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HiSET® Tutorials are designed based off of the HiSET® Information Brief which includes the High School College and Career Readiness Statements to provide students a more successful and less stressful preparation effort as they work to demonstrate their college readiness on the HiSET® test.
In each module, the Learn It and Try It make complex ideas accessible to students through focused content, guided analysis, and practice with personalized feedback so students are empowered to increase their Exam Readiness. The Review It offers an engaging and high impact video summary of key concepts and important to grasp connections. The Test It assesses students’ mastery of the module’s concepts, providing granular performance data to students and teachers, linking a student’s performance to ACT key idea details and score ranges. To help students focus on the content most relevant to them, unit-level pretests and posttests can quickly identify where students are ready for test day and where they need to continue their review and practice.
This Tutorial is aligned with HiSET® Information Brief and High School College and Career Readiness Statements for Science test sections.
Cost: Students purchase 28 days of access for $105. Students may work as quickly through the content as they wish. Every 28 days, students may purchase an additional 28 days of access for an additional $105.
Major Topics and Concepts
Unit 1: Comprehending Literary Texts
Unit 2: Literary Texts – Short Stories
Unit 3: Literary Texts – Novels
Unit 4: Literary Texts – Drama
Unit 5: Literary Texts – Poetry
Unit 6: Comprehending Informational Texts
Unit 7: Analyzing and Interpreting Informational Texts
Unit 8: Information Texts – Essays
Unit 9: Historical Texts
Unit 10: Historical Literature
Unit 11: Analyzing, Synthesizing, and Presenting Ideas
Competencies
Fundamentals of Reading Drama
Students will demonstrate an understanding of the fundamentals of reading drama by analyzing elements of a Shakespearean play and analyzing elements of a Classical dramatic text.
Fundamentals of Reading Literary Texts
Students will demonstrate an understanding of the fundamentals of reading literary texts by explaining the elements of a story, analyzing plot development in fiction, and explaining the impact of narrative point of view.
Fundamentals of Reading Novels
Students will demonstrate an understanding of the fundamentals of reading novels by explaining the development of literary elements, evaluating literary techniques, and contrasting themes in novels.
Fundamentals of Reading Poetry
Students will demonstrate an understanding of the fundamentals of reading poetry by explaining structure and language in poetry, explaining literary elements in poetry, and formulating a poem analysis.
Fundamentals of Reading Short Stories
Students will demonstrate an understanding of the fundamentals of reading short stories by describing the structure of a short story, explaining characteristics of short stories, and evaluating the impact of point of view in short stories.
Fundamentals of Reading Historical Texts
Students will demonstrate an understanding of the fundamentals of reading historical texts by analyzing the evolution of America’s founding documents, analyzing rhetoric in speeches from U.S. history, and analyzing arguments and evidence in Civil War-era texts.
Fundamentals of Reading Essays
Students will demonstrate an understanding of the fundamentals of reading essays by analyzing the characteristics and purpose of essays, explaining rhetorical elements in persuasive essays, and explaining techniques for evaluating arguments in essays.
Fundamentals of Reading Historical Literature
Students will demonstrate an understanding of the fundamentals of reading historical literature by analyzing Revolutionary-era literature, evaluating themes and characteristics in slave narratives, and explaining the Civil Rights Movement’s influence on literature.
Fundamentals of Reading Informational Texts
Students will demonstrate an understanding of the fundamentals of reading informational texts by describing features of informational texts, evaluating persuasive techniques in informational texts, and analyzing topics of social change in informational texts.
Interpretation of Informational Texts
Students will demonstrate an understanding of the interpretation of informational texts by explaining the structures for informational texts, evaluating conflicting viewpoints, and describing features of diaries.
Multimedia Presentations
Students will demonstrate an understanding of multimedia presentations by describing the research process for multimedia presentations, explaining the process of developing a multimedia presentation, and describing strategies for delivering a multimedia presentation.
