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- so hi everyone this is Kathleen and I go by mrs. McKee tutor on my youtube channel so today we're going to talk about the English Regents exam and we're
- going to do an overall review of all three parts of the Regents exam ok so English regions part one is always a reading comprehension section and there
- are always three passages in this section the first passage is always a literary passage it's typically an excerpt from a short story or an excerpt
- from a memoir and there are multiple choice questions that go with that passage to is always a poem sometimes long sometimes short also has its own
- multiple choice questions and passage three is always an informational text oftentimes it's a science type of text yet not always and of course their
- questions to go with that okay my advice with part one you definitely want to highlight important information and annotate when you read you want to keep
- those annotations short definitely look back at the text usually students have plenty of time to be able to look back at the text and see in context the
- portion that they are referring to for the question so you know don't rely on your memory really go back to the text use the process of elimination you want
- to try to narrow down your choices to maybe two before you select your final answer if you have no idea and if this actually applies more even for like an
- SAT exam where you have a lot of multiple choice questions if you're ever taking a test that has a lot of multiple choice questions and you have no idea
- what the answer is at all you can't even narrow it down again this this works best when you have a test with many many many questions they say it's good to
- have like a letter of the day you know just choose like alright any time I really have no idea at all I'm gonna choose choice a and just kind of stick
- with that same letter because too ethically if you're always putting the same choice every time you have no idea you're more likely to get it right
- sometimes right rather than just randomly choosing sometimes a sometimes see you're not as likely to get some of them right if you're moving your letters
- around so only if you really have no idea you should kind of come in with letter of the day and have a choice that you'll always pick if you literally do
- not know the answer okay so for Part two of the region's I always call this the Big Kahuna okay this is the big argument essay and it's worth a lot of writing
- points so my advice for part two of the Regents which is again the argument essay you are going to read the topic they will give you four texts to read
- and really try to learn about both sides of the argument even if you already know a little bit of something about the topic really try to approach it where
- you want to understand understand both sides of the argument highlight the pro information in green and highlight the con information in orange okay really
- will help you to sort out your information and it'll make it easier for you to decide which side to pick which one has more evidence that you can
- support it with and it can help you define the information in the text so I always tell my kids to highlight with the two different colors Pro stuff and
- green con stuff in orange and of course you want to annotate in the margins there choose one side to write about you cannot be flipping and flopping through
- this essay you have to really choose and argue one side I suggest use the five paragraph essay where you'll have an introduction to body paragraphs on your
- side of the argument one paragraph of counterclaim and rebuttal and then a conclusion okay that you must include information from at least three of the
- text it does say that in the directions and you have to use in-text citations they do want your in-text citations to look like this text to comma lines 32
- and 33 make sure that you include that counterclaim and rebuttal paragraph okay so again here are the five paragraph the way I suggest that we do it
- introduction first body will be your first main reason lots of evidence you'll include in there lots of explaining you'll include them there
- your second body paragraph will be about your second main reason on your side of the argument lots of evidence well explained in there and then that next
- paragraph is going to be your counterclaim rebuttal paragraph where you gonna show that you do have an understanding of some of the arguments
- on the other side but only to rebut them so you want to kind of knock down those arguments you know either that they're wrong or that your side is just more
- important more valuable and then of course I'll go on to your conclusion okay so I do have in this PowerPoint I have some actual examples of what will
- turn out to be an entire five paragraph essay so let's pretend we were writing an argument essay about dress codes this could be an appropriate introduction
- paragraph when people talk about dress codes one controversial issue people argue about is school uniforms some people believe that school uniforms
- should be required because they increase academic success other people believe school uniforms should not be required because it limits students abilities to
- express themselves I think school uniforms should be required because they are economical and they lead to higher grades you see my thesis statement comes
- at the end of this I think school uniforms should be required because you're economical and they lead to higher grades okay so the first body
- paragraph then is going to be all about my first main reason which I said was economical so let's see if we have a topic sentence here one reason why
- school uniforms should be required is that they are economical perfect topic sentence for this first main reason compared to buying clothes and regular
- clothing stores uniforms are significantly cheaper according to a 2007 study by Stony Brook University parents can spend nearly half as much on
- school uniforms than they would unpopular designer clothes in text citation one parent states the jeans my daughter wants to wear cost forty
- dollars each and her shirts costed thirty dollars each the school uniform only costs four dollars for the entire outfit this saves our family a lot of
- money over the school year in-text citation since the uniform is worn every day in school students would only need two or three of them and then wash them
- to have enough clean clothes for the week without school uniforms many students need to buy many different outfits to wear each day in text
- citation this could be very expensive school uniforms are clearly more economical your second body paragraph will be your second main reason another
- reason why school uniforms should be required is that they lead to higher grades in school that's a nice topic sentence for that
- second main reason many studies have been done about the effects of school uniforms especially how they relate to academic success a 2015 study showed
- that in one public school in Texas academic achievement rose significantly when school uniforms became mandatory quote the graduation rate in the high
- school rose 10% in one year alone in text citation in one school district in New York City students reported that they felt more able to focus when
- students were required to wear school uniforms they felt less distracted about fitting in and felt more part of their school in text citation additionally one
- study reports that across the United States overall schools that require students to wear uniforms scored higher on standardized tests and text citation
- school uniforms are certainly having a positive effect on student performance excuse me okay so here is that third body
- paragraph with is the counterclaim rebuttal in the purple you will see the counterclaim I will show some understanding of the other side of the
- argument and in the green part is my rebuttal where I'm going to try to knock down that side okay I'm gonna I'm gonna knock down the other side best I can to
- strengthen my side those who are opposed to school uniforms argue that it takes away student's ability to express himself
- they argue that students should be able to wear whatever they like to express to the world who they are and what they represent in text citation
- although this may be true here's my rebuttal I'm gonna try to smash down that argument although this may be true when students choose their own clothes
- to wear to school it can lead to some problems some students wear clothing that represent gangs for example this can cause anxiety and pressure for
- students in the school which can be distracting and lead to an uncomfortable school environment in other cases students might feel pressure to buy and
- wear certain types of clothes to fit in all of these things can be distracting and get in the way of learning school uniforms do not cause such a distraction
- and this is better for students and the final paragraph of course is the conclusion like I like nice strong words like this it is evident that it is
- evident that school uniforms should be required in school districts there's my my thesis statement again said very strongly uniforms are much more
- economical than buying regular clothes and wearing school uniforms clearly leads to higher grades school uniforms are a good idea for all students ok so
- that really is a good example of the five paragraph argument essay for part two ok English regions part three is the text analysis and the task for part
- three is read a passage identify the central idea write about one literary element the author uses to develop the central idea ok my advice for part three
- of course it's going to include annotating so you want to annotate when you read that text ask yourself while you're reading what is the central idea
- what does the author want me to learn understand or appreciate ask yourself what literary element does the author use to get me to see this idea what is
- the author doing for me to understand the point of the story ok characterization are usually my favorites here because every story is
- gonna have characterization every story is going to have a conflict but of course there are so many literary techniques that you can choose from
- ok the directions will say to write a two to three paragraph essay I always suggest a three paragraph essay I just think it's much easier to do intro body
- conclusion for the text analysis so introduction introduced the literature with a tag title author John Rowe identify the
- central idea named the literary element the author uses in your body paragraph you're going to write a topic sentence that connects the character
- valerio of it and the central idea make sure you explain and give examples make sure you have at least two quotes and put the line numbers as well refer to
- the literary element and central idea throughout the body you really want to echo that because that's the whole point of writing this text analysis what is
- the point of the story the central idea how does the author get us to see that using the literary strategies so you want to kind of echo those strategies
- and echo that central idea as you write your conclusion you want to restate that central idea in a strong way it is clear that it is evident that okay restate the
- literary element the author uses to develop the central idea okay I do have a couple of examples here now in my class we like to practice sometimes with
- a video instead of a text and so one day we went on YouTube and we watched a very short video of Maya Angelou speaking it was titled be the rainbow in someone
- else's cloud and it's just wonderful so you should watch it but we were a text analysis about this one so notice this intro body conclusion in the video be
- the rainbow in someone else's cloud featuring Maya Angelou the central idea is that people should recognize the kindness they have experienced from
- others during difficult times and they should try to make others feel better when they are having hard times as well Angela uses metaphors throughout her
- presentation to emphasize how she appreciates the kindness others have given her and the kindness she tries to give to others who need it Maya Angelou
- uses metaphors throughout the presentation to express her idea she refers to difficult times in her life as clouds she says that she has experienced
- many clouds in her life but at the same time there have been many people who have been kind to her when she speaks in to people who were kind she speaks
- metaphorically as she refers to them as rainbows implying that they brought light and hope for her during dark times she also speaks metaphorically when she
- explains that she carries these kind people with her everywhere she goes according to Angelou when she goes onto the stage teaches the class or directs a
- movie quote I bring everyone who has ever been kind to me with me she appreciates the kindness she's received as she says quote I've had
- rainbows in my clouds she keeps this appreciation in mind and tries to do the same for others as she states quote the thing to do it seems to me is to prepare
- yourself so that you can be at Rainbow in someone else's cloud she encourages the listener to do the same Maya Angelou uses metaphors throughout the video be
- the rainbow in someone else's cloud her use of metaphors emphasizes how important it is to appreciate the people who aren't kind to you and to bring
- kindness to others who are going through difficult times okay here's one more example we actually used an excerpt from this son of mine by Kurt Vonnegut jr.
- which actually was part of a reading comprehension section sometimes I take part one texts and turn them into a text analysis assignment and that's what we
- did for this one so I'll read this example as well in the short story this son of mine by Kurt Vonnegut jr. the central idea is that people should have
- the right to chase their dreams rather than being told how they should spend their lives the author uses conflict throughout the story to show how people
- should be able to choose their own paths in life the author uses conflict throughout the story to express his idea Franklin experiences an internal
- conflict about finding his passion in life he does not want to upset or disappoint his father who wants him to own the metal work Factory one day
- Franklin tells his father what his father wants to hear when he says unbelievable skill there aren't craftsmen like that anymore 9:49 he
- pretends to be interested in metal work to make his father happy however Franklin really is not interested in metal work he thinks metal projects are
- criminal waste of time and great bores wine 51 and 52 he struggles with being honest with his father Franklin also has an internal conflict as he struggles to
- find so impatient in life he does not know what he wants to do with his life he says I don't know for sure what I want
- to do yet I'm just playing with idea is trying to find myself Minds 87-88 he wishes he had a strong passion like his father has but he realizes he needs
- time to figure it out although Franklin does not know what he wants to do with his life he should be able to figure out what he what his
- passion is on his own Kurt Vonnegut jr. used this internal conflict throughout the story this son of mine his use of conflict show us how important it is to
- be able to find your own passion in life even though it might take some time to figure it out alright so you have a couple of good
- examples of some task 3 text analysis essays and which wraps up the regions exam so it really is just these three parts I do have on my on my channel
- separate videos for regions part 1 regions part two regions part 3 which go a little bit more in depth in this video which is an overall review so you might
- want to check those out and also my annotating video and if you think this lesson was helpful please like it here below and subscribe to my channel I'll
- keep making these videos if you find them helpful teachers if you'd like a copy of this PowerPoint you can go to my teachers pay teachers page and download
- any of my resources really I have lots of them the link should be right below here alright so that's it good luck on the Regents