# data[].attributes.attachment_link.authors[].name
Mastering the Fundamentals of College Reading and Writing

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Characterization Lesson | Using Disney's Frozen

# data[].attributes.body
Watch the Mood/Tone video by Barbara McClure.

# data[].attributes.body
1. Login
2. Select: My Classes
3. Select your class
4. Select: Evaluating Arguments Practice

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Product Login Edmentum empowers you with the solutions you need to be more effective. We are committed to solving your challenges with flexible tools paired with the right support to optimize student success.

# data[].attributes.body
Read the following article on Pet Peeves.  After reading, write your own article explaining your pet peeve and why you hate when someone does it!

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.readable_text
WHEN did grooming become a spectator sport?

When I was growing up, back in the days when the express train beat the local, straphangers were content to pass their time in transit with a good book or a crossword puzzle. Occasionally, I'd encounter the loud talker, the nose-picker or someone who had to free themselves of a wedgie. Hey, we've all been there.

That's old school.

These days, if someone seated near me on my morning ride is putting on makeup, someone else is clipping his fingernails (and, on one odd occasion this summer, a toenail). Or they're plucking eyebrows, tying ties, squeezing pimples, even spraying perfume. There are those who just have to bathe themselves in lotion. Others are brushing their hair. It's the full monty, commuter style.

A few months ago, a woman sitting across from me on a westbound Long Island Rail Road train was flossing her teeth. When she finished, she threw the silky, slimy string on the floor.

"Maybe you should do that at home," I chided.

"Maybe you should mind your own business," she said.

"Maybe tomorrow you can shave your legs on the train," I bellowed.

"Whatever," said Miss Dental Hygiene.

Whatever, indeed. It takes a village idiot.

The flosser was a special case. Most days, I suffer in silence, fearful of setting off one of those "What are you looking at?" confrontations unique to this city.

We're all strapped for time. If a person cannot manage to keep personal business personal, then it's time for a major life overhaul. Yes, it's hard to juggle life's obligations. But, for the record, I don't want to see others plucking their eyebrows or flossing their teeth. I hate to see myself doing it. I also don't want to be in the cloud of cologne wafting through the air by the mad spritzer sitting 20 feet from me. It irks my allergies. It takes only a few extra minutes before bedtime or in the morning to tend to personal hygiene, which becomes much less hygienic when it's done on the subway seat where some vagrant just spent the night.

Each season, as summer turns to fall, I hope the cooler weather will end the sideshow. While a cold spell puts some public groomers on ice, others will not be deterred. Last week, on a Manhattan-bound F train, I saw a man combing his hair. When he was finished, he pulled the hairs from the teeth of the comb and sprinkled them on the floor like he was seeding a field. And recently, on my way home to Queens, a woman seated near me on the E train decided it was an appropriate place to remove her nail polish.

I blame YouTube. A modern-day Circus Maximus, the video networking site makes a public spectacle of private moments. Compared with watching a stranger give birth or seeing a man you've never met faint during his own nuptials, popping open the new deodorant you just bought at Duane Reade and applying it on the platform of the uptown No. 1 train (you know who you are) is tame.

It cannot be too much to ask for some things to stay private. Maybe the Metropolitan Transportation Authority could do a public service campaign.

A line must be drawn. Just not with dental floss, please.
Lion Calandra lives in Kew Gardens, Queens, and is a freelance copy editor for an Internet content provider. Read all columns in this series.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
WHEN did grooming become a spectator sport? When I was growing up, back in the days when the express train beat the local, straphangers were content to pass their time in transit with a good book or a crossword puzzle. Occasionally, I'd encounter the loud talker, the nose-picker or someone who had to free themselves of a wedgie.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Alanis Morissette - Ironic (Official 4K Music Video)

# data[].attributes.body
Choose two of the video comparisons to view (The Lion King, Mary Poppins, Cinderella).

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Sign in now to see your channels and recommendations!

# data[].attributes.body
(optional) Challenge a partner to the Quizlet practice below.  Whoever gets the better score on the 10 question quiz wins 10 points for their board total.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Argumentative Writing Flashcards | Quizlet

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Start studying Argumentative Writing. Learn vocabulary, terms and more with flashcards, games and other study tools.

# data[].attributes.body
Make a bookmark for one of the characters we have read about this year. Include one or more of the following: a quote from chapter one, a picture of one of the characters that you drew yourself, a map of the town/city or setting, a scene from chapter one, or the title & author in a creative font.

# data[].attributes.body
Use the Google Doc found in Google Classroom (Lyrics: "Ironic" by Alanis Morissette) and the music video above, complete the chart and answer the five questions.

# data[].attributes.body
1. Login
2. Select: My Classes
3. Select your class
4. Select: Text Evidence Practice

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Product Login Edmentum empowers you with the solutions you need to be more effective. We are committed to solving your challenges with flexible tools paired with the right support to optimize student success.

# data[].attributes.body
Use the following link: Point of View

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Join an activity with your class and find or create your own quizzes and flashcards.

# data[].attributes.body
1. Login
2. Select: My Classes
3. Select your class
4. Select:Meaning/Tone/Point of View

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Product Login Edmentum empowers you with the solutions you need to be more effective. We are committed to solving your challenges with flexible tools paired with the right support to optimize student success.

# data[].attributes.body
Watch the video below and use the Google Doc found in Google Classroom (TED Talk: Daniel H. Cohen) to fill in the sections as you go along.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Why do we argue? To out-reason our opponents, prove them wrong, and, most of all, to win! Right? Philosopher Daniel H. Cohen shows how our most common form of argument -- a war in which one person must win and the other must lose -- misses out on the real benefits of engaging in active disagreement.

# data[].attributes.body
Use the following link: Characterization

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Join an activity with your class and find or create your own quizzes and flashcards.

# data[].attributes.body
(optional) Challenge a partner to the Text Evidence Duel in Study Island.  Whoever gets the better score on the 5 question quiz wins 10 points for their board total.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Product Login Edmentum empowers you with the solutions you need to be more effective. We are committed to solving your challenges with flexible tools paired with the right support to optimize student success.

# data[].attributes.body
After reviewing this document, write 10 IMPORTANT details.

# data[].attributes.body
After reviewing this document, write 10 IMPORTANT details.

# data[].attributes.body
Use the following link: Irony

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Join an activity with your class and find or create your own quizzes and flashcards.

# data[].attributes.body
Use the following link: Text Features.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Join an activity with your class and find or create your own quizzes and flashcards.

# data[].attributes.body
Using the following link, learn about mood and tone. Look for mood and tone words. You will choose positive and negative words from the given word list, copy those words and paste them into the Word Cloud website to create your Word Cloud.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
The tone and mood words listed below are also available as a Word document. Tone and mood both deal with the emotions centered around a piece of writing. Though they seem similar and can in fact be...