Ch 17: Praxis English: Approaches to Teaching Writing
About This Chapter
Praxis English: Approaches to Teaching Writing - Chapter Summary
The Approaches to Teaching Writing chapter can help you refresh your knowledge and sharpen your English teaching skills. You'll need these skills for the Praxis English test. In this chapter, the concepts you'll study include:
- Stages of the writing process
- How to use the stages of the writing process recursively
- Methods used to teach writing
- Process of teaching paragraph writing
- Methods for teaching vocabulary in context
These fun and fast video lessons help you refresh your knowledge of teaching methods for writing. Using clear, everyday language and examples you can relate to, these video lessons make preparing for the test simple and enjoyable.
Praxis English: Approaches to Teaching Writing Objectives
The Praxis English Language Arts: Content and Analysis exam tests you on your knowledge, skills, and abilities in reading literature and informational texts, use of language and vocabulary, writing, speaking and listening to determine your readiness for teacher licensing in English. The exam includes 130 multiple-choice questions and two constructed-response, or essay, questions. Approximately 50 questions cover writing, speaking and listening, which is the category where you'll use the lessons in this chapter.
Each video lesson includes a self-assessment quiz that allows you to check your understanding of the information you've learned. These quizzes will also help you gain experience with the types of questions you find on the actual Praxis examination.
1. The Writing Process: Definition & Steps
Writing is one of the most common ways we communicate. To be a successful writer, you should practice the five steps of the writing process: prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publication.
2. Stages of the Recursive Writing Process
To grow as a writer, you should spend time revisiting and reflecting on your work. When you do so, you are practicing recursive writing. Recursive writing allows you to rethink all stages of your writing.
3. How to Teach Writing
This lesson will focus on ways to teach students the writing process and will provide engaging ways to teach steps of the writing process and organize ideas while writing.
4. Teaching Paragraph Writing
Using published paragraphs as models in class can help students write stronger paragraphs through an examination of how authors utilize focus, organization, and evidence.
5. Teaching Vocabulary in Context
Learning vocabulary in context helps people make connections for better comprehension. We'll look at a variety of learning strategies that can help students understand and incorporate new words effectively. After the lesson, test your new knowledge with our quiz questions!
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Other Chapters
Other chapters within the Praxis English Language Arts - Content & Analysis (5039): Practice & Study Guide course
- Praxis English: Literary Forms and Genres
- Periods of American Literature
- British Literature
- World Literature Overview
- Young Adult Literature Overview
- Literary Skills & Strategies
- Praxis English: Analyzing Literature
- Praxis English: Poetry Types & Analysis
- Overview of Literary Devices
- Praxis English: Themes & Main Ideas
- Praxis English: Informational Texts
- Literary Theories & Research
- Praxis English: Strategic Approaches to Teaching Reading
- Praxis English: Language Acquisition & Development
- Praxis English: History, Development & Structure of English
- Basic Semantics
- Praxis English: Discourse Aims in Academic Writing
- Praxis English: Organizing & Developing an Essay
- Praxis English: Methods of Argument & Rhetorical Strategy
- Praxis English: Writing Research & Citation
- Sentence Types, Parts & Structure
- Overview of English Grammar & Usage
- Capitalization & Punctuation in English
- Praxis English: Revising & Improving Writing
- Praxis English: Organizing a Speech
- Praxis English: Delivering a Speech
- Praxis English: Classroom Discussion Strategies
- Differentiated Instruction Basics
- Language Arts Assessments
- Using Technology to Teach Reading & Writing
- Praxis English Language Arts: Content & Analysis Flashcards
