GHSGT Review

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GHSGT Review

• Language Arts Reading

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Tips to passing a reading test

• Be an active reader underline, circle and block
  important people, details and dates.
• Read the passage before the questions
• Activate prior knowledge - connect with the text
  say this is like a ( movie, book, story, etc)
  that I once read.
• Write in the margins summarize text as you read
  so you remain active with the reading.

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• Answer all questions try to narrow choices to
  answers then guess if you need to give yourself
  a 50 50 chance.
• Skip and return to difficult questions dont
  spend too much time on a question that is giving
  you trouble, read on and you may find hints as
  you read to answers for questions that seem
  difficult.
• Read all options make sure you read all answers
  before choosing as some answers may be similar.

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Domain 1 Reading Comprehension (approximately
48 of the test)Overview of the Domain

• Students read selections from the fiction,
  nonfiction, and poetry genres of American
  Literature for meaning.
• Students identify structure in works of these
  genres.
• Students describe main ideas and themes.
• Students identify and analyze the meaning of
  vocabulary in the context of text.
• Students identify and evaluate the use of
  symbolism.

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• Students identify and evaluate the use of
  figurative language, sound, and form in
• works of these genres.
• Students determine the point of view in works of
  fiction and nonfiction.
• Students evaluate the development of characters
  in works of fiction.
• Students identify plot in works of fiction

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Skills to know

• character development
• foreshadowing
• irony
• language (e.g., symbolism, imagery, figurative
  language)
• point of view
• setting and mood
• identifying, analyzing, and evaluating the use
  of imagery and symbolism and relating them to the
  meaning of the passage

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PRACTICE

• MAIN IDEA
• Purpose know the difference between the topic
  and the main idea. The Topic explains what the
  text is about the main idea tells what the
  author is trying to communicate to the reader.

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Finding topics

• Under each list of specific items label the topic
  or umbrella under which all 4 items may be
  grouped
• Spruce jeans football car
• Fur sweaters soccer bus
• Pine shirts swimming bike
• Oak ties Tennis
  motorcycle

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Finding main idea

• Look at handout and read the paragraph.
• Ask yourself
• Who or what is this about (Topic)
• What is the author trying to communicate about
  this topic (main idea)

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• As you are reading, keep in mind that all
  communication can be broken down into three
  parts.
• The topic who or what
• The main idea what the author is communicating
• The details proof, explanation or support
  provided by the author (refer to worksheet for
  practice)

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Domain 2 Literary Analysis (approximately 38 of
the test)Overview of the Domain

• Students analyze selections of fiction,
  nonfiction, and poetry in American Literature.
• Students analyze universal themes of fiction,
  nonfiction, and poetry.
• Students analyze nonfiction selections to
  determine the purpose and structure.
• Students analyze the effects of the diction and
  imagery in fiction selections.

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• Students analyze longer selections to determine
  multiple themes within the text.
• Students analyze the choices authors make in the
  structures and elements of nonfiction.
• Students analyze and explain the choices made by
  authors in constructing arguments in nonfiction

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• Theme refers to the central idea, or point, of a
  passage. A theme may be directly stated, implied
  or suggested
• To find an implied theme ask yourself What is
  this passage about? What point is made about the
  subject? (refer to handout practice theme)

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Style and Structure

• Style the words writers chose and the way they
  use those words.
• Structure the organization a writer uses.
• Fiction this may be the form of narrative or
  where the story takes place the techniques (such
  as dialogue and descriptive detail)
• Nonfiction different forms may be used such as
  using examples, explaining cause and effect or
  describing. (brief practice see handout on style
  and structure)

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English Language ArtsDomain 3 Conventions and
Writing (approximately 14 of the test)Overview
of the Domain

• Students review selections for the correct use of
  language in sentence and paragraph structures.
• Students review selections to determine the most
  appropriate revision for communicating clearly to
  the reader.

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• Students review selections to determine the most
  appropriate revision of a text for a particular
  audience.
• Students identify and correctly use a variety of
  research strategies.

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Practice

• Examples you might see on the writing portion of
  the test
• The correct plural form of knife is
• Knifes
• knifes
• Knives
• knifs

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• Choose he correct verb form to replace the verb
  in the following sentence.
• You been a good friend and I shall miss you.
• You was
• You have been
• You will be
• You has been

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• In the following choose the sentence that
• has an error in sub-verb agreement.
• I knows where I want to go to college.
• We shall be performing at the Civic Center.
• Our trip to the movies was fun.
• My essay was judged the best in the Literary Meet.

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• Which of the following sentences represents
  incorrect comma usage?
• We ordered ribs, fries, and stew.
• He paid for dinner the movie, and ice cream.
• My car needs tires, a battery, and wiper blades.
• I have taken biology, chemistry, and physics.

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• Which sentence contains an adjective or adverb
  error?
• I want a larger piece of cake.
• This is the better of the two.
• The best Mexican restaurant is Nuevo Laredo.
• I feel good.

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Summary

• Stay focused
• Use active reading strategies
• Read directions carefully
• Pace yourself dont spend too much time on any
  one passage)
• Read all options
• Answer all questions ( guess if stuck)
• Prepare by taking practice time seriously.

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• Good luck