What specific aspects of the READING parts of the HSPA give you the MOST trouble? (i.e. the open-ended responses and correctly answering the multiple-choice questions about the narrative story or the persuasive article) Why?
What strategies have you used successfully in order to make sure the finished product you submit is the best it can be? Share one or more of those strategies in order to help classmates improve their own READING scores on the test
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Personally i have the most trouble with reading stories and then answering questions about them. I get distracted very easily when reading so it takes a while to understand exactly what the writer is trying to get across. The best way i have found to get done quickly and efficiently, is to read the questions first and then look for them. Then read sentences before and after the section so you can get the main idea of the story, while answering the questions.
The trickiest part of the reading section would have to be the multiple choice for me. What makes it hard for me is when you come across a trick question. It’s usually not a problem for me I just hate it when I get caught between two answers that could be correct. I would then look back in the reading and see which answer would make more sense in the story. Then I would choose the one that did. If I could still not make a clear decision I would take an educated guess to the one that would most likely be correct.
I find answereing the multiple-choice questions about the narrative story the hardest part of the reading section of the HSPA. This is because I forget what I have read, also some of the answers are very similar which can make it hard to choose. Strategies I have used to help me are read the questions first so I know what to look for. I also reread the narrative many times. Another thing I do is eliminate any answers I know are wrong. This way I have less to pick from.
The specific aspects of the reading parts of the HSPA that give me the most trouble would be the open-ended responses. I have the most trouble answering these because most of the time the question confuses me. I seem to miss the main part of the question. I also find it difficult to type a five paragraph essay in 25 minutes. I need to work up my skills in that too. Strategies i have used to successfully help my during the reading parts is to quickly brainstorm, and organize my ideas. After i organize my ideas, i start to write my essay so i have enough time to read over and correct all of my mistakes. Using this strategy has helped me in the past with standardize reading sections.
The most difficult part of the HSPA for me is reading the passages and answering multiple choice questions. I get distracted very easilly which makes it even harder to understand and concentrate on what I'm reading. So by reading and answering easy questions first it makes the whole thing much easier for me. There are many questions that we can answer without reading the whole passage. Some of those questions are either vocabullary or the questinos that ask you to go back to some lines and summarize them.
I HATE narrative stroies. I never get the questions that follow the reading. I just do not understand those type of questions. Most of the time to be done within the time i pick a random answer that seems to be relevant to the question and passage.
I dislike reading the sorties. I tend to forget what i read. Or i space out instead or actualy reading my eyes just follow the lines. When i come to the questions i see myself looking back to answer the questions. This is becuase i havent read it through throughly. I guess i just have to set a little more time aside to understand the questions and be able to answer them.
The hardest aspect of the reading in the HSPA is understanding the question and what it asks of you to do. Writing essays and open ended questions do not worry me as long as I know what the question is asking me to write or do. I have trouble understanding the question because the way the test asks the question is a different style than i'm use to and they also trick you sometimes in the way they phrase the question. I read the question over and over again until I really understand what it asks me to do which is my strategy basically.
its the multiple choice questions for me. basicly because the stories are so long and boring that we, or atleast i lose intrest after the first paragraph, sometimes i dont even make it that far. eventualy i just go to the questions and start answering them with answers that make the most sense. what works to make sure i finish the questions is ill look at the ones im missing and it will ususaly tell u what paragraph its talking about so you can just go to that paragraph and look for the answer. but if you take to long you might run outa time so in that case you can just answer that makes the most sense.
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