HSPA Reading:
Two Text Types
Narrative Passages:
Students have 50
minutes to:
- Read between 2,100 to 3,300
words
- Answer 10 multiple choice
questions and
- Write 2 open-ended responses
Persuasive Passages:
Students will have 45
minutes to:
- Read between 1,000 to 1,600
words
- Answer 10 multiple
choice questions and
- Write 2 open-ended responses
Scores for HSPA Reading:
Multiple Choice Questions:
- Equal 56% of the total reading
score
- Each question is worth 10 points for a total possible of 20
points.
Open-Ended Questions/Responses:
- Equal 44% of the total reading
score***
- Have a
maximum value of 16 points possible.
***
HSPA OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS:
Usually Consist of Two Parts:
- First Bullet: usually a question
that is "close to the text."
- Second Bullet: inference
level, "beyond the text," related to characters,
or events in the story that the student needs to
understand, or the world in general ( applying text
to the outside world.)
- Question Ends With:
"Use information from the text to support your answer."
*Source: Barbara King Shaver (2/00), (Workshop
by Lynnda Williams presented by 10/00)
Here is an example from the NJPEP HSPA:
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In paragraph 1, the author mentions "kings of steal, of petroleum, and all the other kings of the
United States"
- What criteria do you think he is using to distinguish "kings" from "other
mortals"?
- Does what he learns in his interview with the billionaire
support or refute the idea of vast differences between such "kings" and "other mortals"?
Use information from the story to support your response.
12. Throughout the first six paragraphs of the narrative, the author uses simile to describe his
so-called "kings".
- Give examples of several similes employed by the author.
- Explain why the author used the similes he did to describe men of vast wealth.
- Are the similes appropriate? Why or why not?
Use information from the story to support your response.
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