English Regents Review Packet
English 3 R
Ms. McAvoy
June 3-June 12
Wed, June 3 – Introduction
Thurs, June 4 – Practice Listening/ Practice MC
Fri, June 5 – Review Short Response/ Practice
Mon, June 8 – Review Short Response/ Practice
Tues, June 9 – Review of all books
Wed, June 10 – Review of Critical Lens/ Practice
Thurs or Fri – Final Exam Block – Final Review
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June 3 – Introduction to the Regents Exam
Do Now: Be ready to share with the class your reflections on the Common
Core Regents Exam.
Notes: Please fill in the following information from the PPT on the ELA
Regents Exam.
Agenda:
 Reflect on Common
Core Regents
 College Essay
Information
 Regents Overview
Four Parts to the E.L.A. Regents Exam:
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4)
Key Differences between the Common Core and the E.L.A. Regents Exam:
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2)
Part 1 Listening Section Key Facts:
Part 2 Multiple Choice Key Facts:
Part 3 Short Response Key Facts:
Question 26
Question 27
Grading for the Short Response
Part 4 Critical Lens Essay
June 4: I will be able to apply the listening section strategy.
Agenda:
 Do Now Quote
 Listening Strategy
Review
 Listening Strategy
Practice
Do Now: Read the quote.
Copy the Quote
Put it in Your Own Words
Agree or Disagree
Choose Two works that
Support Your Opinion
“…the most constructive way of resolving conflicts is to avoid them.”
— Felix Frankfurter
Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at October Term, 1952
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Listening Strategy:
The first time the section is read, I should ________________________________________.
During the five minute break, I should __________________________________________.
The second time the section is read, I should ______________________________________.
MC Answers:
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June 5: I will be able to review the strategies for the short response.
Do Now: Read the quote.
Copy the Quote
Put it in Your Own Words
Agree or Disagree
Choose Two works that
Support Your Opinion
Agenda:
 Do Now Quote
 Short Response
Strategy Review
 Short Response
Practice
“…ignorance is never better than knowledge.”
— Laura Fermi
Atoms in the Family, 1954
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Part 3 (Short Response):
How are the short responses different on the ELA Regents (from the Common Core Regents)?
Question 26:
Thesis:_________________________________________________________________
Outline:
Question 27:
Thesis:_________________________________________________________________
Outline:
June 8: I will be able to write and grade the short responses.
Do Now: Read the quote.
Copy the Quote
Put it in Your Own Words
Agree or Disagree
Choose Two works that
Support Your Opinion
Agenda:
 Do Now Quote
 Short Response
Practice
 Short Response
Sample Papers and
Grading
“Much, however, of what we call evil is really good in disguise …”
—Sir John Lubbock
The Pleasures of Life, 1887
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June 9: I will be able to review 7 books for the Critical Lens Essay.
Do Now: Read the quote.
Copy the Quote
Put it in Your Own Words
Agree or Disagree
Choose Two works that
Support Your Opinion
Agenda:
 Do Now Quote
 Review our five texts
this year
 Select two other texts
to study
“…only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.”
—Martin Luther King, Jr.
“I’ve Been to the Mountaintop”
delivered at Mason Temple, Memphis, TN, April 3, 1968
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Title:
Author:
Characterization:
Conflict(s):
Setting:
Symbolism:
Other literary devices:
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June 10: I will be able to review the strategies for the Critical Lens Essay
(28).
Do Now: Read the quote.
Copy the Quote
Put it in Your Own Words
Agree or Disagree
Choose Two works that
Support Your Opinion
Agenda:
 Do Now Quote
 Critical Lens Strategy
Review
 Write Introduction
“…the truth is often unpopular…”
—Adlai E. Stevenson
Commencement Address at
Michigan State University, June 8, 1958
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Part 4 #28 (Critical Lens Essay):
What do you have to do on the Critical Lens Essay?
Thesis:_________________________________________________________________
Outline:
Introduction:
Body Paragraph 1
Body Paragraph 2
Conclusion
June 11/ 12: I will be able to review Critical Lens Essay (28).
Do Now: Read the quote.
Copy the Quote
Put it in Your Own Words
Agree or Disagree
Choose Two works that
Support Your Opinion
“…the greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.”
—Cicero
Ethical Writings of Cicero
1887 Translation
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“Circumstances are beyond the control of man; but his conduct is in his
own power.”
— Benjamin Disraeli
Contarini Fleming, 1832
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“…it is impossible to go through life without trust…”
— Graham Greene
The Ministry of Fear, 1945
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“No two persons regard the world in exactly the same way…”
— J. W. von Goethe
“Introduction to the Propyläen”
from Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books, 1910
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