Sorry to hear that. From your post, it does sound like you were successful on the math and reading. If so, that is very good. I think the next step is to start to prepare for the writing portion as soon as you can. I have posted sample tests in the description, and I hope the videos will help you, too. I wish you the best of luck. With more time, I believe you that you will succeed.
@Bea Mend Your are very welcome! Edit: Can't believe that I didn't type more carefully. For the record, I did mean, "You are" and not "Your are." I am going to leave the error up, so that people can point/laugh. Ugh. I typed that mistake on a video that I'd made about writing. Oh, sweet irony....
Hi Gabby, Have a look at this document. www.ctcexams.nesinc.com/content/docs/CBEST_OPT_Writing.pdf Click "read more" if you cannot see the topic and and answer. Chris B. TOPIC 1 Ernest Hemingway once commented, "As you get older, it is harder to have heroes, but it is sort of necessary." In an essay to be read by an audience of educated adults, state whether you agree or disagree with Hemingway's observation. Support your position with logical arguments and specific examples. Score Point 4 I agree quite strongly with Hemingway that age brings increasing difficulty in finding heroes, but that one still needs them. As skepticism increases, the number of people one can admire or hope to emulate decreases. An older person, having more experience and having acquired, one hopes, a more objective and realistic assessment of other people, tends to see more flaws than a younger person might. On the other hand, the older person is likely to recognize and value certain qualities such as careful reasoning, empathy, and kindness that a younger person might overlook or consider irrelevant. (Yet another problem is that a person's heroes tend to be older than herself, and the number of possibilities dwindles, but that has to be accepted!) Thus, I believe that men and women of all ages need heroes. As a woman, though, I find that heroes-heroines, actually-are especially important because the role of a woman is constantly being redefined. Women today are frequently expected not just to "have it all" but to do it all: maintain successful careers; develop and nurture the kind of relationships with others that they often value so highly; and, in many cases, contribute their financial and emotional resources to the raising of a family as well. Idolizing other women can be therapeutic, eye-opening and inspirational. One can see what remarkable women have done, how they've done it and what they have to say about it all. For example, I have always admired Maya Angelou's ability to integrate her personal and her professional life. And Toni Morrison, in works such as The Bluest Eye and Beloved, creates intelligent, honest fictional characters and provides a vast outpouring of thought-provoking and challenging ideas. The fact that both of these women are both female and black makes them the more admirable to me. The older I get, the more important these "'Hero' women" become for me. Such people help one to keep on trying, both by exhortation and example. I like to think I can at least try to follow their lead; they are, indeed, "sort of necessary."
Distanceprep.com do you have an email that I can submit a rough draft to you? I really don’t know anybody who is good in the writing area to mark my mistakes
Note: I don't know the best way to review essays from test-takers yet, so please give me time to figure that out. It might not be possible. Hi Gabby, I am worried that I might open a floodgate of responses that I won't be able to keep up with. I would feel guilty turning anyone away. I also do not want to charge a fee for reviewing essays, because people are paying p l e n t y for the test already. Having typed that, Gabby, if you don't mind if I create a video out of the review, without naming you of course, that might benefit you and others. I would fix spelling and grammar issues off-line, so that I would only focus on content. *Please* be sure that you are not answering any real questions but only only *hypothetical* ones. I do not want you to jeopardize the confidentiality agreement that you sign when you take a Pearson test. As a rule, I only review publicly-available materials and for educational purposes only: 17 U.S. Code § 110. See the "About" page for my email address. It is under "Business Inquiries" even though this is not a business. Thanks, Chris B.
This is a site that I have used in my reading- instruction classes or for student teachers regarding expository text and an example of how to instruct it: www.readingrockets.org/article/how-teach-expository-text-structure-facilitate-reading-comprehension. Please let me know if it is also helpful to you.
@@distanceprep Thank you for replying, by the way thank you for taking the time to reply and make the videos. Reason I was asking is because most videos I watched, they mentioned that expository essays explain information. I see in this video with expository essay you take a stand or position, which I understand that as persuasive essay. I want to understand this and have it clear in order to pass the CBEST. I tried twice and they said I need to improve in structure and convention. I think this involves the structure of the essay. Any thoughts?
Ah. How about this? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhetorical_modes Exposition/Expository - Factual Mode - To Inform Argumentation/Persuasive - Opinion Mode - Call to Action Both are types of Rhetorical modes; however, exposition simply presents facts that inform the reader about a subject, while persuasion may use facts, along with opinions and emotions, to move the the reader into adopting a new belief or performing an action. I know, the sources is "wiki-whatsis," but I do think that the explanations on the page are fine - in my opinion. I hope that helps and please let me/others know.
Hi Nargis - I can't answer any credential-related questions. I occasionally post things that the CTC sends out, but that's the extent of my knowledge. My recommendation would be to speak with the credential analyst at the CTC or at your local college. They can advise you properly after looking at your transcripts. Hope that helps.
Great video! I love your sense of humor and breakdown of everything. Thank you!!
You are so welcome!
Thank You for Sharing. I needed this refresher and I enjoyed the video.
Absolutely! Hope that it helps!!
I failed the writing part 😭😭😭. I took too long on math and reading and only had 25 minutes to complete my essays.
Sorry to hear that. From your post, it does sound like you were successful on the math and reading. If so, that is very good. I think the next step is to start to prepare for the writing portion as soon as you can. I have posted sample tests in the description, and I hope the videos will help you, too. I wish you the best of luck. With more time, I believe you that you will succeed.
@@distanceprep thank you!
@Bea Mend Your are very welcome!
Edit: Can't believe that I didn't type more carefully. For the record, I did mean, "You are" and not "Your are." I am going to leave the error up, so that people can point/laugh. Ugh. I typed that mistake on a video that I'd made about writing. Oh, sweet irony....
No CBEST test prep in 10 years? Probably want to remove that from your description.
Perhaps.
Can you give me a template to go off of to achieve a 4 just like you did with the 3
Hi Gabby,
Have a look at this document.
www.ctcexams.nesinc.com/content/docs/CBEST_OPT_Writing.pdf
Click "read more" if you cannot see the topic and and answer.
Chris B.
TOPIC 1
Ernest Hemingway once commented, "As you get older, it is harder to have heroes, but it is sort of necessary." In an essay to be read by an audience of educated adults, state whether you agree or disagree with Hemingway's observation. Support your position with logical arguments and specific examples.
Score Point 4
I agree quite strongly with Hemingway that age brings increasing difficulty in finding heroes, but that one still needs them. As skepticism increases, the number of people one can admire or hope to emulate decreases. An older person, having more experience and having acquired, one hopes, a more objective and realistic assessment of other people, tends to see more flaws than a younger person might. On the other hand, the older person is likely to recognize and value certain qualities such as careful reasoning, empathy, and kindness that a younger person might overlook or consider irrelevant. (Yet another problem is that a person's heroes tend to be older than herself, and the number of possibilities dwindles, but that has to be accepted!)
Thus, I believe that men and women of all ages need heroes. As a woman, though, I find that heroes-heroines, actually-are especially important because the role of a woman is constantly being redefined. Women today are frequently expected not just to "have it all" but to do it all: maintain successful careers; develop and nurture the kind of relationships with others that they often value so highly; and, in many cases, contribute their financial and emotional resources to the raising of a family as well. Idolizing other women can be therapeutic, eye-opening and inspirational. One can see what remarkable women have done, how they've done it and what they have to say about it all.
For example, I have always admired Maya Angelou's ability to integrate her personal and her professional life. And Toni Morrison, in works such as The Bluest Eye and Beloved, creates intelligent, honest fictional characters and provides a vast outpouring of thought-provoking and challenging ideas. The fact that both of these women are both female and black makes them the more admirable to me. The older I get, the more important these "'Hero' women" become for me. Such people help one to keep on trying, both by exhortation and example. I like to think I can at least try to follow their lead; they are, indeed, "sort of necessary."
Distanceprep.com do you have an email that I can submit a rough draft to you? I really don’t know anybody who is good in the writing area to mark my mistakes
Note: I don't know the best way to review essays from test-takers yet, so please give me time to figure that out. It might not be possible.
Hi Gabby,
I am worried that I might open a floodgate of responses that I won't be able to keep up with. I would feel guilty turning anyone away. I also do not want to charge a fee for reviewing essays, because people are paying p l e n t y for the test already.
Having typed that, Gabby, if you don't mind if I create a video out of the review, without naming you of course, that might benefit you and others. I would fix spelling and grammar issues off-line, so that I would only focus on content. *Please* be sure that you are not answering any real questions but only only *hypothetical* ones. I do not want you to jeopardize the confidentiality agreement that you sign when you take a Pearson test.
As a rule, I only review publicly-available materials and for educational purposes only: 17 U.S. Code § 110.
See the "About" page for my email address. It is under "Business Inquiries" even though this is not a business.
Thanks,
Chris B.
Distanceprep.com thank you I finally found your email
Thank you!
You're welcome!
So this first topic you are explain, would be consider expository?
This is a site that I have used in my reading- instruction classes or for student teachers regarding expository text and an example of how to instruct it: www.readingrockets.org/article/how-teach-expository-text-structure-facilitate-reading-comprehension. Please let me know if it is also helpful to you.
@@distanceprep Thank you for replying, by the way thank you for taking the time to reply and make the videos. Reason I was asking is because most videos I watched, they mentioned that expository essays explain information. I see in this video with expository essay you take a stand or position, which I understand that as persuasive essay. I want to understand this and have it clear in order to pass the CBEST. I tried twice and they said I need to improve in structure and convention. I think this involves the structure of the essay. Any thoughts?
Ah. How about this? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhetorical_modes
Exposition/Expository - Factual Mode - To Inform
Argumentation/Persuasive - Opinion Mode - Call to Action
Both are types of Rhetorical modes; however, exposition simply presents facts that inform the reader about a subject, while persuasion may use facts, along with opinions and emotions, to move the the reader into adopting a new belief or performing an action.
I know, the sources is "wiki-whatsis," but I do think that the explanations on the page are fine - in my opinion.
I hope that helps and please let me/others know.
This video is 11 years old, reading the comments I can see this video is still relevant. Any updates since this video post.
Not to my knowledge. I believe that the same information still applies today.
do you need cbest if you have master of science in education?
Hi Nargis - I can't answer any credential-related questions. I occasionally post things that the CTC sends out, but that's the extent of my knowledge. My recommendation would be to speak with the credential analyst at the CTC or at your local college. They can advise you properly after looking at your transcripts. Hope that helps.
The voice is too low. Thank you for your lesson.
Sorry for that