Praxis 5753 Communication and Literacy Combined Courses

* Understand the structure, timing, question formats, and combined requirements of Praxis 5753, Reading 5714, and Writing 5724.

* Identify central ideas, primary purposes, supporting details, accurate paraphrases, inferences, and implications.

* Analyze an author’s tone, attitude, organization, transitions, word choice, purpose, and use of evidence.

* Compare paired passages and identify similarities, differences, agreements, and disagreements between texts.

* Interpret diagrams, charts, graphs, maps, and other visual information presented with reading selections.

* Apply standard written English conventions involving grammar, mechanics, punctuation, capitalization, sentence structure, and word choice.

* Correct sentences and revise passages for clarity, organization, development, tone, style, transitions, and effectiveness.

* Evaluate research strategies, source credibility, citation elements, relevance, accuracy, currency, evidence, and possible bias.

* Plan and write a focused argumentative essay supported by logical reasons and specific examples.

* Synthesize information from two sources in an informative/explanatory essay while managing time across the 185-minute combined test.

* Understand the structure, timing, question formats, and combined requirements of Praxis 5753, Reading 5714, and Writing 5724.

* Identify central ideas, primary purposes, supporting details, accurate paraphrases, inferences, and implications.

* Analyze an author’s tone, attitude, organization, transitions, word choice, purpose, and use of evidence.

* Compare paired passages and identify similarities, differences, agreements, and disagreements between texts.

* Interpret diagrams, charts, graphs, maps, and other visual information presented with reading selections.

* Apply standard written English conventions involving grammar, mechanics, punctuation, capitalization, sentence structure, and word choice.

* Correct sentences and revise passages for clarity, organization, development, tone, style, transitions, and effectiveness.

* Evaluate research strategies, source credibility, citation elements, relevance, accuracy, currency, evidence, and possible bias.

* Plan and write a focused argumentative essay supported by logical reasons and specific examples.

* Synthesize information from two sources in an informative/explanatory essay while managing time across the 185-minute combined test.