PSSA TDA Review

PSSA Text Dependent Analysis Practice

Remember to organize your ideas into paragraphs (intro, body paragraphs, conclusion)
Include Short Summary of the Text and your thesis in the introduction. A thesis is your opinion in response to the prompt.
Start each body paragraph with a transition, topic sentence.
Include two or more specific examples from the text to support your ideas in the body paragraphs.
Blend the evidence with your writing. Analysis should explain implicit (unstated) meaning.
Use the Say-Mean-Matter strategy to analyze the evidence you include.
Include a review of your thesis and an If-Then sentence to end your essay.

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Multiple Choice

Read the following sentence.

In the article "Sowing Community" by Jill Palmer, the Schoenherr family has their entire front yard replaced with a garden.

What part of the essay is this sentence?

• Short Summary of the Text

• Evidence from the text

• Analysis of the evidence

• Thesis Statement

Multiple Choice

Read the following sentence from the essay.

With its combined healthy choice, appealing colors, and human interaction, the garden would prove to be a very successful decision .

What part of the essay is this sentence?

• Overview of the Text

• Evidence from the text

• Analysis of the evidence

• Thesis Statement

Multiple Choice

Read the following sentence from the essay.

Another way that the garden has been a success is that it has made the family’s front yard more appealing.

What part of the essay is this sentence?

• Overview of the Text

• Topic Sentence

• Evidence from the text

• Analysis of the evidence

Multiple Choice

Read the following sentence.

The garden is filled with healthy food like "cabbages, tomatoes, salad greens, peppers, herbs, and fruit."

What part of the essay is this sentence?

• Overview of the Text

• Evidence from the text

• Analysis of the evidence

• Thesis Statement

Multiple Choice

Read the following sentence.

John says that there is “over 100 crops in all if you include different colors.”

What part of the essay is this sentence?

• Overview of the Text

• Evidence from the text

• Analysis of the evidence

• Thesis Statement

Multiple Choice

Read the following sentence.

Also, because of the many colors in the garden, people are tempted to try things they’ve never tasted or even seen before.

What part of the essay is this sentence?

• Overview of the Text

• Evidence from the text

• Analysis of the evidence

• Thesis Statement

Multiple Choice

Read the following phrase.

Another way the garden helps people...

What part of the essay is this phrase?

• Transition

• Topic Sentence

• Evidence

• If Then Statement

Multiple Choice

Read the following sentence.

If more communities installed gardens, then people would likely eat healthier foods and socialize with neighbors more frequently.

What part of the essay is this sentence?

• Transition

• Topic Sentence

• Evidence

• If Then Statement

Multiple Select

Select all the strategies that will help you be successful on the PSSA ELA test.

• Read and annotate (mark up) the text

• Go back to the text

• Skim the text quickly and rely on your memory to answer questions.

• Preview the questions before you read.