Master the FTCE GKT: GK Rdg, GK Math, GK Essay, & GK ELS

GK Reading Competency 1.1: Identify textual evidence to support conclusions drawn from text.

GK Reading Competency 1.2: Identify explicit meaning and details within text.

GK Reading Competency 1.3: Determine inferences and conclusions based on textual evidence.

GK Reading Competency 1.4: Discriminate among inferences, conclusions, and assumptions based on textual evidence.

GK Reading Competency 1.5: Determine and analyze the development of central ideas or themes from one or more texts.

GK Reading Competency 1.6: Summarize one or more texts using key supporting ideas and details.

GK Reading Competency 1.7: Determine how and why specific individuals, events, and ideas develop based on textual evidence.

GK Reading Competency 1.8: Determine the cause and effect relationship(s) among individuals, events, and ideas based on textual evidence.

GK Reading Competency 2.1: Interpret the meaning of words and phrases as used in text (e.g., figurative language, connotative language, technical meanings).

GK Reading Competency 2.2: Analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.

GK Reading Competency 2.3: Analyze how the author uses organization and text structure(s) to convey meaning.

GK Reading Competency 2.4: Contrast the point of view of two or more authors on the same topic by analyzing their claims, reasoning, and evidence.

GK Reading Competency 2.5: Analyze how point of view and purpose shape the content and style of text.

GK Reading Competency 3.1: Evaluate and relate content presented in diverse formats.

GK Reading Competency 3.2: Evaluate specific claims in text based on relevancy, sufficiency, and validity or reasoning.

GK Reading Competency 3.3: Synthesize information from a range of texts to develop a coherent explanation of a process, phenomenon, concept, or theme.

GK Reading Competency 3.4: Analyze multiple texts to differentiate approaches authors take to develop similar themes (e.g., mode, author’s craft, genre, point of view).

GK Math Competency 1.1: Compare real numbers and identify their location on a number line.

GK Math Competency 1.2: Solve real-world problems involving the four operations with rational numbers.

GK Math Competency 1.3: Evaluate expressions involving order of operations.

GK Math Competency 2.1: Identify and classify simple two- and three-dimensional figures according to their mathematical properties.

GK Math Competency 2.2: Solve problems involving ratio and proportion (e.g., scaled drawings, models, real-world scenarios).

GK Math Competency 2.3: Determine an appropriate measurement unit and form (e.g., scientific notation) for real-world problems involving length, area, volume, or mass.

GK Math Competency 2.4: Solve real-world measurement problems including fundamental units (e.g., length, mass, time), derived units (e.g., miles per hour, dollars per gallon), and unit conversions.

GK Math Competency 3.1: Determine whether two algebraic expressions are equivalent by applying properties of operations or equality.

GK Math Competency 3.1: Determine whether two algebraic expressions are equivalent by applying properties of operations or equality.

GK Math Competency 3.2: Identify an algebraic expression, equation, or inequality that models a real-world situation.

GK Math Competency 3.3: Solve equations and inequalities (e.g., linear, quadratic) graphically or algebraically.

GK Math Competency 3.3: Solve equations and inequalities (e.g., linear, quadratic) graphically or algebraically.

GK Math Competency 3.4: Determine and solve equations or inequalities, graphically or algebraically, in real-world problems.

GK Math Competency 3.4: Determine and solve equations or inequalities, graphically or algebraically, in real-world problems.

GK Math Competency 3.5: Graph and interpret a linear equation in real-world problems (e.g., use data to plot points, explain slope and y-intercept, determine additional solutions).

GK Math Competency 3.6: Identify relations that satisfy the definition of a function.

GK Math Competency 3.7: Compare the slopes of two linear functions represented algebraically and graphically.

GK Math Competency 4.1: Analyze data presented in various forms (e.g., histograms, bar graphs, circle graphs, pictographs, line plots, tables) to solve problems.

GK Math Competency 4.1: Analyze data presented in various forms (e.g., histograms, bar graphs, circle graphs, pictographs, line plots, tables) to solve problems.

GK Math Competency 4.2: Analyze and evaluate how the presentation of data can lead to different or inappropriate interpretations in the context of a real-world situation.

GK Math Competency 4.3: Calculate range, mean, median, and mode of data sets.

GK Math Competency 4.4: Interpret the meaning of measures of central tendency (i.e., mean, median, mode) and dispersion (i.e., range, standard deviation) in the context of a real-world situation.

GK Math Competency 4.5: Analyze and evaluate how the selection of statistics (e.g., mean, median, mode) can lead to different or inappropriate interpretations in the context of a real-world situation.

GK Math Competency 4.6: Solve and interpret real-world problems involving probability using counting procedures, tables, and tree diagrams.

GK Math Competency 4.6: Solve and interpret real-world problems involving probability using counting procedures, tables, and tree diagrams.

GK Math Competency 4.7: Infer and analyze conclusions from sample surveys, experiments, and observational studies.

This lecture is an introduction to the 6 skills of focus, organization, support, grammar and conventions, as well as the scoring procedure.

This second part of the introduction focuses on how to plan a fabulous essay.

The FOCUS skill: The extent to which the essay states and maintains a main idea or thesis.

The ORGANIZATION Skill: The extent to which the essay uses organizational strategies to enhance meaning and clarity.

The SUPPORT Skill: The extent to which the essay provides reasoned, relevant, and specific support to develop the main idea or thesis.

The GRAMMAR/SENTENCE STRUCTURE Skill: The extent to which the essay uses accurate grammar, effective, varied sentence structure, and appropriate, precise usage.

The CONVENTIONS Skill: The extent to which the essay demonstrates the ability to spell common words and to use the conventions of capitalization and punctuation accurately.

In this lecture, we will use a prompt to create an outline of the focus and organization of an essay, then brainstorm the main idea, key points and supporting details.

In this lecture, we will write the first draft of the essay, edit it, and finalize it before submission.

GK ELS Competency 1.1: Evaluate correct placement of modifiers.

GK ELS Competency 1.2: Apply knowledge of parallelism, including parallel expressions for parallel ideas.

GK ELS Competency 1.3: Apply knowledge of a variety of effective structures (e.g., recognizing fragments, comma splices, run-on sentences, syntax errors).

GK ELS Competency 1.4: Determine patterns of organization in a written passage (i.e., modes of rhetoric).

GK ELS Competency 2.1: Determine the meaning of unknown words, multiple-meaning words, and phrases in context.

GK ELS Competency 2.2: Determine and select the correct use of commonly confused words, misused words, and phrases.

GK ELS Competency 2.3: Determine diction and tone appropriate to a given audience.

GK ELS Competency 3.1: Determine and select standard verb forms.

GK ELS Competency 3.2: Determine and select inappropriate shifts in verb tense.

GK ELS Competency 3.3: Determine and select agreement between subject and verb.

GK ELS Competency 3.4: Determine and select agreement between pronoun and antecedent.

GK ELS Competency 3.5: Determine and select inappropriate pronoun shifts.

GK ELS Competency 3.6: Determine and select clear pronoun references.

GK ELS Competency 3.7: Determine and select pronoun case forms (e.g., subjective, objective, possessive).

GK ELS Competency 3.8: Evaluate the correct use of adjectives and adverbs.

GK ELS Competency 3.9: Determine and select appropriate comparative and superlative degree forms.

GK ELS Competency 3.10: Demonstrate command of standard spelling conventions.

GK ELS Competency 3.11: Demonstrate command of standard punctuation.

GK ELS Competency 3.12: Demonstrate command of standard capitalization.