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January 20, 2025
What Lydon is Thinking
Wes Lydon
There's a Prefix, a Suffix and... A Curse Word

This is a post about swearing. Seriously.

There's a Prefix, a Suffix and... A Curse Word
January 13, 2025
What Lydon is Thinking, Related Items
Wes Lydon
Punctuation as Style

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

Punctuation as Style
December 16, 2024
Reading
Wes Lydon
The Garden Path Sentence

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

The Garden Path Sentence
December 9, 2024
What Lydon is Thinking
Wes Lydon
Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo, You Know?

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.

Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo, You Know?
November 21, 2024
Writing
Wes Lydon
The Death of Juan Reyoaso

A short story written by me about a decade ago. 

The Death of Juan Reyoaso
Wes Lydon
January 20, 2025
What Lydon is Thinking

There's a Prefix, a Suffix and... A Curse Word

Wes Lydon
January 20, 2025
What Lydon is Thinking
There's a Prefix, a Suffix and... A Curse Word

This is a post about swearing. Seriously.

Tagged: Englishy, Random

12 Comments
Wes Lydon
January 13, 2025
What Lydon is Thinking, Related Items

Punctuation as Style

Wes Lydon
January 13, 2025
What Lydon is Thinking, Related Items
Punctuation as Style

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

Tagged: Punctuation, Englishy

Comment
Wes Lydon
December 16, 2024
Reading

The Garden Path Sentence

Wes Lydon
December 16, 2024
Reading
The Garden Path Sentence

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

Tagged: Random

Comment
Wes Lydon
December 9, 2024
What Lydon is Thinking

Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo, You Know?

Wes Lydon
December 9, 2024
What Lydon is Thinking
Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo, You Know?

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.

Tagged: Random, Englishy

1 Comment
Wes Lydon
November 21, 2024
Writing

The Death of Juan Reyoaso

Wes Lydon
November 21, 2024
Writing
The Death of Juan Reyoaso

A short story written by me about a decade ago. 

Tagged: Englishy, Random

Comment
Wes Lydon
November 20, 2024
Writing

How To Write a Bad... Short Story

Wes Lydon
November 20, 2024
Writing
How To Write a Bad... Short Story

I wrote a bad short story. This is how.

Tagged: Drafting, Random

3 Comments
Wes Lydon
November 18, 2024
What Lydon is Thinking, Reading

Syntax Has Feelings Too

Wes Lydon
November 18, 2024
What Lydon is Thinking, Reading
Syntax Has Feelings Too

In "The River Nemunas," Anthony Doerr captures what it means to be numb and alone in the world not in the quality of his words, but in their quantity. 

Tagged: Englishy, Random, Tone, Books

Comment
Wes Lydon
November 4, 2024
Writing, What Lydon is Thinking

The Radical Use of a Comma by Phillis Wheatley

Wes Lydon
November 4, 2024
Writing, What Lydon is Thinking
The Radical Use of a Comma by Phillis Wheatley

Phillis Wheatley was the first published African American woman, and in the poem "On Being Brought from African to America" she engages in a quiet, cultural rebellion with the use of a single comma.

Tagged: Punctuation, Englishy

Comment
Wes Lydon
October 28, 2024
What Lydon is Thinking

The Day My Beard Died

Wes Lydon
October 28, 2024
What Lydon is Thinking
The Day My Beard Died

My Beard Died. This is his story.

Tagged: Random

8 Comments
Wes Lydon
October 21, 2024
Quite Excellent

New Quite Excellent - "That Part in the Music

Wes Lydon
October 21, 2024
Quite Excellent

Source: /quite-excellent/80

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Wes Lydon
October 21, 2024
Student Submission

How To Write (a Student Exemplar)

Wes Lydon
October 21, 2024
Student Submission
How To Write (a Student Exemplar)

This is an example of excellent student writing.

Tagged: Englishy, Guidance

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Wes Lydon
October 14, 2024
What Lydon is Thinking

"Being a Teenager Is Easy!"

Wes Lydon
October 14, 2024
What Lydon is Thinking
"Being a Teenager Is Easy!"

Adults have a tendency to marginalize the difficulties of childhood. That is, to suggest that the challenges faced in high school (and before) are insignificant compared with the challenges of adult life. I've done it. My friends have done it. My parents have done it (and probably yours too). 

Tagged: Real Talk, Random

16 Comments
Wes Lydon
September 16, 2024
Quite Excellent

New Quite Excellent - "Why I Respect the Dog"

Wes Lydon
September 16, 2024
Quite Excellent

Source: /quite-excellent/79

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Wes Lydon
September 2, 2024
What Lydon is Thinking, Related Items

A Change in Tone Makes Little Mermaid Creepy

Wes Lydon
September 2, 2024
What Lydon is Thinking, Related Items
A Change in Tone Makes Little Mermaid Creepy

With just a bit of a tonal change, things get weird.

Tagged: Tone

23 Comments
Wes Lydon
August 26, 2024
What Lydon is Thinking

How to Be a 7

Wes Lydon
August 26, 2024
What Lydon is Thinking
How to Be a 7

You are your own worst critic.

Tagged: Real Talk, Guidance, Random

1 Comment
Wes Lydon
August 19, 2024
What Lydon is Thinking

Semicolon (or, The Period with a Goatee)

Wes Lydon
August 19, 2024
What Lydon is Thinking
Semicolon (or, The Period with a Goatee)

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.

Tagged: Punctuation

4 Comments
Wes Lydon
August 14, 2024
What Lydon is Thinking, How I Would Do It, You Do This Wrong

How To Name a Document (You Do This Wrong)

Wes Lydon
August 14, 2024
What Lydon is Thinking, How I Would Do It, You Do This Wrong
How To Name a Document (You Do This Wrong)

If you have more than one documents titled "English Paper," this one is for you.

Tagged: Guidance, Random

Comment
Wes Lydon
August 12, 2024
What Lydon is Thinking

"Why Do You Teach?" Is an Exigent Question

Wes Lydon
August 12, 2024
What Lydon is Thinking
"Why Do You Teach?" Is an Exigent Question

I have had a few students ask me "Why do you teach?" recently...

Tagged: Real Talk

4 Comments
Wes Lydon
May 6, 2024
How I Would Do It

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

Wes Lydon
May 6, 2024
How I Would Do It
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).

Tagged: 9th

3 Comments
Wes Lydon
May 6, 2024
What Lydon is Thinking

How to Write a Bad... Yearbook Comment

Wes Lydon
May 6, 2024
What Lydon is Thinking
How to Write a Bad... Yearbook Comment

You can only leave truly horrendous yearbook messages with my help!

Tagged: Real Talk, Random

4 Comments
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