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May 7, 2025
What Lydon is Thinking
Wes Lydon
How to Write a Bad... Yearbook Comment

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

How to Write a Bad... Yearbook Comment
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What Lydon is Thinking
Wes Lydon
There's a Prefix, a Suffix and... A Curse Word

This is a post about swearing. Seriously.

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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
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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
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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.

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Wes Lydon
January 27, 2016
Writing

English Support Free-write

Wes Lydon
January 27, 2016
Writing
English Support Free-write

I detail a writing activity from my English Support class, and go through my process of writing a draft, as shared with my students. 

Tagged: Drafting

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September 22, 2015
Reading, What Lydon is Thinking

On Harper Lee's Go Set a Watchman (3/5 complete)

Wes Lydon
September 22, 2015
Reading, What Lydon is Thinking
On Harper Lee's Go Set a Watchman (3/5 complete)

I have been reading Harper Lee's Go Set a Watchmen, and am troubled that I might appreciate this novel more than Mockingbird (despite the earlier book being better).

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