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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: Introduction to the English Language
Unit 2: Introduction to the Writing Process
Unit 3: Evaluating and Building Arguments
Unit 4: Writing Essays
Unit 5: Comprehending Informational Texts
Unit 6: Analyzing and Interpreting Informational Texts
Unit 7: Informational Texts – Essays
Unit 8: Historical Texts
Unit 9: Historical Literature
Unit 10: Analyzing, Synthesizing, and Presenting Ideas
Competencies
Argument Development and Evaluation
Students will demonstrate an understanding of argument development and evaluation by explaining the characteristics of persuasive writing, creating a persuasive essay, and formulating a persuasive speech.
Fundamentals of Essay Development
Students will demonstrate an understanding of the fundamentals of essay development by explaining academic writing skills, formulating a main idea in academic writing, and differentiating writing purposes.
Fundamentals of Nonfiction Texts
Students will demonstrate an understanding of the fundamentals of nonfiction texts by describing features of nonfiction texts, explaining the impact of purpose and audience on nonfiction, and evaluating persuasive elements.
History of the English Language
Students will demonstrate an understanding of the history of the English language by summarizing the development of the English language, evaluating academic writing, and explaining the use of apostrophes.
The Writing Process
Students will demonstrate an understanding of the writing process by explaining research skills, explaining the steps in the writing process, and describing the steps to prepare for a group discussion.
Historical Literature
Students will demonstrate an understanding of historical literature by analyzing Revolutionary-period American literature, describing characteristics of slave narratives, and analyzing the influence of the Civil Rights Movement on American literature.
Historical Texts
Students will demonstrate an understanding of historical texts by analyzing America’s founding documents, analyzing rhetoric in historical speeches, and explaining the main idea and point of view in historical texts.
Informational Essays
Students will demonstrate an understanding of informational essays by evaluating the characteristics of informational essays, explaining rhetorical techniques, and creating a personal essay.
Informational Text Analysis
Students will demonstrate an understanding of informational text analysis by explaining the process of close reading a nonfiction text, analyzing conflicting viewpoints, and describing informational writing structures.
Presentation of Ideas
Students will demonstrate an understanding of the presentation of ideas by explaining the steps to prepare for a presentation, describing methods for developing multimedia presentations, and describing presentation skills.
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