English+Regents

= = All students will be taking the English Regents exam in June. Passing the exam is a NYS requirement for graduation.

Here is the link to the[| NYS ENGLISH REGENTS]. You can review actual exams that were given and even read examples of graded exams.

The Exam is divided into FOUR parts. Three parts will feature multiple choice questions. Part 3 will require students to write two paragraphs and Part 4 will require students to write an essay.


 * (Non-Fiction)**

__** I. Listening: **__
 * You will be read a passage about a certain topic.
 * While the passage is being read, you will take notes on what you hear
 * The passage will be read TWICE.
 * You will answer multiple choice questions.


 * __ II. Reading for Information: __**
 * You will be given a non-fiction passage, article, essay on a particular subject (one past passage was about playground design).
 * You will answer multiple choice questions about each document.


 * (LITERATURE)**


 * __ III. Paired Readings: __**
 * You will be given two literary works: any combination of poem, story, memoir.
 * You will be told what the the literary works have in common. (For instance, "Both works tell about childhood memories....")
 * You will answer multiple choice questions about each work.
 * You will write a PARAGRAPH about one of the works that explains what each work tells us about the common idea.
 * You MUST use quotes and examples taken from each literary work.
 * You MUST write a PARAGRAPH about one of the pair of readings in which you identify a literary elements/device (i.e., metaphor, symbol, characterization, theme etc).that is used in the work and discuss how the writer uses it to address the common idea.


 * __ IV. Critical Lens: __**
 * You will be given a quotation about a broad subject (in the past, the quotes have made observations about good vs. evil, heroes. what literature can do for us, the use of power, etc.)
 * You MUST put the quotation into your own words.
 * You MUST agree or disagree with the quotation.
 * You MUST use TWO works of literature (give titles and authors) to support your stand on the quotation.
 * You MUST use specific references to the two works to develop your stand.
 * You MUST refer to TWO literary elements/devices that are used in the works.