FTCE English 6-12 Secrets Study Guide: FTCE Test Review for the Florida Teacher Certification Examinations (English Edition)

***Includes Practice Test Questions***

Get the test prep help you need to be successful on the FTCE English 6-12 test.

The FTCE English 6-12 is extremely challenging and thorough test preparation is essential for success. FTCE English 6-12 Secrets Study Guide is the ideal prep solution for anyone who wants to pass the FTCE English 6-12 Exam.

Not only does it provide a comprehensive guide to the FTCE English 6-12 Exam as a whole, it also provides practice test questions as well as detailed explanations of each answer.

FTCE English 6-12 Secrets Study Guide includes:

• A thorough overview of the FTCE English 6-12
• A breakdown of the effective use of the English language
• An analysis of effective writing skills
• A guide to literacy processes across genres
• An extensive review of fiction, nonfiction, and informational texts
• A full study of critical responses to media
• Comprehensive practice questions with detailed answer explanations

It's filled with the critical information you'll need in order to do well on the test: the concepts, procedures, principles, and vocabulary that the Florida Department of Education (FDOE) expects you to have mastered before sitting for the exam.

The Effective Use of the English Language section covers:

• Dialect
• Inconsistent verb tenses and non-parallel structure
• Drawbacks to wordprocessing spell checkers
• Word roots, prefixes, and suffixes to help determine meanings of words
• Context clues to help determine meanings of words
• Figures of speech

The Effective Writing Skills section covers:

• Letters
• Logical fallacies
• Author’s argument in argumentative writing
• Citing sources
• Paragraph
• Research-based assessment techniques
• Teaching strategies to address student and family diversity

The Literacy Processes Across Genres section covers:

• SSBI classroom teaching approach
• Research findings about vocabulary instruction
• Influence of existing schemata on reading comprehension
• Teacher interpretation of research

The Fiction, Nonfiction, and Informational Texts section covers:

• Rhetorical devices vs. figures of speech
• Use of rhetoric
• Literary examples of personification
• Novels
• Purposes of good dialogue
• Thematic development
• Sir Thomas Browne
• Example student explanation of a poet using a quote from an earlier poet’s work

The Critical Responses to Media section covers:

• Evaluating information sources in various media forms
• Persuasive media
• Whole-class learning circles
• Teaching strategies to encourage discussion

These sections are full of specific and detailed information that will be key to passing the FTCE English 6-12 Exam. Concepts and principles aren't simply named or described in passing, but are explained in detail. The guide is laid out in a logical and organized fashion so that one section naturally flows from the one preceding it. Because it's written with an eye for both technical accuracy and accessibility, you will not have to worry about getting lost in dense academic language.

Any test prep guide is only as good as its practice questions and answers, and that's another area where our guide stands out. Our test designers have provided scores of test questions that will prepare you for what to expect on the actual FTCE English 6-12 Exam. Each answer is explained in depth, in order to make the principles and reasoning behind it crystal clear.