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A middle grades ELA guide for reading, language use, vocabulary, writing, speaking, listening, ELA instruction, and the two constructed-response tasks.
Praxis 5047 preparation should combine literary and informational-text analysis, grammar and vocabulary review, communication skills, instruction-focused scenarios, and timed short-essay practice.
Use these ETS structure points to plan Middle School English Language Arts study.
The exam runs 160 minutes: 130 minutes for selected-response questions and 30 minutes for constructed-response questions.
ETS lists 110 selected-response questions and 2 constructed-response questions.
Reading is the largest category at 46%, with 50 selected-response questions and one constructed response.
English Language Arts Instruction accounts for 25%, with 18 selected-response questions and one constructed response.
Reading carries the most weight and includes literature, informational texts, rhetoric, textual evidence, literary periods, genres, author choices, theme, structure, word choice, and active reading strategies appropriate for adolescents.
The language, vocabulary, writing, speaking, and listening categories require command of standard English conventions, syntax, mechanics, affixes, context clues, word meaning, writing development, research, media literacy, speaking, and listening skills.
The constructed-response section includes one task interpreting literature or informational text and one task discussing approaches to teaching reading or writing using a student writing sample or classroom context.
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Praxis Middle School English Language Arts 5047 measures the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed for beginning middle school ELA teaching. ETS describes the assessment as aligned to Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and informed by NBPTS Early Adolescence/English Language Arts standards and NCTE/CAEP standards for secondary English language arts teacher preparation.
The current ETS study companion lists a 160-minute computer-delivered exam: 130 minutes for 110 selected-response questions and 30 minutes for 2 constructed-response questions. The content categories are Reading at 46% with 50 selected-response questions and 1 constructed response, Language Use and Vocabulary at 11% with 16 selected-response questions, Writing, Speaking, and Listening at 18% with 26 selected-response questions, and English Language Arts Instruction at 25% with 18 selected-response questions and 1 constructed response.
The ETS study companion lists 160 minutes: 130 minutes for selected-response questions and 30 minutes for constructed-response questions.
ETS lists 110 selected-response questions and 2 constructed-response questions.
Reading is the largest category at 46% of the examination.
One asks candidates to interpret literature or informational text, and the other asks them to discuss approaches to teaching reading or writing.
Study Reading, Language Use and Vocabulary, Writing/Speaking/Listening, and English Language Arts Instruction.
Set up separate review blocks for Reading, Language Use and Vocabulary, Writing/Speaking/Listening, and English Language Arts Instruction.
Use literary and informational passages to rehearse inference, theme, structure, rhetoric, word choice, author purpose, and support from textual evidence.
Review grammar, usage, mechanics, syntax, vocabulary, writing process, revision choices, research skills, speaking, listening, and media interpretation.
Practice two short essays in 30 minutes total, with one focused on text interpretation and one focused on reading or writing instruction.
Use the guide to self-serve, or talk to a coordinator if you need help mapping timelines, official requirements, or troubleshooting day-of logistics.
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