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September 29, 2025
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
September 22, 2025
What Lydon is Thinking
Wes Lydon
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.

Semicolon (or, The Period with a Goatee)
September 15, 2025
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?
September 9, 2025
Quite Excellent
Wes Lydon
New Quite Excellent - "Small Kindnesses"
New Quite Excellent - "Small Kindnesses"
September 8, 2025
What Lydon is Thinking
Wes Lydon
The Day My Beard Died

My Beard Died. This is his story.

The Day My Beard Died
Wes Lydon
August 13, 2023
Reading

My Summer Reads

Wes Lydon
August 13, 2023
Reading
My Summer Reads

I finished five books over the summer break and I’ve got too many that are in progress. Let me tell you about them!

Tagged: My Recent Reads

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Wes Lydon
April 28, 2023
Quite Excellent

New Quite Excellent - "Special Problems in Vocabulary"

Wes Lydon
April 28, 2023
Quite Excellent

Source: /quite-excellent/70

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Wes Lydon
January 11, 2023
Reading

My December Reads

Wes Lydon
January 11, 2023
Reading
My December Reads

I finished five books in December and I’d like to tell you about them.

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Wes Lydon
January 9, 2023
Quite Excellent

New Quite Excellent - "Boy"

Wes Lydon
January 9, 2023
Quite Excellent

Source: /quite-excellent/67

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Wes Lydon
December 19, 2022
Quite Excellent

New Quite Excellent - The birthday of the world

Wes Lydon
December 19, 2022
Quite Excellent
Episode 66 - The birthday of the world - Margie Piercy

Source: /quite-excellent/66

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Ana P. Segura-Gradilla
May 26, 2022
Student Submission

Q & A About Senior Year (with Senior Ana Segura-Gradilla)

Ana P. Segura-Gradilla
May 26, 2022
Student Submission
Q & A About Senior Year (with Senior Ana Segura-Gradilla)

Ana has some very honest answers about student athletics, applying for colleges, which APs to take (and which to avoid), and more.

Tagged: Guidance, School, Coral Academy

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Wes Lydon
December 9, 2019
What Lydon is Thinking

Games Are Too Big for Us

Wes Lydon
December 9, 2019
What Lydon is Thinking
Games Are Too Big for Us

A game a played four years ago reminds me of how beautiful and how isolating gaming can be.

Tagged: Gaming, Real Talk

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Wes Lydon
December 4, 2019
What Lydon is Thinking

Science News Should Make you Happy

Wes Lydon
December 4, 2019
What Lydon is Thinking
Science News Should Make you Happy

I saw some science news, and it made me happy. And it should make you happy. Let's talk about science and be happy together.

Tagged: News, Random

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Wes Lydon
November 25, 2019
What Lydon is Thinking

A story in a frame: Last of Us

Wes Lydon
November 25, 2019
What Lydon is Thinking
A story in a frame: Last of Us

This window opens and concludes The Last of Us, and I wish I hadn't seen it again.

Tagged: Gaming, Random

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Wes Lydon
October 30, 2019
Reading

4D Video Games & a 130 Year Old Lydon Library Book

Wes Lydon
October 30, 2019
Reading
4D Video Games & a 130 Year Old Lydon Library Book

We exist in a three dimensional space. We have height, width, and length. Could you even imagine what a fourth would look like?

Tagged: Random

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Wes Lydon
September 4, 2019
Related Items

How Donald Trump Uses Language (video)

Wes Lydon
September 4, 2019
Related Items
How Donald Trump Uses Language (video)

Donald Trump has a particular way of speaking. It is hard to miss once you realize it.

Tagged: Englishy

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Wes Lydon
August 28, 2019
Reading, What Lydon is Thinking

Having a Library Makes Me Nervous

Wes Lydon
August 28, 2019
Reading, What Lydon is Thinking
Having a Library Makes Me Nervous

There are books in my library that you or your parents might find offensive. I'm learning to be ok with this.

Tagged: Real Talk

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Wes Lydon
April 17, 2019
How I Would Do It

Analysis of "Sweat" (How I...)

Wes Lydon
April 17, 2019
How I Would Do It
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.

Tagged: Guidance, 11th

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Wes Lydon
April 8, 2019
How I Would Do It

11th: Research Harlem Renaissance Art (How I...)

Wes Lydon
April 8, 2019
How I Would Do It
11th: Research Harlem Renaissance Art (How I...)

How I would complete the Harlem Renassaince research assignment that is due Monday.

Tagged: 11th

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Wes Lydon
December 18, 2018
Reading, What Lydon is Thinking

Page Turners - A Mid-Year Reading and Library Update

Wes Lydon
December 18, 2018
Reading, What Lydon is Thinking
Page Turners - A Mid-Year Reading and Library Update

This is how much my students are reading.

<Spoiler: it is a lot>

Tagged: Real Talk, Library

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Wes Lydon
December 10, 2018
How I Would Do It

11th: Dramatic Script Draft (How I...)

Wes Lydon
December 10, 2018
How I Would Do It
11th: Dramatic Script Draft (How I...)

I take a step by step approach to creating a dramatic script that provides indirect social commentary.

  1. Be sure that I understand the assignment
  2. Brainstorm 
  3. Find and use models
  4. Begin drafting, considering the form and the intention.

Tagged: Guidance, 11th, Drafting

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Wes Lydon
September 10, 2018
How I Would Do It

How I...: Defining an Abstract Concept (11th)

Wes Lydon
September 10, 2018
How I Would Do It
How I...: Defining an Abstract Concept (11th)

This is how I would define an abstract concept for homework.

Tagged: 11th

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Wes Lydon
September 3, 2018
How I Would Do It

How I...: Presenting an Iconic Image (11th)

Wes Lydon
September 3, 2018
How I Would Do It
How I...: Presenting an Iconic Image (11th)

This is how I would write about an Iconic image. (You can't use my image, by the way).

Tagged: 11th

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Wes Lydon
August 7, 2018
How I Would Do It

11th: Outline of a Speech (How I...)

Wes Lydon
August 7, 2018
How I Would Do It
11th: Outline of a Speech (How I...)

Here I explain how I would go about completing your homework, in this case the plan for the speech. 

Tagged: Guidance, 11th

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Wes Lydon
August 7, 2018
How I Would Do It

How I Would Do It

Wes Lydon
August 7, 2018
How I Would Do It
How I Would Do It

An introduction to How I Would Do It, what I intend to be a weekly blog post about how I would approach the homework due for the week. 

Tagged: Guidance

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