Books to read before taking the Praxis II English Content Exam to prepare for the literature portion?

Question

I am preparing to take the Praxis II English Content Exam within the next year. I already have the information from the Praxis website and I purchased an Official Praxis Series Study Guide. What I am looking for is a list of books or stories to read to prepare for the exam (I found a list of 20-25 books specifially to read to prepare ie. Huck Finn, Heart of Darkness, The Glass Menagerie, Things Fall Apart... but I lost the website where I found it.) Any help with the list of books? Any other tips would also be appreciated...

Answer 1

This test (Praxis II: English Content) kicked my ***! Though I was not an English major (or minor), I ended up graduating with enough credit to qualify for Language Arts certification; clearly a bizzaro fluke of nature. Thinking (and still believing) the the additional credentials could only strengthen my background, I signed-up and took the test. I still haven't decided whether to call it an official "mistake", but boy, what a rude awakening. This is career transition into teaching and it's been years since I've had my head "played with" by college English and Language Arts gobbly-****. Though I can't help you with the list of 20-25 books, I can tell you that (at least for the test I was given) a thorough knowledge of all of those books... and then some, was required. For the test I took, the questions on American lit. where the real nut-busters. Know your literature and know it well!



This probably hasn't helped much and I apologize for that. My subject area is social studies, and though Praxis II test for soc.studies was challenging, I didn't have any problems with it. I also used the CliffNotes Prep Book, which I found very useful.



I may try English content again in a few months... rather, begin preparing for the test in a couple of months, but that is one ordeal I am NOT looking forward to. Be diligent in your study and preparations... and best of luck!



jc

Answer 2

Praxis English Content

Answer 3

Yes. It's called Divine Laziness, and Ignorant Design. Ignorant Design comes into it when people answer a completely different question to what was asked, or choose to rant instead of answering. A lovely example I once had was a cut'n'paste that filled the page, but did not answer the question at all. I've also had a few people who completely ignore the question itself, and just say stuff like 'I agree'. Okay, you agree. Fair enough, now would you like to tell me your answer at any time? Divine Laziness is the other great religious reason for not reading. It takes the form of a question format (I'll steal your example): Q: Why don't Xs ever seem to tolerate Ys? QD: I don't personally think there's many Xs who dislike Ys, it's just a small minority who tend to be extremely rude and disgusting in their attitudes. A case of the noisiest few, so to speak. What's your opinion on this? A: We're not ALL like that!!! Stop being so judgemental!! ummmm.....READ IT NEXT TIME!!!! lol. ((((hugs))))