Log 9/2 - 9/22
Write an Analytical Paragraph
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Feedback Submission
Picture Book Final Draft
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WT 1-11: Framing Project 1
WT 1-12: Planting a Naysayer

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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