FTCE English 6-12 - independent subject foundations study materials
FTCE English 6-12 - independent subject foundations study resources

FTCE English 6-12 - independent subject foundations study plan

FTCE English 6-12 - independent subject foundations · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 5 hours per week

Week 1

Reading Literature and Informational Texts

  • Review Reading Literature and Informational Texts using the mapped guide and reference terms.

  • Attempt relevant questions before reading answers and explain the distinction or calculation.

Your checkpoint

A checked study log for Reading Literature and Informational Texts, with supporting reasoning and unresolved questions.

Week 2

Literary Analysis and Interpretation

  • Review Literary Analysis and Interpretation using the mapped guide and reference terms.

  • Attempt relevant questions before reading answers and explain the distinction or calculation.

Your checkpoint

A checked study log for Literary Analysis and Interpretation, with supporting reasoning and unresolved questions.

Week 3

Poetry: Reading for Sense, Sound, and Structure

  • Review Poetry: Reading for Sense, Sound, and Structure using the mapped guide and reference terms.

  • Attempt relevant questions before reading answers and explain the distinction or calculation.

Your checkpoint

A checked study log for Poetry: Reading for Sense, Sound, and Structure, with supporting reasoning and unresolved questions.

Week 4

Composition and Rhetoric

  • Review Composition and Rhetoric using the mapped guide and reference terms.

  • Attempt relevant questions before reading answers and explain the distinction or calculation.

Your checkpoint

A checked study log for Composition and Rhetoric, with supporting reasoning and unresolved questions.

Week 5

Language, Linguistics, and Literacy

  • Review Language, Linguistics, and Literacy using the mapped guide and reference terms.

  • Attempt relevant questions before reading answers and explain the distinction or calculation.

Your checkpoint

A checked study log for Language, Linguistics, and Literacy, with supporting reasoning and unresolved questions.

Week 6

Grammar and vocabulary through meaning and context

  • Review Grammar and vocabulary through meaning and context using the mapped guide and reference terms.

  • Attempt relevant questions before reading answers and explain the distinction or calculation.

Your checkpoint

A checked study log for Grammar and vocabulary through meaning and context, with supporting reasoning and unresolved questions.

Week 7

Reading Literature and Informational Texts & Literary Analysis and Interpretation & Poetry: Reading for Sense, Sound, and Structure & Composition and Rhetoric & Language, Linguistics, and Literacy & Grammar and vocabulary through meaning and context & Listening meaning, interaction and written-script preparation & Knowledge of Pedagogy and Assessment in Middle Grades English

  • Apply the cases before reading model responses.

  • Retest recurring errors with a mixed set and compare preparation with the actual syllabus.

Your checkpoint

A checked study log for Reading Literature and Informational Texts, Literary Analysis and Interpretation, Poetry: Reading for Sense, Sound, and Structure, Composition and Rhetoric, Language, Linguistics, and Literacy, Grammar and vocabulary through meaning and context, Listening meaning, interaction and written-script preparation, Knowledge of Pedagogy and Assessment in Middle Grades English, with supporting reasoning and unresolved questions.

Week 8

Reading Literature and Informational Texts & Literary Analysis and Interpretation & Poetry: Reading for Sense, Sound, and Structure & Composition and Rhetoric & Language, Linguistics, and Literacy & Grammar and vocabulary through meaning and context & Listening meaning, interaction and written-script preparation & Knowledge of Pedagogy and Assessment in Middle Grades English

  • Apply the cases before reading model responses.

  • Retest recurring errors with a mixed set and compare preparation with the actual syllabus.

Your checkpoint

A checked study log for Reading Literature and Informational Texts, Literary Analysis and Interpretation, Poetry: Reading for Sense, Sound, and Structure, Composition and Rhetoric, Language, Linguistics, and Literacy, Grammar and vocabulary through meaning and context, Listening meaning, interaction and written-script preparation, Knowledge of Pedagogy and Assessment in Middle Grades English, with supporting reasoning and unresolved questions.

Milestones

Week 2: Explain the principal concepts using evidence rather than memorized option positions.

Week 5: Apply subject concepts to cases and identify assumptions and limits.

Week 8: Review mixed performance and the exact current qualification requirements.