Week 18 2A: HSA Indicators and Research Citations

This week's HSA INDICATORS: December 12-18: Do the online exercise for indicators 2.2.3 and 2.2.5. DUE BETWEEN Wednesday, 12/21 and Tuesday Midnight, January 2, 2012.

This week you only have to send me your results.  Don't worry about answering the three questions below related to the HSA indicators.  Instead, after reading over the handout for your second quarter narrative research essay (under Forms and Docs on class website), answer the following questions in the comments section below:

1. Last week you had to post the topic for your second quarter essay.  This week, please discuss the books/Internet sources you've found so far.  After you've found them, please put them in the correct MLA citation format below in the comments section (examples below to use as references). 

Example:

For each book, list the citation:

      Author. Title of Book (underlined or Italicized). Place of Publication: Publisher, Year. For example: Brown, Dan. The Da Vinci Code. New York: Random House, 2003.

More Examples (these are the books I used for my essay on the Tar Sands protest):

Kammeyer, Kenneth; Ritzer, George; and Yetman, Norman. Sociology: Experiencing Changing Societies. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1992.

Reynolds, Rebecca A. Bring Me the Ocean: Nature as Teacher, Messenger, and Intermediary. NewYork: VanderWyk and Burnham, 1995.

For each Internet site, list the full citation:

      Author. Title. Date on page (if given). Name of  Associated Institution (if given; underlined or italicized). Date of access < web address>. For example: Downer, Jillian. In Her Shoes. 18 May 2008. The Shoe Dish. 24 May 2008 <http://theshoedish.com>.

More Examples (these are the sources I used for my essay on the Tar Sands protest):

Broder, John and Frosh, Dan. U.S. Delays Decision on Pipeline Until After Election. November 10, 2011. The New York Times. <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/11/us/politics/administration-to-delay-pipeline-decision-past-12-election.html>.

Quick Facts: The Dirt on Oil Sands. Dirty Oils Sands.   http://dirtyoilsands.org/thedirt/article/quick_facts/.

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DON'T FORGET TO SEND YOUR RESULTS TO ME VIA EMAIL WITH YOUR NAME AND CLASS PERIOD IN SUBJECT LINE, OR BRING A PRINT OUT OF YOUR RESULTS TO CLASS ON MONDAY/TUESDAY.  DON'T FORGET TO RESPOND TO THE THREE BLOG QUESTIONS BELOW!!!

THIS QUARTER YOUR ONLINE HOMEWORK WILL COUNT AS A TEST GRADE RATHER THAN A HOMEWORK GRADE, SO IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU COMPLETE THESE EXERCISES ONLINE!

Online HSA Practice Schedule:

This week you'll CONTINUE your online HSA review course for the second quarter. The instructions for completing this are REPEATED below.  They are the same steps from the first quarter.  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.

For this homework assignment you'll get to practice answering HSA-style questions. The system 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 Second Quarter HSA Benchmark in mid January (window is open from January 9-19, and you'll probably take your test on the 16th or 17th) you'll have to complete test questions for two separate indicators. The schedule is spelled out below. Additionally, your blog response for the next five weeks will be centered around your work on this HSA review website.

Homework Schedule for Second Quarter indicators:

November 28 - December 4: Do the online exercises for indicators 1.1.3 and 1.2.1

December 5-11: Do the online exercises for indicators 1.2.4 and 1.2.5

December 12 –18: Do the online exercises for indicators 1.3.5 and 2.2.2

December 19– 21 (or the 25th if you want to stretch it out): Do the online exercises for indicators 2.2.3 and 2.2.5

December  26- January 1: Christmas Break/Catch Up on Indicators you Didn't Complete!

January 2– 8: Do the online exercise for indicators 3.1.6 and 3.1.8

January 9-15: Review all 10 indicators in preparation for FAST Benchmark on Monday, January 16th or Tuesday, January 17th.  Complete any exercises for indicators that you didn't complete online for partial credit.

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