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May 4, 2026
What Lydon is Thinking
Wes Lydon
How to Write a Bad... Yearbook Comment

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

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March 5, 2026
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Wes Lydon
A Note About Quotations

Notes about using quotes to make them work for you.

A Note About Quotations
March 4, 2026
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New Quite Excellent - "Peers"
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Punctuation as Style

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

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December 1, 2025
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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.

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Wes Lydon
January 27, 2016
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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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Wes Lydon
September 22, 2015
Reading, What Lydon is Thinking

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

Wes Lydon
September 22, 2015
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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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