NYS English Regents
Prep
For ELLs
Online Review Sites
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June 2012 Regents
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http://www.nysedregents.org/comprehensiveenglish/
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http://www.toolboxpro.org/classrooms/template.cfm?ID=2838&P=21
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Regents Review Live
This is a wonderful Regents review program for all content areas.
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http://www.regentsreviewlive.net/rrl/links.htm Nice Power Point
Home Instruction
A site that provides a look at recent Regents as well as helpful links to
sites that prepare students for the Regents.
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http://www.homeinstructionschools.com/regents.htm
Cont.
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http://www.sadlieroxford.com/vocabulary/games.cfm?sp=student&level=F
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Vocabulary Review
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http://quizlet.com/12596268/grade-11-english-regents-vocabularyflash-cards/
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Edusolution.com
This site provides Regents preparation in all major content areas, as
well as quizzes and current events. Very comprehensive!
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http://edusolution.com/
Literary Elements &
Techniques
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Free verse-poetry with no set structure of stanzas, rhyme scheme, or
rhythm
Figurative Language-language not meant to be taken literally (metaphor,
simile, imagery, personification)
Metaphor-an implied comparison between two unlike objects that share
a similar quality
Simile-an explicitly stated metaphorical comparison that uses like or as
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Imagery-words that recreate clear sensory experiences (sight, sound,
smell, taste, touch)
Personification-attributing human qualities to inanimate objects
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Foreshadowing-the use of hints/clues to signal future events in a story
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Irony-the contrast between what is expected and what actually happens
Symbolism-physical objects used to represent ideas and concepts
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Cont.
• Characterization-develop plausible characters
through speech, action, appearance, thoughts, or
opinions
• Dialogue-words and /or conversation spoken by
characters
• Monologue-a long speech spoken by one
character
• Perspective-the relationship between speaker,
narrator, or author and the subject or the story
• Tone-the author’s attitude about the subject of the
work
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Cont.
Setting: the time and place of the action of a story in a literary work.
Narrative Point of View: the story-telling method used by the author in a work of
literature.
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First Person: character in the story, limited view
Third Person: outside observer, omniscient perspective.
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Characters: the literary figures that participate in the action of the story.
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Protagonist: central character.
Antagonist: opposing force.
Minor Characters: secondary figures.
*Foils: characters with opposing traits.
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Conflict: the source of tension in the story. Conflict is the basis of all plot.
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External: Character vs. Character.
Character vs. Environment.
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Internal: Character vs. Self (a choice or decision).
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Theme: the central idea developed and conveyed by a work of literature.
Literary Terms Review
Quizzes
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http://www.teachit.co.uk/custom_content/online/littermsquiz.htm
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http://www.quia.com/quiz/270936.html
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http://www.quia.com/quiz/1314532.html
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http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz2309931a72b00.html
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http://www.quia.com/quiz/1398799.html
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http://wwwedu.ge.ch/cptic/prospective/projets/anglais/exercises/literm
s.htm
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http://quizlet.com/6457725/english-regents-lit-elements-flash-cards/
Genre
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The Novel: an extended work of prose fiction with a complex plot and several well-developed
characters.
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The Novella: a work of prose fiction that is shorter in length than a novel, but more developed in conflict
and characters than a short story.
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The Short Story: a brief, condensed work of prose fiction meant to be read in one sitting. A short story
develops one central conflict and a small number of characters.
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Poetry: is literature in verse form. Emphasis is on structure (or groupings of lines into stanzas), rhythm and
rhyme of words and sounds, and figurative language such as simile, metaphor, imagery, and
personification.
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Drama: is literature in “play” form. In other words characters and conflicts are developed through the
speech (dialogue) and actions of the characters. Drama is meant to be seen and heard, and performed
before an audience. Stage directions indicate movement, mood, and actions for the reader of a play.
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Essay: a broad group of non-fiction literature (based on facts-real people, places, and events.) Essays
are brief non-fiction prose compositions that are descriptive, expository, narrative, or persuasive. An
essay can be autobiographical (telling of an event in a person’s life) or biographical (relating an event
in the life of another person.)
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Memoir: a full-length autobiographical work telling of a series of events in the life of the author. Memoirs
are often excerpted and presented as autobiographical essays.
Listening Practice
• http://www.esl-lab.com/
• http://www.manythings.org/e/listening.html
Note Taking
• Cornell Notes
• http://www.thinkport.org/0498e417-02e4-4c3b99bd-b84d2673f382.asset?
• http://www.rocklin.k12.ca.us/staff/svictor/Two%20C
olumn%20Note%20Taking%20Strategy%20on%207th
%20grade.pdf
Reading Comprehension
• http://www.salamancany.org/Page/1207
• http://www.homeinstructionschools.com/quizzes/english
2/englishquiz06.html
• Finding the Main Idea in a Paragraph
• http://www.laflemm.com/dynamic/online_practice.php
?practice_id=17
• http://www.ereadingworksheets.com/free-readingworksheets/reading-comprehension-worksheets/mainidea-worksheets/
Literary Analysis
• http://www.salamancany.org/Page/1206
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMDTU-HKMdo
Critical Lens Essay
• Critical Lens Practice Essays
http://www.watertowncsd.org/webpages/lplanes/pra
ctice.cfm
http://www.salamancany.org/Page/1205
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid
=d2ZzZC5rMTIubnkudXN8bXNsbXVjYXJpYXxneDo2Nm
IyN2Q1ZWIyOGE1Y2Fk Power Point
• Essay Outline
http://www.saugerties.k12.ny.us/43912083012284500/l
ib/43912083012284500/_files/Critical_Lens.pdf
Critical Lens Quotes
• Critical Lens Quotes
http://work.restory.net/English%2011/Regents%20Revi
ew/Sample%20Critical%20Lens%20quotations.pdf
Critical Lens Quotes
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1. "In literature, evil often triumphs but never conquers.“
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2. "Good literature substitutes for an experience which we have not ourselves lived through."
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3. "When writers write from a place of insight and real caring about the truth, they have the
ability to throw the lights on for the reader."
Anne Lamott (adapted)
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4. "A story must be exceptional enough to justify its telling; it must have something more unusual
to relate than the ordinary experience of every average man and woman."
Thomas Hardy
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5. "It is not what an author says, but what he or she whispers , that is important."
Logan Pearsall Smith (adapted)
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6. "It is the responsibility of the writer to expose our many grievous faults and failures and to hold
up to the light our dark and dangerous dreams, for the purpose of improvement."
John Steinbeck (adapted)
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7. "What lasts is what is written. We look to literature to find the essence of an age."
Peter Brodie (adapted)
Critical Lens Outline
Paragraph #1-Introduction:
• State and Explain the Quote
• Agree or Disagree
• Two Titles and Authors
Cont.
Body Paragraphs 2,3 & 4
2. Title of 1st Work of Literature
• What Does This Have to Do With the Quote?
• Literary Element 1; Specific Examples
3. Title of 2nd Work of Literature
• What Does This Have to Do With the Quote?
• Literary Element 2; Specific Examples
4. Literary Element 3 from either work 1 or 2; What Does
This Have to Do With the Quote?; Specific Examples
Cont.
Paragraph 5-Conclusion
• Restate/Reword Your Introduction
• Explain the Quote
• Clincher Sentence
Some Works of Literature
for Critical Lens Essay
• The Crucible
• Othello
• Romeo & Juliet
• Julius Caesar
• Of Mice & Men
• The Catcher in the Rye
• To Kill a Mockingbird
• Death of a Salesman
• A Raisin in the Sun
• The Crucible
• The Great Gatsby
• The Scarlet Letter
Summaries of Works
• A Raisin in the Sun Summary
http://www.watertowncsd.org/webpages/lplanes/a.cf
m
• To Kill a Mockingbird Summary
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/mocking/
• Other Novel Summaries
http://www.psd1.org/Page/799