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ELA Regents Exam Overview

ELA Regents Exam Overview. Four Parts. Listening Section (Multiple Choice Questions) Reading Comprehension (Multiple Choice Questions) Short Response (One paragraph response X 2) Critical Lens Essay (Four paragraph essay). Key Differences. The ELA Regents Exam is more literature based.

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ELA Regents Exam Overview

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  1. ELA Regents Exam Overview

  2. Four Parts • Listening Section (Multiple Choice Questions) • Reading Comprehension (Multiple Choice Questions) • Short Response (One paragraph response X 2) • Critical Lens Essay (Four paragraph essay)

  3. Key Differences • The ELA Regents Exam is more literature based. • 1 listening passage will be non-fiction • 1 reading passage will be non-fiction • 2 reading passages will be fiction • 1 reading passage will be a poem • The ELA Regents Exam requires knowledge of books. • The essay requires you to write in-depth about TWO books. • It is a good idea to have four books prepared.

  4. Part 1 Listening 1-8 MC questions • The passage will be non-fiction. • It tends to be a biography or an auto-biography. • The passage will be read aloud twice. • The first time, you can take notes. • There will be a five minute break in-between the two readings. • During the break, you are allowed to answer the questions. • The second time it is read, you can take notes or answer the questions. • I recommend that you check/ complete your answers. • They will be in order in the reading!

  5. Part 2 Reading Comprehension 9-25 MC questions • There is usually only one correct answer. • Only a FEW trick responses. • Four Reading Passages • A - One fiction or narrative non-fiction • B - One non-fiction • I - One fiction or narrative non-fiction • II - One poem • Answer the questions for each passage one by one. • The test will not be laid out that way, especially with Passages I and II.

  6. Part 3 Short Responses • You will write about two reading passages • I - One fiction or narrative non-fiction • II - One poem • You will have answered multiple choice questions about both passages. • There are two short response questions – 26 and 27.

  7. Part 3 Short Responses • 26 requires you to write about BOTH the short story and the poem. • You have identify a controlling idea (same as central idea) • You will be provided with a topic. • Compose a phrase/ idea/ sentence ABOUT liberty. 26 Write a well-developed paragraph in which you use ideas from both Passage I (the short story excerpt) and Passage II (the poem) to establish a controlling idea about liberty. Develop your controlling idea using specific examples and details from both Passage I and Passage II.

  8. Part 3 Short Responses • 27 only requires you to write about ONE passage. • You can pick either the poem or the short story. • You can write about a literary technique or a literary element. • Please do not write about a rhetorical technique (ethos, logos, pathos). 27 Choose a specific literary element (e.g., theme, characterization, structure, point of view, etc.) or literary technique (e.g., symbolism, irony, figurative language, etc.) used by one of the authors. Using specific details from either Passage I (the short story excerpt) or Passage II (the poem), in a well-developed paragraph, show how the author uses that element or technique to develop the passage.

  9. Part 3 Short Responses Grading • These responses are graded 0-2. • Instead of scale 0-4 (empty to excellent), the scale is 0-2 (empty to good). • It is far easier to earn a complete 4/4 on this Regents.

  10. Part 4 Critical Lens Essay • Based on books you have already read • You will NOT be given two texts to use • This year: • Serial by Sarah Koenig • The Crucible by Arthur Miller • A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry • Into the Wild by John Krakauer • The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

  11. Part 4 Critical Lens Essay • “Much, however, of what we call evil is really good in disguise …” —Sir John Lubbock The Pleasures of Life, 1887 You have to: • Interpret it (say what it mean) • Agree or disagree with the interpretation • Support your opinion with evidence from TWO books • Know two titles/ authors/ characters

  12. Questions? 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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