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Aim: How can strategies enable one (me) to develop a better understanding of the Regents Examination?

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Common Core Learning Standards

• Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

• Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

• Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 9–10 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.


English Regents Format

Part 1 Listening Passage Answer 8 Multiple Choice Questions

Part 2 One Literary Passage Answer 6 Multiple Choice QuestionsOne Informational Passage Answer 6 Multiple Choice Questions



Part 3A) Two Literary Passages linked by a common theme

Answer 5 Multiple Choice Questions

B) Paragraph Responses #1: controlling idea #2 literary

element

or technique from

one of the passages

Before you read the two passages, read questions 26 and 27 first.

THIS WILL HELP YOU KNOW WHAT THE TOPIC OF THE PASSAGE IS



Part 4

Critical Lens Quotation Essay

Given a quote to read- Interpret the quote (Tell what you think it means) -Write an essay using two works you have read to show how the quote is true or untrue -(Must make mention of literary elements)


WHAT SHOULD I BRING TO THE TEST?

•Photo id

•Two sharpened pencils (for multiple choice)•Pen (for the essay)

Also: THE TEST BEGINS AT 1 PM SHARPno electronic devices


Helpful tips for the listening passage 1. Take notes. Remember that your notes are divided into two parts: main idea versus supporting details. 2. Listen carefully for pauses as this will tell you when a new paragraph will begin. This will help you to establish the topic sentence or main idea of the paragraph. 3. Do not focus on facts and small details. Focus on author’s perspective, overall tone of the account, and the author’s purpose in writing or speaking this account. 4. Immediately after the first read, read the 8 multiple choice questions carefully. Answer what you can as soon as you can. 5. If there are multiple choice questions you cannot answer, then underline the main words or paraphrase the question so you know what you have to listen for. 6. Then, during the second read, focus on just the questions that you are trying to answer. Do not focus so much on main idea and supporting details of the whole listening passage, but more on the questions you need to answer. This is why you need to understand the question before you know what to listen for.


Controlling Idea

Topic + Author’s Opinion(given) (student needs to identify)

(most important)


Controlling Idea

Topic + Author’s Opinion(given) (student needs to identify)

(most important)

Write a well-developed paragraph in which you use ideas from both passages to establish a controlling idea about possessions. Develop your controlling idea using specific examples and details from each passage. Topic:________________________________Topic + Opinion: _________________________________________________

If you don’t write an opinion you will get a 0/2 for this part of the exam!


Controlling Idea – Questions #26Sentence 1: Both Passage I, (genre) (title) by (author) and Passage II (genre) (title) by (author) establish the idea that (topic) (write the controlling idea here).

Sentence 2: Passage I is about… (summarize – 1 sentence)

Sentence 3-4: Give specific, relevant evidence from Passage I which supports the controlling idea (analysis)

Sentence 5: Passage II involves… (summarize – 1 sentence)

Sentence 6-7: Give specific, relevant evidence from Passage II which supports the controlling idea (analysis)

Sentence 8: Therefore, both Passages show that (restate the controlling idea).


Controlling Paragraph Template

Both Passage I (genre, title) by (author) and Passage II (genre, title) by(author) establish the controlling idea that __________________.Passage one is about _______________________. An example of thisis “_____________________________”. This means (Explain themeaning of the quote and how it connects to the controlling idea inyour own words). Passage II involves ________________________. Anexample in passage two is “________________________________”.This means (Explain the meaning of the quote and how it connects tothe controlling idea in your own words). (Therefore) or (As a result),both passages show the controlling idea about THE TOPIC (this is

givento you on the regents exam) to be about ____________________(restate the controlling idea).


Controlling Idea

• Controlling Idea = Topic + authors opinion• Quote from passage 1 that proves controlling

idea• Quote from passage 2 that proves controlling

idea


Helpful hints when brainstorming about literary element passages.

1. What is the author trying to say?2. What quote from the passage proves what

the author is trying to say.3. What element best represents the quote

you chose.


Literary Element Paragraph Checklist Question #27

_____ Identify one genre, (poem, essay, novel) title, and author_____ Identify an appropriate literary element/technique used

by the author_____ Define the literary element/technique used_____ One sentence summary about one of the passages_____ Use quotes (examples) from the passage that connect

to the chosen literary element/technique_____ Explain how the authors use the literary

element/technique to develop the passage

_____ The author wants us to know…


In passage one, the author uses _____________________ to develop the passage. ___________________ is _________________________________________________ The passages is about ______________________________. When s/he writes, __________________________________________ s/he means _____________________________. The author wants us to know ___________________________________________________________. This is how the ______________ helps develop the story.

In passage one, the author uses a literary element or technique to develop the passage. Literary element or technique is definition. When s/he writes, choose a direct quote that includes an examples of the literary element or technique s/he means explain what is meant by the literary element or technique. The author wants us to know how this literary element or technique helps develop the passage (tell the who, what, when, where, OR how of the passage). This is how the literary element or technique helps to develop the story.

Literary Element Template


Literary Element Vocabulary

• Theme: Lesson learned about life through literature

• Characterization: method used by the writer to develop a character.

(Speech – Thoughts – Emotions – Actions – Looks) STEAL

• Conflict: Struggle between two forces

Helpful hints when writing Critical Lens Essays

Introduction

WHAT SHOULD I PUT IN THE CRITICAL LENS INTRODUCTION?

(1ST PARAGRAPH)



Introduction

(1) Rewrite the quote word for word including the author’s name.

(2) Interpret the meaning of the quote using your own words.

(3) Agree or disagree and explain why.

(4) Pick two stories that you can connect to the quote and identify the literary element


Intro Template once wrote, “ .” This Speakers name first and last quote

quote means . This quote is paraphrase quote in your own words

true/false because . Two Explain why this quote is true/false

works that show this quote to be true/false are by and by .

Title author Title author

Both authors uses the literary devices of lit device 1

and to prove this quote to be true. Lit device 2

Quick outline

• Two stories that prove this quote are Romeo and juliet using conflict and characterization and The things they carried using conflict and theme.

• Body paragraph 1: R&J using conflict• Body para 2: R&J using theme• Body para 3: Things carried using conflict• Body para 4: Things carried using theme

Critical Lens Outline

REMEMBER: ALL OF YOUR EXAMPLES MUST CONNECT TO THE QUOTE AND PROVE IT TO BE TRUE OR UNTRUE.

STORY# 1: _______

Paragraph 2 Example 1: _________ Literary Element: ________


STORY#2:_________



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Body Paragraphs

WHAT SHOULD I PUT IN THE CRITICAL LENS BODY PARAGRAPH?

(2ND 3RD 4TH 5TH PARAGRAPHS)

4 different Literary Element paragraphsabout two different stories

(without quotes, just examples from memory).


Critical Lens Body Paragraph Checklist

1. _____ Identify one genre, (poem, essay, novel) title, and author2. _____ Identify an appropriate literary element/technique that

connects to the quote3. _____ Define the literary element/technique used4. _____ Give examples from the passage, which connect to the

quote and element5. _____ Explain how the author uses the literary

element/technique to relate to the critical lens (ANALYSIS)6. _____ Write: This evidence relates to the critical lens because…


Critical Lens Body Paragraph

In the novel/short story/play by (authors name) the author uses (literary element) to prove the quote to be (true/untrue). The definition of the literary element _______________ is _______________. One example using (literary element) that proves the quote to be true is ______________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________. This means/this shows/ this reveals ________________________________ _______________ ___________________________________ ________________________________________________. This evidence relates to the critical lens because ___________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________.



Conclusion

WHAT SHOULD I PUT IN THE CRITICAL LENS CONCLUSION?

(4TH {LAST} PARAGRAPH)

Re-write introduction and add 4 more sentences at the end:

-This evidence relates to the text (title/author) critical lens because (1 sentence)


Conclusion

Re-write the quote Last sentence of intro Summarize how story one connects to the

quote Summarize how story two connect to the

quote


Let’s put it all together…

Body Paragraph 1: Introduction

(1) Rewrite the quote word for word including the

author’s name.(2) Interpret the meaning of the quote using your own

words.

(3)Agree or disagree and explain why.

(4) Pick two stories that you could write about this quote

and identify the literary element

Body Paragraph 2: literary element paragraph about

story A

Body Paragraph 3: literary element paragraph about

story B

Conclusion Paragraph 4:- Intro paragraph

- last sentence of each body paragraph


Works read this year “Hills Like White Elephants” Hemmingway “Desiree's Baby” Chopin “The Yellow Wallpaper” Gilman The Crucible by Arthur Miller The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer “Survivor Type” by Stephen King “To Build a Fire” by Jack London


Works read this year – E3R Serial by Sarah Koenig Bodega Dreams by Ernesto Quinones After Twenty Years by O. Henry The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin The Invaders by Jack Ritchie Blue Eyes far Away by MacKinlay Kantor The Fifty-First Dragon by Heywood Broun The Day the Sun Came Out by Dorothy M. Johnson A Retrieved Reformation by O. Henry The Lady or the Tiger by Frank R. Stockton


• Along Came A Spider – James Patterson• A Beautiful Mind – Sylvia Nasser• Bourne Identity - Robert Ludlum• Count of Monte Cristco - Alexander Dumas• Divine Secrets of Ya-Ya Sisterhood - Rebecca

Wells• First Wives Club - Olivia Goldsmith• Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck• Walk to Remember – Nicholas Sparks• Alice in Wonderland- by Lewis Carroll• Angels & Demons by Dan Brown• Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella• The Crucible by Arthur Miller• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald• Dear John by Nicholas Sparks• Eclipse (any twilight movie) by Stephenie Meyer• Harry Potter (any Harry Potter) by J.K. Rowling• Marley & Me by John Grogan• Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis

• Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott

Fitzgerald• The girl with the dragon tattoo• The Social Network based on The Accidental

Billionaires by Ben Mezrich• The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd• Water For Elephants• Yes Man by Danny Wallace• The Book Thief• The Perks of Being a Wallflower• Percy Jackson and the something of something• The Hunger Games and Catching Fire by Suzanne

Collins • The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton• Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

Books turned into movies (Novels)

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literary passages

regents examination

listening passage

informational passage

better understanding

english regents format

common theme answer

mention of literary