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DO NOW
What questions do you have about
the Regents Examination?
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.
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English Regents Format
Part 1
Listening Passage
Answer 8 Multiple Choice Questions
Part 2
One Literary Passage
Answer 6 Multiple Choice Questions
One Informational Passage Answer 6 Multiple Choice Questions
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English Regents Format
Part 3
A) 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
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THIS WILL HELP YOU KNOW WHAT THE TOPIC OF THE PASSAGE IS
English Regents Format
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)
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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 SHARP
no electronic devices
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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.
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Controlling Idea
Topic + Author’s Opinion
(given) (student needs to identify)
(most important)
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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!
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Controlling Idea – Questions #26
Sentence 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).
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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 this
is “_____________________________”. This means (Explain the
meaning of the quote and how it connects to the controlling idea in
your own words). Passage II involves ________________________. An
example in passage two is “________________________________”.
This means (Explain the meaning of the quote and how it connects to
the controlling idea in your own words). (Therefore) or (As a result),
both passages show the controlling idea about THE TOPIC (this is
given
to you on the regents exam) to be about ____________________
(restate the controlling idea).
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Controlling Idea
• Controlling Idea = Topic + authors opinion
• Quote from passage 1 that proves controlling
idea
• Quote from passage 2 that proves controlling
idea
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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.
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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…
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Literary Element Template
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.
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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
WHAT SHOULD I PUT IN THE
CRITICAL LENS INTRODUCTION?
Introduction
(1ST PARAGRAPH)
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Helpful hints when writing Critical Lens Essays
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
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Intro Template
once wrote, “
Speakers name first and last
.” This
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
STORY# 1: _______
Paragraph 2
Example 1: _________
Literary Element: ________
Paragraph 3
Example 2: _________
Literary Element: ________
STORY#2:_________
Paragraph 4
Example 1: _________
Literary Element: ________
Paragraph 5
Example 2: _________
Literary Element: ________
REMEMBER: ALL OF YOUR EXAMPLES MUST CONNECT TO THE QUOTE AND
PROVE IT TO BE TRUE OR UNTRUE.
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Helpful hints when writing Critical Lens Essays
WHAT SHOULD I PUT IN THE
CRITICAL LENS BODY PARAGRAPH?
Body Paragraphs
(2ND 3RD 4TH 5TH PARAGRAPHS)
4 different Literary Element paragraphs
about two different stories
(without quotes, just examples from memory).
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Critical Lens Body Paragraph Checklist
1. _____ Identify one genre, (poem, essay, novel) title, and author
2. _____ Identify an appropriate literary element/technique that
connects to the quote
3. _____ Define the literary element/technique used
4. _____ Give examples from the passage, which connect to the
quote and element
5. _____ 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…
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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
___________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
__________________________.
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Helpful hints when writing Critical Lens Essays
WHAT SHOULD I PUT IN THE CRITICAL LENS
CONCLUSION?
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)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Books turned into movies (Novels)
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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
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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
Continue to work on regents
packet.