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Arbitrary List of Things Anathema to Good Essays
Class
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11
AP
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CoralCast
Quite Excellent
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Me
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Prose
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November 3, 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
October 20, 2025
Writing
Wes Lydon
A Note About Quotations

Notes about using quotes to make them work for you.

A Note About Quotations
October 13, 2025
What Lydon is Thinking, Reading
Wes Lydon
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. 

Syntax Has Feelings Too
October 6, 2025
Student Submission
Wes Lydon
How To Write (a Student Exemplar)

This is an example of excellent student writing.

How To Write (a Student Exemplar)
September 29, 2025
Reading
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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
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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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
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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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. 

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How To Write (a Student Exemplar)
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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.

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