Comprehensive English Regents Examinations

Examine the student essays and scores granted by the NYS DOE. Pay particular attention to the rationale provided for the specific score the paragraphs and the critical lens essays received.
Some of you might be rather surprised by the scoring of some of the written sample responses.

NYS English Regents Preparation (The Critical Lens)

An "assortment" of study guides and other related resources for novels and plays. Use your graphic organizers to prepare for the Critical Lens Essay. Click on this link and have fun re-visiting the texts that YOU HAVE READ.
You may also be interested in the following:
The Crucible

The Great Gatsby

To Kill a Mockingbird
Night

The Catcher in the Rye

Of Mice and Men

Romeo and Juliet

Lord of the Flies

A Streetcar Named Desire

MACBETH

A DOLL'S HOUSE

Study Guides: Shakespeare

Shmoop Study Guides

Novel Guides

A SUGGESTION: Prepare a chart for 4-6 literary texts highlighting literary elements for each.

Please be advised that you will not have a vocabulary quiz on Thursday, 2 January.

Salem Witchcraft Hysteria
An interactive activity-discover for yourself!

The Crucible text
(Just in-case yon neglect to bring the text home to complete the assigned readings)

The Crucible audio files