NYS English Regents Scoring Grid

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The Research Process Begins...
Please Note: Prior to reading our next literary selection (Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird) AFTER A Streetcar Named Desire, you will engage in the process of RESEARCH. I have already included resources on this blog, but do not worry, we will literally take "baby steps" in the process of writing a research paper. However, you will begin researching your assigned topic beginning the week of 31 January! Also, although you may think that you will be working collaboratively with others on this project by reading what appears below-that is not the case! It is ONLY at the very end that you and others assigned to the GROUP will present your research. Once you open-up a link- you will discover that with-in each GROUP-there are specific research questions (all unrelated-to some degree) for each group member. This will become clearer as soon as we meet together during the week of 31 January.

TKM Research Group 1
http://s3.amazonaws.com/engrade-myfiles/4074594973442650/TKM_Research_Paper_Group_1.doc
TKM Research Group 2
http://s3.amazonaws.com/engrade-myfiles/4059494190865952/TKM_Research_Paper_Group_2.doc
TKM Research Group 3
http://s3.amazonaws.com/engrade-myfiles/4097020104485903/TKM_Research_Paper_Group_3.doc
TKM Research Group 4
http://s3.amazonaws.com/engrade-myfiles/4056569142542331/TKM_Research_Paper_Group_4.doc
TKM Research Group 5
http://s3.amazonaws.com/engrade-myfiles/4037010688219738/TKM_Research_Paper_Group_5.doc
TKM Research Group 6
http://s3.amazonaws.com/engrade-myfiles/4018216608109162/TKM_Research_Paper_Group_6.doc

NOTE: You will be randomly assigned to each "sub-set" of questions designated for each group. It is ONLY after you have completed YOUR research that you will assemble together to present in-front of the classroom.

TKM Poster Presentations
http://s3.amazonaws.com/engrade-myfiles/4087602250489397/TKM_Poster_Presentations.doc

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Researching and Organizing Your Paper

NYS English Regents Results Have Been Posted On Jupiter! I am pleased that everyone did so well with several students from each class receiving a 100%!

Schedule for Week of 30 January:

Monday, 30 January: No school for students

Tuesday, 31 January: CITR Projects Due Immediately upon entering the classroom-NO EXCEPTIONS/NO EXCUSES-IF YOU ARE ABSENT, YOU MUST PRESENT AN ABSENTEE NOTE THAT I WILL VERIFY BY CALLING YOUR HOME.
If you have a project in a power-point format, you will save it to "My Documents" on the classroom computer under the file name: "E or F Band, Your Name and the title of your project"
Book Distribution: A Streetcar Named Desire:
Specific assignments will follow...

SAT Vocabulary Test: List 15 on Thursday-BOTH Bands!

Please Note: You will NOT have to complete a quotation/paragraph assignment this week.

For the remainder of the week, we will be reading and discussing the play.

A Streetcar Named Desire
An NPR Resource : audio interviews and video clips

ATTENTION "JUNIOR/SOPH!": WOW! What a performance Friday Night-I was sitting on the edge of my seat from the second you appeared on stage. I was thrilled to see so many of my students displaying their "awesome" talents-singing-acting-dancing...Thank you! Regardless of the "judges'" decision, you are the "winner" in my heart...in my heart you are the "winner"... (Name that rhetorical device)

PLEASE NOTE: According to a directive, tests scheduled for Thursday and Friday of this week must be "put-on hold". Hence, a CITR evaluation will not be administered. However, you will write an "essay" -HINT: It is related to the poster displayed on the bulletin board in the front of the classroom.

The Writer's Handbook: Avoiding Plagiarism

PLEASE NOTE: EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY-UNLESS YOUR IEP SPECIFICALLY NOTES THE CLASSROOM USE OF A LAPTOP COMPUTER AND/OR AN I-PAD-YOU WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO USE THESE DEVICES IN MY CLASSROOM!

Schedule for Week of 16 January

NOTE: You will NOT have to complete the next Quotation/Paragraph assignment for this week NOR will you be given a SAT Vocabulary Test. Spend the time reviewing the literary selections in preparation for the NYS English Regents on Tuesday, 24 January. Refer to the links that I have posted below.

Furthermore, do not attempt to place a "past-due" assignment in the class folder on my desk. I place an "empty" folder on the teacher's desk every day so I am well aware when someone does this. It will not count! You know my policy on late homework assignments and on what you must due if you are absent when an assignment is due!

Tuesday, 17 January: E Band-English Regents Preparation/F Band-Final Book Discussion for CITR
Wednesday, 18 January: E Band-Final Book Discussion for CITR
Thursday, 19 January: BOTH Bands- Essay Examination on CITR
Friday, 20 January: Short Story: TBA

CITR Projects Due on the First-Day you return from "Break".

Please visit the AP Class Blog for the study guides that I promised that I would post for you. Click on "AP Class Blog" or kdiedrichap.blogspot.com

Writing Paragraphs of Importance
An excellent tutorial on writing topic sentences and controlling ideas.

January 2011 NYS English Regents


Scoring Key and Rating Guide

Dictation For Listening Section
Conversion Chart

Schedule for Week of 3 January


Tuesday, 3 January: Turn-in CITR Chapter 14-16 discussion question w/response and post-its.


Paragraph/Quotation Paragraph for BOTH Bands Due Thursday.


Tuesday/Wednesday(E Band)/Tuesday/Thursday (F Band): Hemingway's Hills Like White Elephants

Thursday, 5 January: CITR assignment for Chapters 17-19 Due-BOTH Bands. NO POST-ITS=1 full letter grade lower! NO EXCUSES!

E-Band SAT Vocabulary Test List 14 Thursday-Both Bands

Friday, 6 January: Discussion of CITR

What Does "Read" Mean" A Demonstration Using Ernest Hemingway's HLWE.

HLWE Story Text

Two-full page Reader-Response Due Monday, 9 January. You must begin with a quote from the story and then insert at least two-to-three additional quotes (dialogue) to "reinforce" your commentary. AVOID PLAGIARISM! Approach this assignment as a free-write...