CSET English (Subtests I 105 & II 106) study plan

Map the Subtest I blueprint by listing every reading-literature and literary-analysis skill named in the official CSET English test guide.

Annotate two short literary passages (one poem, one prose excerpt) to mark where theme, tone, and point of view are established.

Classify ten sample multiple-choice stems from released practice material by the skill each one tests, without answering them.

Draft a one-page glossary that distinguishes literary terms you can define precisely from terms you can only recognize.

Analyze three poems of different forms (sonnet, free verse, narrative) and write a thesis sentence for each about how form supports meaning.

Compare two prose passages that treat the same theme and identify the narrative techniques each author uses to shape reader response.

Practice timed close reading: complete four passages in 50 minutes and mark every question whose evidence you can cite from the text.

Build a chart of common distractor patterns in literary multiple-choice questions (overstatement, misattributed quotation, plausible but unsupported inference).

Outline two constructed-response essays (one literary analysis, one informational-text analysis) in 10 minutes each, using a claim-evidence-commentary structure.

Write one full literary-analysis essay under a 40-minute time limit and self-score it against a rubric you build from the official scoring criteria.

Revise the timed essay after feedback, targeting at least three specific improvements in evidence use or organization.

Identify and practice the reading skills specific to informational texts: evaluating argument, assessing evidence quality, and tracing an author's reasoning.

Complete a full-length Subtest I practice test under timed conditions and record raw scores by domain.

Review every missed Subtest I item and write a one-sentence reason for each error (content gap, misread, or distractor trap).

Begin Domain 3 by outlining the major levels of language analysis: phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics.

Create a personal error log that will carry forward into Weeks 5 through 8.

Diagram the phonological system of English: phoneme classes, place and manner of articulation, and common phonological processes.

Analyze morphological structure in ten words, separating roots, derivational affixes, and inflectional affixes.

Parse five complex sentences into phrase-structure trees and label the syntactic category of each constituent.

Distinguish semantics from pragmatics using five original examples of implicature, presupposition, or speech acts.

Trace first- and second-language acquisition stages and match each stage to a classroom implication.

Compare at least three literacy instructional approaches (phonics, whole language, balanced literacy) and state the evidence each relies on.

Explain how sociolinguistic variation, dialect, and register affect classroom assessment and writing instruction.

Begin Domain 4 by outlining the writing process and the rhetorical situation (audience, purpose, context, genre).

Analyze three model essays to identify organizational patterns, thesis placement, and transitions.

Draft and revise one expository and one persuasive essay under 35-minute time limits each.

Practice scoring two anonymous sample essays against a rubric and justify each score with textual evidence.

Review conventions of standard written English: sentence boundaries, agreement, pronoun reference, and punctuation.

Complete a full-length Subtest II practice test under timed conditions and record scores by domain.

Revisit the error log from Week 4 and confirm that each earlier error category has been addressed.

Write one final timed essay in each of the two constructed-response formats used on Subtest II.

Assemble a one-page exam-day strategy sheet covering pacing, question attack order, and essay planning steps.