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HiSET English: With Writing and Reading Subtests

HiSET English: With Writing and Reading Subtests. Bethann Paul. Online Practice: https://www.essentialed.com/start/windward Do you have login already? Do you remember it?. ETS Website Sign-up: https://hiset.ets.org/test-takers Do you have login already? Do you remember it?.

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HiSET English: With Writing and Reading Subtests

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  1. HiSET English: With Writing and Reading Subtests Bethann Paul

  2. Online Practice: https://www.essentialed.com/start/windward Do you have login already? Do you remember it?

  3. ETS Website Sign-up: https://hiset.ets.org/test-takers Do you have login already? Do you remember it?

  4. Overview of Test

  5. 5 Sections: Math Reading Writing ScienceSocial Studies Time Lengths, details https://hiset.ets.org/about/content/

  6. Reading Test Section

  7. Language Arts Reading Test (p. 303 and 333) Fiction: Real/Not Real? (p. 303) Made up of Prose and ________________ Make up ______ % of the test Non-Fiction: Real/Not Real? (p. 333) Make up ________ % of the test

  8. Language Arts Reading Test (p. 303 and 333) Answer Key: Fiction: Real/Not Real? (p. 303) Made up of Prose and ____Poetry____________ Make up __60____ % of the test Non-Fiction: Real/Not Real? (p. 333) Make up __40______ % of the test

  9. Reading Pre-Test (p. 89-98) • Complete Test • Timer embedded for 25 minutes • Score test using scoring key on p. 99-100 • Review together

  10. Online Lesson! • Log into: https://www.essentialed.com/start/windward • Check Inbox Messages • Go to My Lessons/Dashboard • Complete 3 Assigned Lessons

  11. Online Lesson Steps • Log into: https://www.essentialed.com/start/windward 2. Go to My Lessons/Dashboard 3. Complete 3 Assigned Lessons

  12. Reading Test, Prose Chapter 22

  13. Chapter 22: Interpreting Prose Fiction (p. 311) • Prose passages are fictional accounts, written in traditional paragraph style • Comprehension is the key to analyzing, applying, interpreting, and synthesizing.

  14. Chapter 22: Interpreting Prose Fiction (p. 311)

  15. Comprehension Strategies (p. 311) • Discovering the Author’s Purpose • To persuade • To inform • To entertain Think: PIE

  16. Making Predictions (p. 312) • Making inferences based on what is likely to happen • Not explicitly given information

  17. Inference Example 1 A character has a diaper in her hand, spit-up on her shirt, and a bottle warming on the counter. You can infer that this character is a mother.

  18. Inference Example 2 A character uses words like "stat", "emergency", "prep", and "operation." You can infer that this character is a doctor.

  19. Inference Example 3 When you enter a house, you see backpacks by the door, small shoes scattered near them. You see a small art easel, and a room with a doll house and a toy box. You can infer that this family has children.

  20. Understanding Theme (p. 312) • The message the author is trying to convey • Not just a “topic”

  21. Synthesizing Information (p. 312) Gathering information from more than one source.

  22. Determining Point of View (p. 312) First Person Second Person Third Person (limited) Third Person (omniscient)

  23. Determining Word Meanings (p. 313) • Contextual Cues • Multiple-Meaning Words • Roots and Affixes

  24. Prose Fiction Examples (p. 314-315)

  25. Prose Fiction Reading Drills (p. 315-319)

  26. Kahoot! Prefixes and Suffixes Prefix and Suffix Quiz Game

  27. Reading Test, Poetry Chapter 23

  28. Chapter 23: Poetry

  29. Comprehension Strategies in Poetry • Features of poetry are unique and create a different way of analyzing poetry versus prose. • Shakespearean Sonnets • The Odyssey-Homer

  30. Stanzas (p. 322) • Lines arranged into groups • Can tell through spacing

  31. Poetry and Punctuation (p. 322) • Poems do not follow structure based on pauses. • When you get to the end of a line, do not stop unless there is punctuation • Period . comma , semicolon ; colon : dash or hyphen -

  32. Rhythm (p. 322) • Musical pattern/beat created by syllables • Changes the feels in the piece of poetry • slow=sad, melancholy, thoughtful • fast=happy, excited, anxious

  33. Rhyme/Rhyme Scheme • Rhyming words have similar sounding ends • Not necessarily spelled the same • Drought, tout • Rhyme Scheme • Pattern formed with rhyme • Poetry Lesson: Rhyme

  34. Example of Rhyme Scheme (p. 322) If entire alphabet is used, go to AA, BB, CC, etc. Then to AAA, BBB, CCC, etc.

  35. Now you try! A B A A B C B C B

  36. Mood (p. 323) • How the reader feels about the topic • The author is trying to get his/her audience to feel a certain way about the topic based on word choice and format

  37. Tone (p. 323) • The way the author feels about the topic • Is it clear he/she does not like a character or is persuading you to see a their viewpoint • “Open Window” Example • Tone?

  38. Mood/Tone Video (Purpose Interwoven)

  39. Figurative Language • Figures of speech used by the author to help illustrate a message or emphasize a point

  40. Figurative Language Helps literature be more descriptive and interesting • Hyperbole: exaggeration • Idiom: expressions or figures of speech with a non-literal meaning • Metaphor: comparison between two unlike things • Simile: comparison between unlike things using “like” or “as” • Personification: giving objects human qualities

  41. Idiom • An expression that doesn’t make sense when read literally • Every language/culture has their own • American English: • It’s raining cats and dogs • It’s so hot out, I might melt. • Spanish idiom example: • Estar hecho un ají • Translation: “to have a chili” Means: to become very angry

  42. Hyperbole Extreme exaggeration “It’s so hot, I’m going to die!”

  43. Metaphor Comparison between two unlike things “Daniel was a ghost. He rarely ever came to class.”

  44. Simile Comparison using “like” or “as” “She smells like a rose.”

  45. Personification Giving human-like qualities to inanimate objects “The wind howled through the trees.”

  46. Alliteration: • Similar sounds in the beginning of the word • “The deliberate Doberman dog dug in the yard.” Assonance: • Repetition of vowel sounds • “Doesn’t it feel like a dream, or like steel was the core of your bones after your protein meal drink?” Consonance: • Repetition of consonant sounds in words • The mask was hidden behind the damascus biscuit sculpture.

  47. Style • Type of language the author uses to convey purpose of the writing and speak to intended audience • Formal • Informal • Conversational

  48. Word Usage • Helps to set the style • Can alter the message taken away from the text

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