GACE English (713) case studies
GACE English (713) · Put your knowledge to work in context.
GACE English (713) is the Georgia assessments content test used by candidates who want to teach English language arts at the secondary level, typically grades 6–12. Passing it is one piece of state certification; you should confirm the current certification requirements, including any pedagogy assessment and content coursework, with the Georgia Professional Standards Commission and the testing vendor that administers GACE. The test is built around four domains: Reading for Meaning, Understanding Literature, Writing and Language, and Speaking and Listening. Expect to analyze unfamiliar literary and informational passages, evaluate arguments, discuss genre and literary periods, apply grammar and rhetoric to revision, and reason about discussion, presentation, and media literacy. The GACE English (713) case studies are 5 cases and about 3,646 words.
1Central Idea or Supporting Detail? Diagnosing Informational Reading
Ortiz teaches 10th grade ELA at a suburban high school with 26 students in her second-period class. After a three-week informational-text unit, she gives an eight-item formative quiz on a class-read op-ed about urban heat islands.
713 words, about 4 min2Unreliable Narration, Pacing Pressure, and Quiz Validity
Calderón teaches 11th grade American literature. He has 32 students and two 48-minute periods to teach a short story in which a first-person narrator describes a family move but omits a key event that the reader can infer.
722 words, about 4 min3Prioritizing Feedback on an On-Demand Argument Essay
Bell teaches ninth grade English. Her 28 students have just written a 45-minute on-demand argument essay on whether their school should start later.
755 words, about 4 min4Equitable Participation and Defensible Speaking-and-Listening Grades
Nguyen teaches seventh grade ELA. His 24 students have just finished a unit on argument and are holding a 40-minute Socratic seminar on whether cities should ban single-use plastic bags.
714 words, about 4 min5From Worksheet Recognition to Sentence Control in Writing
Rivera teaches eighth grade English. She has 27 students and 35-minute periods.
742 words, about 4 min