High School

HiSET Test Prep LA Reading

1 Credit
36 Weeks
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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.

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 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 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 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 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 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 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.

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 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 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.

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.