This week's HSA INDICATORS: October 10 – 16: Do the online exercise for indicators 3.1.3 and 3.1.4
Online HSA Practice Schedule:
This week you'll CONTINUE your online HSA review course. The instructions for completing this are REPEATED below. They are the same from last week. If you already know how to do this, you can ignore them! If you still need the instructions, 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. Additionally, 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 ___________________________ (indicators _______ and _________). 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 ninth 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).
Overview of indicators for each quarter:
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,
3.1.8
Third 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
D'Amonte White 2B
ReplyDelete1. This week in indicator 3.1.3 I anwered questions thatdealt with identifying modifiers, adjectives, adverebs, and etc. Also
in indicator 3.1.4 I dealt with revising sentences.
2. I scored 1/1 on 3.1.3 and 8/10 on 3.1.4.
3. My opinion about the website hasn't changed.
Rashad Richardson 2B
ReplyDelete1. This week I worked on questions that dealt with modifiers and identifying incomplete sentences. (indicators 3.1.3 and 3.1.4) I learned how to identify modifiers and that a complete sentence consists of a subject and a verb.
2. What was difficult for me at first was identifying the modifiers. I scored 8/10 on 3.1.3 9/10 on 3.1.4
3. I still like the site because it allows us to preview and prepare for questions that are similar to what are going to be on the HSA.
Nekia Williams 2b
ReplyDelete1. This week I worked on questions that dealt with modifiers and incomplete sentences. I learned how to identify modifiers better.
2. It was kinda hard at first, I recieved a 8/10 in indicator 3.1.3 and a 9/10 on 3.1.4.
3. I still like the site. I noticed some of the questions were the ones we did in class.
Charles Owens 2B
ReplyDelete1. This week the questions I did focused on modifiers and other parts of speech. I learned how to figure out what the modifier in a sentence was better.
2. On indicator 3.1.3 I received a 9/10 on 3.1.4 I got a 1/1.
3. I like the site because it gives me extra practice that I need.
1.This weeks indicators I worked on how to identify the modifiers in each sentence and also identify incomplete sentences.
ReplyDelete2.On indicator 3.1.3 i recieved a 5/6 and on indicator 3.1.4 i recieved a 6/10.
3.I like this site because it challenges me and gives me extra practice on things I need help with.
Clifton White2b
Kenya Lorick 2B
ReplyDelete1.This week I worked with modifiers,pronouns,verbs, etc.,and revising phrases to correct sentences.
2.On each indicator I recived a 7/10.
3.The site is still very helpful,it gives me extra practice.
Janie Pratt 2B ,
ReplyDelete1. this week I worked on parts of speech , & incorrect sentences .
2. on each I recieved a 7/10 .
3. as I said before , the site teaches me skills i'll need to know and use in college .
William E Martin Period2B
ReplyDelete1.The two concepts we learned this week were gramatical clasification of words and differentiating gramatically correct sentences from wrong ones.
2.I found indicator 3.14 easy because i've been studying grammer for awhile now in preperation for the SAT.What I found difficult was the long reading pasages and short questions. I recieved perfect scores on both indicators. For 100%
3.I enjoy this site because those who need extra help can get it anytime and for free, how convienet.
Liliana Charrez 2B
ReplyDelete1. This week we worked on classifying words and correcting sentences.
2. I found the first indicator difficult because i had to read long passages. I found the second indicator to be easier. I got 4/10 for indicator 3.1.3 and 9/10 for indicator 3.1.4
3. I like this website because it helps us practice and tells us which questions we missed.
Doing the indicator determine grammatical classification of words by using meaning, position, form, and function & differientiate grammatically complete sentences from non-sentences. My score on indicator 3.1.3 was 80% (8 out of 10) and my score for indicator 3.1.4 was 100 % (10 out of 10). I like the indicators because they tell what you got wrong and why, unlike the actual test.
ReplyDeleteFatima Ahmed 2B
ReplyDelete1. This week i learned about differentiating non-complete sentences from complete ones, and fixing sentences that were grammatically incorrect.
2. It wasn't that hard but i got an 8/10 for the first one and a 9/10 for the second one and i think that's pretty good.
3. I like the website because it gives everything very straight forward and they give you great hints on how to do the problem when you mess up.
Alexia Strickland 2B
ReplyDelete1. This week i learned how to differentiate grammatically complete sentences from non-sentences.
2. I received an 8/10, I think if i would've payed more attention i woul've done better.
3. I Like the website, but i don't like that all the given indicators aren't listed
Juwan Whitaker 2B
ReplyDelete1.This week i learned about correcting sentences.
2.On indicator 3.1.3. i scored 6/10. On indicator 3.1.4 i scored 8/10
3.I like the website because its helpful. Also because it's quick and paperless.
1. This week I learned about the grammatical functions and correcting sentences.
ReplyDelete2. On both indicators I scored 8/10
3. I like this website because it tells me when I get a answer incorrect I can look at why I got it incorrect and have a second try so I can correct it.
1.This week I learned how to differentiate between grammatically correct sentences and learned how to analyze the sentence even more than what I would have usually done.I also learned that sometimes I don't even need to read the whole passage, but just go by what looks right and what looks wrong.
ReplyDelete2.I got an 9/10 on 3.1.3 and a 10/10 on 3.1.4.I think if I would have put more thought into the last question on 3.1.3 I would have gotten a 10/10.
Earl Childress 2B
ReplyDelete1. grammatical functions and correcting sentence where what i learned about during these two indicators
2. 6/10 and 5/10
3. im getting bored but used to the routine of participating with this website.
Dammien Wells 2B
ReplyDelete1. The questions I did focused on modifiers, and correcting sentences.
2.On 3.1.3 I scored 9/10 on 3.1.4 I got 10/10
3.It is cool, I like that it gives me extra practice.
Kiera Jones 2B
ReplyDelete1.) For this week's indicator I learned two new reading skills which were how to differentiate between grammatically correct sentences and how to identify the 8 parts of speech.
2.) Both indicators were fairly easy. I scored a 9 out of 10 on both indicators.
3.) I like this website because it helps to strengthen my reading skills but explain why I got an answer incorrect and how I can get it correct for the next time.
Jazmin Horton 2B
ReplyDelete(Sorry for the lateness)
1. This weeks indicator, I learned more about modifiers, subjects, and correcting sentences.
2. Both indicators were easy, but my computer messed up on me on indicator 3.1.3, because i got 9/10, but it said I got 5/10. On indicator 3.1.4 I received 8/10.
3. I still feel the same about the website. Its nice.
Thanks for your hard work, everyone!
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