FTCE Middle Grades English 5-9 (014) Study Guide 2027–2028 | Florida ELA Teacher Certification Prep, 200 Questions, Essay Section (PDF)

Prepare for FTCE Middle Grades English 5-9 (014), the Florida Teacher Certification Examinations subject area test for teachers of English language arts in grades 5-9. The 13 sections follow the seven official competencies in order: middle school learners and reading development, evidence-based ELA instruction, literary and informational texts, communication skills, pedagogical content, assessment and data use, and the written performance section, which is taught step by step with model responses.

What's Inside

• Exam overview: the two sections (about 60 multiple-choice questions in 1 hour 30 minutes, and one written performance essay in 1 hour), the competency weights, the passing standards (scaled score 200; 5 of 8 points), the $75-per-section fee and the retake rules

• Learners and instruction: reading development (the Simple View of Reading and the Reading Rope), fluency, reading profiles in grades 5-9, differentiation and MTSS, English language learners, students with disabilities, the B.E.S.T. ELA Standards, explicit instruction, text complexity and reading measures

• Texts: connotation, context clues, morphology and word origins, genres and literary elements, figurative language and irony, poetry and drama, American literary periods and authors, informational text structures and features, central idea, argument, fallacies and rhetorical appeals

• Communication: narrative, expository and argumentative writing, the writing process, B.E.S.T. Writing, research and sources, digital media, presentations, discussion, grammar, usage and mechanics

• Teaching and assessment: teaching conventions, vocabulary, literary and informational reading, disciplinary literacy, writing conferences, peer review, the writing workshop, assessment types, score interpretation, data analysis and sharing data with families

• Written performance: what the exhibits give you, the required parts, the scoring, a one-hour plan, three practice assignments with model responses and an annotated weaker response

• Diagrams and charts (Simple View of Reading, MTSS tiers, text complexity, connotation scale, Freytag's pyramid, literary periods time line, text structures, argument anatomy, writing process, Frayer model and more) and 134 quick-reference tables

• Study schedules, FAQs and test-taking strategies

• 2 practice tests of 100 questions each, 200 questions total, with a complete answer key and an explanation for every question

Format

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• Clickable table of contents

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