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
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 read faster and understand what i'm reading.
ReplyDelete2 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 qeustions right for each indicator, so I think I'm ready for this kind of questions.
3 I love this site because it gives me a chance to practice my test-taking strategies,and it also make me ready for these kind of test
katelin
ReplyDeletethe questions were ok bt kinda easy this vocabulary website is very interesting. this is the first time i ever do any english work on the computer.i really like this website because it helps me alot with my school work and it helps me study for my test and quisez.
Denzel Trent 3A
ReplyDeleteAyeee Mr.Sabath The Question Was Okk. And Easy And Little Bit.
Davon Parker 3A
ReplyDelete1. This week I learned how to determine what a word means by reading context clues and the main idea of a set of paragraphs.
2. The most difficult thing for me was determing what the narrator means for certain stategies. I scored above 50% on both indicators. 1/10 and 1/8.
3. I like the online test prep. It gives good examples of what to expect on the real test.
1.This week I learned how to find answers to questions by looking through the text for key hints.
ReplyDelete2.The test to me was not realy that dificult isent u the results by email.On 1.1 i mised 2/8 on 1.2 i missed 2/10.
3.I feel that the inline test prep is a good way to study for the real test.
1.This week I learned how to better understand what i am reading and to understand what a word means in a sentence by the surrounding sentences.
ReplyDelete2.I found these questions to be easy when it came to poems because i like poems but it was difficult when it came to the long stories becuase i got tired of reading.
3.I think the online prep test is very good because it prepares you for the actual test and you will most likely pass because you will already know these concepts.
Good job, everyone. Some of you could have written a bit more in your analysis of the site and your performance.
ReplyDeleteWho wrote the first response? I can't give this person credit because he/she did not write his/her name!
Katlin, you responded in the wrong class. You're in 3B, not 3A! Make sure you respond in the right blog next week.
1 this week i have learned how to more comprehend questions and really think about what the question is asking me for i give a answer.
ReplyDelete2 I think that i did good an the test was not hard at all you just have to read the question right an do what they say an it should not be any problem(i got 8/8 on indicator 1.1.1
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3 I think that hsa pre test are good because it helps you get a vibe of how the real test going to be with my trick questions an all i think it helps people get a better understand of things
Darius Hodge
ReplyDelete1.During this week i worked on questions dealing with pre-reading and during reading strategies in these questions i learned how to identify thye meaning of a text before reading it and i learned to establish certain datials of a text and the main ideas
2the indicator were easy to me because of my high reading skills. i used my past reading strategies to establish the best answers to the qusetions given. After both tests i managed to score a 8 of 8 for I:1.1.1 and 10 of 10 for I:1.1.2
3this website was great because it really expands mi reading abilities and strategies
1.This week I learned how to find answers to questions by looking through the text for key hints.
ReplyDelete2.The test to me was not realy that dificult isent u the results by email.On 1.1 i mised 2/8 on 1.2 i missed 2/10.
3.I feel that the inline test prep is a good way to study for the real test.
EDMOND 3A