Syllabus
Spring 2024 Extended Day Program in preparation for
the Friday, June 14, 2024, NYS Regents Exam in
English Language Arts (ELA)
Instructor: Mr. Jacob Sugar
aka: "Sugar"/"Sucre"/"Azucar"
Text: 646-632-5563
Embedded Files
Week #1 - Class Date - Topic (Materials Posted Below)
Wednesday - 2-14-24 - Introduction to Class Mindset (WINS) and the NYS Regents in ELA
Friday - 2-16-24 - Multiple Choice Workshop #1 - Text Highlighting strategy
ELA 8-2023.pdfWeek #2 - Class Date - Topic & Materials (Click for materials!)
Wednesday - 2-28 - Introduction to Part 2: The Argument Essay - Workshop #1
Friday - 3-1 - Part 2: Argument Essay #1 - Co-Write
Should Pets Be Allowed In the Workplace?
Week #3 - Class Date - Topic & Materials
Wednesday - 3-6 - Introduction to Part 3: The Literary Analysis Essay - Workshop #1
Dracula - by Bram Stoker
Part 3 Checklist.docxWeek #3 - Class Date - Topic & Materials
Friday - 3-8 - Multiple Choice Workshop #2 - Eliminating Wrong Answers
In the Family - 1990 Ghost Story Haunted Mirror.pdfThis Life 2010 Rita Dove Grandmother.pdfGet That Song Outta My Head.pdfWeek #4 - Class Date - Topic & Materials
Wednesday - 3-13 - Part 2: Argument Essay - Workshop #2 - The Body Paragraph(s)
Friday - 3-15 - Writing Argument Essay #2
Should self-driving cars replace human drivers?
Week #5 - Class Date - Topic & Materials
Wednesday - 3-20 - Part 3: Literary Analysis Essay Workshop #2 - The Central Idea
Friday - 3-22 - (Parent Teacher Conferences - No Class)
South of Broad by Pat Conroy
South of Broad 2009 Charleston, NC Description.pdfPart 3 Checklist.docxWeek #6 - Class Date - Topic & Materials
Wednesday - 3-27 - Multiple Choice Workshop #4 - Applying our two strategies
Friday - 3-29 - Easter Holiday (No Class)
A Study in Scarlet 1904 A Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes.pdfMachines 1932.pdfComes a Turtle, Comes the World 2006.pdfWeek #7 - Class Date - Topic & Materials
Wednesday - 4-3 - Part 2: Argument Essay - Workshop #3 - The Counter-Claim
Friday - 4-5 - Writing the Argument Essay #3
Should College Athletes Be Paid?
Week #8 - Class Date - Topic & Materials
Wednesday - 4-10 - Eid al' Fitr (No Class)
Friday - 4-12 - Part 3: Literary Analysis Essay Workshop #3 - Paragraph 2 - Literary Devices - Language Use
Alone by Admiral Byrd
Alone 1934 Byrd Antarctic Weather Base.pdfPart 3 Checklist.docxWeek #9 - Class Date - Topic & Materials
Wednesday - 4-17 - Multiple Choice Workshop #5 - Poetry
Friday - 4-19 - Part 3: Literary Analysis Essay Workshop #4 - Poetry
Spring Break!
Slam Dunk & Hook.pdfPears Unstolen 2020.pdfMi Histortia - 2003 - Truck Gear Packed Young Man.pdfWeek #10 - Class Date - Topic & Materials
Wednesday - 5-1 - Part 2 Argument Essay - Workshop #4 - Efficient Use of Evidence
Friday - 5-3 - Write Argument Essay #4
Are AI [Artificial Intelligence] devices beneficial to children?
Week #11 - Class Date - Topic & Materials
Wednesday - 5-8 - Part 3: Literary Analysis Essay Workshop #5 - Language Use
He and I by Natalia Ginsburg
He and I 1963.pdfPart 3 Checklist.docxFriday - 5-10 - Multiple Choice Workshop #6 - Informational Text
Is San Franciso Next - Chinese Earthquake researchers.pdfBroca's Brain 1979 Carl Sagan Scientific Method.pdfGoogle Moonshot Factory.pdfWeek #12 - Class Date - Topic & Materials
Wednesday - 5-15 - Part 2: Argument Essay - Workshop #5 - Explaining Our Ideas
Friday - 5-17 - Writing Argument Essay #5
Should cash currency be eliminated?
Week #13 - Class Date - Topic & Materials
Wednesday - 5-22 - Part 3: Literary Analysis Essay Workshop #6 - Why We Read Literature
Friday - 5-24 - Multiple Choice Workshop #7 - Self-Assessment A
Frankenstein.pdfPart 3 Checklist.docxWeek #14 - Class Date - Topic & Materials
Wednesday - 5-29 - Multiple Choice Workshop #8 - Self Assessment B
(3) Multiple Choice passages from the January 2024 ELA Regents exam
Friday - 5-31 - Memorial Day Weekend (No Class)
Week #15 - Class Date - Topic & Materials
Wednesday - 6-5 - Part 2: The Argument Essay - Workshop #6 - Self-Assessment
Annotate (4) Informational Text passages from the January 2024 ELA Regents exam (when available)
Friday - 6-7 - Independent write of Argument Essay #6
Should English curricula teach the classics?
Week #16 - Class Date - Topic & Materials
Wednesday - 6-12 - Part 3: Literary Analysis Essay Workshop #7 - Self-Assessment
Complete the Part 3 Literary Analysis essay from the January, 2024 Regents exam
Friday, June 14, 2024 at 9:00AM - NYS Regents in English Language Arts
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