TeachRite Writing Section for Praxis I and Other Basic Skills Tests
 The Writing Section of TeachRite is truly innovative. It gives you everything you need to achieve passing scores on the writing section of your basic skills test. The Writing Section starts with a useful study guide that is fully narrated not only to assist audio learners but to help keep all students engaged. The developers of TeachRite have a unique understating of various learning styles. The narration and animated characters throughout the study guides help both audio and visual learners. At the end of the study guide you’ll be presented with some useful tips for test day.
Next, you’ll start answering practice questions within the powerful learning management system. Although some states only include 4 answer choices on their exams, TeachRite features 5 answer choices for each multiple choice question. This helps prepare all students, regardless of their exact test. Each practice question includes feedback or remediation which will be presented after you answer it. This ensures you understand what’s right or wrong about each question. Soon, you’ll be taking questions in a timed final exam format, to help mimic what you’ll experience on your actual exam day.
The writing portion covers two broad topics:
A. Usage
B. Sentence Correction
These two question types are the basis for assessing a whole range of skills and knowledge in standard written English. The following list indicates the major areas covered by the practice questions:
Parts of Speech
• Noun
• Verb
• Adjective
• Adverb
• Pronoun
• Preposition
• Conjunction
• Interjection
Parts of Sentences
• Subject
• Predicate
• Phrases and clauses
Grammar
• Forms of adjectives and adverbs
• Comparisons
• Subject-verb agreement
• Verb tense
• Parallelism
• Noun-pronoun agreement
• Negation
• Modification
Sentence Fragments and Run-on Sentences
Punctuation
• Comma usage
• Colon usage
• Semicolon usage
• Apostrophe usage
Capitalization
Word Usage
Idiomatic Expressions
Clarity of Expression
• Wordiness
• Redundancy
For the essay portion of the writing section, you’ll actually learn what the test graders are looking for in well written essays. Then, you’ll practice by playing the role of test grader and determining which score several sample essays should receive.
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