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**HSPA**
You got this sheet that outlines passing scores for each section; your sheet contains your scores so you know in what areas you need more practice! We will all complete these open-endeds as a class =) This is your bank of HSPA practice exercises--please complete 4 exercises for areas in which you need a score boost. All readings are linked to the assignment document; print them off if you need, or simply work from the computer.

This is a HUGE document that contains explanations and samples of each section, as well as scored writte responses. Each scored response has an explanation. PLEASE review sample essays for sections on which you did not score well so that you know what scorers are looking for! Since the expository essay is the newest section, please review those samples carefully.

[|Open-ended Rubric] Compare your responses to the rubric and see how you did.

[|Expository & Persuasive Essay Rubric] (scroll down)

Some potential models for your narrative assignment:

 * Written by Ms. Reimer:**

An essay I wrote about myself as a "writer". An essay I wrote about the Disney cartoon version of Robin Hood, because he was a major life influence! An essay remembering my Irish Nana... An essay about the death of a loved one I had to witness =(

A successful and creative essay written by an NYU student
 * Student Samples:**




 * A set of narrative poetry written by a student. It's beautiful, and true**


 * Common College Essay Prompts:**

[|Common App Essay Prompts]

--the rubric you'll be using for your essay

** Synthesis **



 * Citation Info for your Works Cited:**

Coleman, Penny. "Pentagon, Big Pharma: Drug Troops to Numb Them to Horrors of War." //AlterNet//. n.p. 9 Jan. 2008. Web.

//Digital Nation-Life on the Digital Frontier//. Dir/Prod. Rachel Dretzin. Corr. Douglas Rushkoff. Frontline, 2011. Online Video.

Ehrenreich, Barbara. “The Ecstasy of War.” //The Prose Reader//. Comp. Kim Flachmann and Michael Flachmann. 6th ed. Upper Saddle River: Pearson, 2002. 585-589. Print. (excerpted)

Foer, Jonathan Safran. "[|How Not to Be Alone]." The New York Times. n.p. 8 June 2013. Web.

Harris, Gardiner. "F.D.A. Requiring Suicide Studies in Drug Trials." //The New York Times//. n.p. 24 Jan. 2008. Web.

King, Stephen. “Why We Crave Horror Movies.” //The Prose Reader//. Comp. Kim Flachmann and Michael Flachmann. 6th ed. Upper Saddle River: Pearson, 2002. 453-455. Print. (excerpted)

Levine, Bruce E. "America's Love-Hate Relationship with Drugs." AlterNet. n.p. 8 Jan. 2008. Web.

Warner, Judith. "The Med Scare." //The New York Times//. n.p. 21 Feb. 2008. Web.