1. WEEK 3: Part 1- Reading Comprehension- Tips and Strategies for Success
Mrs. LoFaso- 2016

2. What does the English Regents Exam require?
Part 1- Reading Comprehension
Part 2- Writing from Sources: Argument
Part 3- Text-Analysis Response

3. What will this course cover and when?
Wednesday, April 6th Introduction to the English Regents Exam; How to become a better Reader and Writer
Wednesday, April 13th Close Reading and Annotating Literature
Wednesday, April 20th Part 1- Reading Comprehension- Tips and Strategies for Success
Wednesday, May 4th Part 1- Reading Comprehension- Review and Analysis for Understanding
Wednesday, May 11th Part 2- Writing from Sources: Argument- Tips and Strategies for Success
Wednesday, May 18th Part 2- Writing from Sources: Argument- Review and Analysis for Understanding
Wednesday, May 25th Part 3- Text-Analysis Response- Tips and Strategies for Success
Wednesday, June 1st Part 3- Text-Analysis Response- Review and Analysis for Understanding
Wednesday, June 8th Review of Parts 1-3; Overcoming Test Anxiety

4. What does this section contain, exactly?
A selection of passages:
Choices include…
A literary passage
A poem
A passage of a memoir or personal essay
An informational text

5. What does this section contain, exactly?
When dealing with a literary passage ask yourself:
What is this piece about?
What is the narrative point of view?
What do you understand about the setting?
What do we understand about the narrator? Other characters?

6. What does this section contain, exactly?
When dealing with a poem ask yourself:
What experience, memory, or dramatic situation is the poem about?
Who and where is the narrator/speaker?
How does the organization of lines and stanzas affect the meaning?
How are language and imagery used?

7. What does this section contain, exactly?
When dealing with a passage of a memoir or personal essay ask yourself:
What experience is meant to be shared and understood?
What does the author say? Describe? Suggest? Reveal?

8. What does this section contain, exactly?
When dealing with an informational text ask yourself:
What is the subject? What do I already know about the subject?
What main idea or theme is being developed? What phrases or terms signal that?
What is the purpose? To inform? To persuade? To celebrate? To guide? To show a process? To introduce a new or unfamiliar subject?

9. Let’s practice:
See your packet for a sample of the Reading Comprehension Section

10. Let’s review… How did you do? What issues presented themselves?
How can we rectify these issues for the next passage?

11. You should try: Annotating!
Reading the questions 1st! Follow this pattern:
Read questions 1 and 2
Read the passage until you find the answer
Answer the question(s) you can
Read the next few questions
Repeat the pattern above!
Identify the type of passage and use the questions we previously discussed to help you better understand what you are reading.
Consider the basics: Who, What, When, Where, Why?
Practice often!

12. Additional annotating tips…

13. Let’s try that again… How did you do this time?
What issues presented themselves?
What tips do you think helped you the best?