Regents Strategy

VOCAB

100

Futile

pointless/useless

200

adage

a saying/phrase

300

Irony

saying one thing but meaning another -- sarcasm, humor, etc.

400

Indifferent

unconcerned; NEUTRAL

500

deteriorate

fall apart

PACING

100

Time you should spend on the fiction passage.

20-25 minutes

200

Time you should spend on the poem.

10 minutes

300

Time you should spend on the Nonfiction.

20-25 minutes

400

Time you should spend on the Argumentative Essay

70-90 minutes

500

Time you need for the Text Analysis

30-40 minutes

POINTS

100

What is the highest number of points you can get from the Argumentative Essay?

24

200

How many points to get a "green" on multiple choice?

20

300

What is the most amount of points you can get on the Text Analysis?

8 points

400

What are the requirements to get a 4 on the text analysis?

Writing strategy + critical idea + evidence + analysis+ 2-3 paragraphs

500

What are the requirements to get a 4/5 on the Argumentative Essay?

Clear Thesis, evidence from at least 3 texts, 5 complete paragraphs, address a counterclaim.

Multiple Choice

100

What should I do if the fiction passage is "weird" or strange?

DO NOT PANIC - read carefully and quickly, get to the questions!!! They will be straight-forward!

200

What should you do if you are torn between two answer choices?

Tell yourself that one of them does not make sense, return to the text and look for evidence to support the one you think might be correct! Only circle it if you find evidence!!

300

What is an "answer idea"?

Your OWN answer that you come up with and write down BEFORE you look at the answer choices.

400

What will the Non-Fiction passage be about? (Take an educated guess...)

Nature, animals, biology, etc.

500

BONUS QUESTION!!!! THIS IS A HINT FOR THE FICTION PASSAGE: What is the famous line from the film The Sixth Sense that Kendrick Lamar quotes in his song Not Like Us?

"I see dead people"

Writing

100

List phrases you must NEVER USE.

"I think" "I know this because"

200

How long is the Argumentative Essay?

5 paragraphs

300

How long is the Text Analysis Essay?

2-3 paragraphs.

400

What is wrong with the following sentence: "The author uses metaphors to show the critical idea."

You must specify what the critical idea is.

500

If it's been 2 hours and 15 minutes and you are still writing the argumentative essay, what do you do?

Write the last few body paragraphs as FAST as you can (in less than 10 minutes) and then MOVE ON to the text analysis!!!!!!