Chapter 11
Acing the Essay
IN THIS CHAPTER
Understanding the essay requirements
Using the best writing tactics
Seeing how the essay is scored
Practicing with prompts and evaluating results
In your career as a teacher, success depends on your being clearly understood, not only by your students but also by their parents, your colleagues, the school administration, and your community. The Praxis tests this ability by requiring you to write two essays. One directs you to respond to a statement by writing an essay that agrees or disagrees with a particular point of view. This essay is referred to as the argumentative essay, and you draw on your own observations and opinions to complete this writing assignment.
The other essay gives you a statement about a general topic that’s familiar to all adults and asks you to write an essay about that topic, using two provided sources. This is the informative/explanatory essay. You don’t need any special knowledge to write the essay. In addition to using information from the source material, you can also support the topic with examples from your ...
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