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NYS Regents-Style Critical Lens Essay

NYS Regents-Style Critical Lens Essay. -Final Exam (9 th Grade) -Regents Essay (11 th Grade). Your Task:. Part B Your Task: Write a critical essay in which you discuss two works of literature you have read from the particular perspective

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NYS Regents-Style Critical Lens Essay

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  1. NYS Regents-StyleCritical Lens Essay -Final Exam (9th Grade) -Regents Essay (11th Grade)

  2. Your Task: Part B Your Task: Write a critical essay in which you discuss two works of literature you have read from the particular perspective of the statement that is provided for you in the Critical Lens. In your essay, provide a valid interpretation of the statement, agree or disagree with the statement as you have interpreted it, and support your opinion using specific references to appropriate literary elements from the two works. You may use scrap paper to plan your response. Write your essay in Part B, beginning on page 7 of the essay booklet. Critical Lens: “Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.” —Franklin D. Roosevelt The New York Times, April 15, 1939 Guidelines: Be sure to • Provide a valid interpretation of the critical lens that clearly establishes the criteria for analysis • Indicate whether you agree or disagree with the statement as you have interpreted it • Choose two works you have read that you believe best support your opinion • Use the criteria suggested by the critical lens to analyze the works you have chosen • Avoid plot summary. Instead, use specific references to appropriate literary elements (for example: theme, characterization, setting, point of view) to develop your analysis • Organize your ideas in a unified and coherent manner • Specify the titles and authors of the literature you choose • Follow the conventions of standard written English

  3. Directions: • First, find out what you are being asked to do • Write an essay • Discuss two works of literature • From the point of view of the quote • Use literary elements

  4. A Valid Interpretation: • Interpret the quote from a particular perspective • THIS TAKES TIME!! • Consider the subject of the quote • THINK about the books you are going to use FIRST! • Re-write in your own words what the quote means • DO NOT SIMPLIFY THE QUOTE • Instead, consider the complexities of it AS IT APPLIES to the books you’re going to write about

  5. Organize: • Know the titles and authors • Know the characters’ names • Organize for about 6 paragraphs • Introduction • Book 1—Example 1 • Book 1—Example 2 • Book 2—Example 1 • Book 2—Example 2 • Conclusion

  6. Introduction • Re-state the quote • Ex. Franklin D Roosevelt once said, “Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.” • Interpret the quote • This quote means… • Explain your interpretation • State the titles and authors • Provide a THESIS STATEMENT

  7. Body Paragraphs—Book 1 • A Separate Peace by John Knowles • Literary Element 1 • Literary Element 2

  8. Body Paragraphs—Book 2 • To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee • Literary Element 1 • Literary Element 2

  9. Conclusion • Re-state your thesis and make your final argument:

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