This week you'll begin your online HSA review course. The instructions for completing this are below. Follow the steps and you'll get your weekly homework credit. It's that simple! It will take you about fifteen minutes or so to complete each indicator review.
For this homework assignment you'll get to practice answering HSA-style questions. The sytem will tell you what you get right and wrong, and you'll have a chance to correct yourself and learn from your mistakes. We'll go over all of this material in class, but this give you an opportunity to get more practice in at home!
Each week leading up to the HSA Benchmark in late October you'll have to complete test questions for two separate indicators. The schedule is spelled out below. Aditionally, your blog reponse for the next five weeks will be centered around your work on this HSA review website.
Here are the three questions you'll have to answer every week in the comments section of this blog:
1. What concepts/ideas did you learn about when you studied the two HSA indicators for this week's homework?
Example Response: This week I worked on questions that dealt with pre-reading and during reading strategies (indicators 1.1.1 and 1.1.2). In these questions I learned how to...
2. What was easy/difficult for you in these questions? How did you do on each indictor? Did you score over or under 50% (i.e. 5/10)? Be specific!
Example Response: I found these questions very easy because I am a strong reader. I was able to use the reading strategies I learned in night grade and the strategies we're working on with Mr. Sabath to answer all of these questions. Some of the passages were a bit long, but I know I have to get used to reading on these tests. The poetry was also a bit tricky, so I'd like to get more practice reading poetry in this class with you, Mr. Sabath! Despite this, I got 90% of all the questions right for each indicator, so I think I'm ready for these kind of questions. (Or, I got less than 50% right on these questions, so I need extra practice with these kinds of questions that will appear on the HSA).
3. What is your opinion of this online test prep site? Why do you like it? Why don't you like it? Be specific!
Example Reponse: I love this site because it gives me a chance to practice my test-taking strategies.
Homework Schedule for First Quarter indicators:
September 12-18: Do the online exercises for indicators 1.1.1 and 1.1.2
September 19-25: Do the online exercises for indicators 1.1.4 and 1.2.2
September 26 –October 2: Do the online exercises for indicators 1.2.3 and 2.1.1
October 3 – 9: Do the online exercises for indicators 2.1.4 and 2.2.1
October 10 – 16: Do the online exercise for indicators 3.1.3 and 3.1.4
Online HSA Practice Directions:
High School Assessment Online Practice
Step 1: Go to http://apps.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/hsaprep/
Step 2: Enter your email address and name.Use this every time because the system will keep track of your progress.
Step 3: Pull down the subject tab to English.Choose the“By Indicator” test type that you are working on for the week.
Step 4: For each indicator, print out your results and return this data to class to get your homework grade for each week.Optionally, you can copy and paste your results into an email and send them from your PGCPS Gmail account to peter.sabath@pgcps.org.IF YOU DO THIS, PLEASE LIST YOUR NAME AND CLASS PERIOD IN THE SUBJECT LINE (eg. 2A, 2B, 3A, or 3B).If you don’t have a printer, bring in a letter from a parent stating this and use the charts attached (or create your own charts) to keep track of the questions you get right and wrong.Write down the indicator at the top of each chart and for each question put a check (or X) in the correct column if you get it right or in the incorrect column if you get it wrong.
As it is the first quarter, now you only have to focus on the first quarter indicators below as you prepare for your first quarter HSA Benchmark Exam during the last week of this quarter (October 17-26).
First Quarter Indicators: 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.4, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 2.1.1, 2.1.4, 2.2.1, 3.1.3, 3.1.4
Second Quarter Indicators: 1.1.3, 1.2.1, 1.2.4, 1.2.5, 1.3.5, 2.2.2, 2.2.3, 2.2.5, 3.1.6,
3.1.8Third and Fourth Quarter Indicators: 1.3.3, 2.3.1, 2.3.3, 3.1.1, 3.2.2, 3.3.1, 3.3.2,
4.1.1, 4.2.1, 4.3.1
Aliah Pinckney 2a
ReplyDelete1.(1.1.1) I learned how to use pre-reading strategies appropriate to both the text and purpose for reading.
*(1.1.2) I also learned to use reading strategies while your reading, and using fix-up strategies such as re-reading questions, and summarizing.
2.I found these questions easy. I did very good on my indictor. I believe i scored higher than a 50%.
3. I like this because it gives me a second chance to fix my answer so if im wrong then I can try again.
Desiree Wheeler 2a
ReplyDelete1.In Indicator 1.1.1 and 1.1.2 i learned how to use prereading strategies appropriate to both the text and purpose for reading by surveying the text,and accessing prior knowledge.
2.All the reading was easy it was juss hard to focus,yes i scored over 60% but i didnt know how to see he exact percentage.
3.I think this online prep site was good for me, it helped me realize my mistakes and fix them so next time i can get it right
Ivahanna-Burrell 2A
ReplyDelete1) What i learned in both indicator's is how to use ways to figure out how to answer the question and learn from it .
2)I love to read and i liked it , i made an 85% on both i really like it .
3)I think this was a good website because i really learned from it and how it improved my reading .
Good job, Aliah, Desiree and I'Vahanna. Thanks for getting this done on time! I'm glad you all liked this way of review HSA questions. We'll get more practice in class, but it is very important to work on your own at home as well.
ReplyDeleteIn terms of getting percentages, you'd have to calculate this yourself. For example, if there are 10 questions and you get 7 right, this is 70%.
See you all in class.
Mr. S
1. This week I worked on questions that dealt with pre-reading and during reading strategies (indicators 1.1.1 and 1.1.2). In these questions I learned how to interpret the text for the title or intro. I also learned the text to understand what a word means.
ReplyDelete2. I did well on my indicator. I scored a 100% on the first indicator and a 90% on the second. The Indicators were easy. I like how once you answer the question they explain to you why its right. Most likely the explanation was why I chose that answer.
Sorry the last comment was from Emonni Teshome 2A
ReplyDeleteAll graded. Sabath
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