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Have a wonderful summer, scholars! See you in the fall!

I teach English at ITHS
My Program
Nicenet Discussion

"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." --Maya Angelou

Calendar

EXCELLENT RESOURCES:

WORDS, WORDS, WORDS:

Vocabulary Etymology

SAT Vocabulary Words

Today's Word of the Day. Be sure to use this site for ROOTS.

Misspelled Word of the Week

Spelling Bee Resources

Today's Quote of the day. How are these relevant to you?

Test Prep: Regents and SATs
*Challenging questions on reading passages will often ask main idea, specific details, author's purpose, author's tone, mood, setting, major events of the plot, inference, narrator's point of view, character traits, use of vocabulary, the cause and effect of events in the reading, and comparison/contrast to other literature.

English Regents Exams 2001-2006

Regents Prep (courtesy of Mr. Nellen)

Literary Elements and Techniques (courtesy of Mr. Nellen)

SAT critical reading questions

SAT Tip of the Day

Today in Literature

On This Day

Poem a Day

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Reading Skills:

Seven Habits of Proficient Readers:
1. Making Connections
A. Text-to-Self
B. Text-to-Text
C. Text-to-World 2. Visualizing (creating mental images)
3. Questioning
4. Determining Importance
5. Summarizing and Synthesizing
6. Making Inferences
7. Monitoring for Meaning