PSSA TDA Review

PSSA Text Dependent Analysis Practice

Remember to organize your ideas into paragraphs (intro, body paragraphs, conclusion)
Include Overview 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.
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.

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?

• Overview of the Text

• Evidence from the text

• Analysis of the evidence

• Thesis Statement

Multiple Choice

Read the following sentence.

Some of the positive effects the garden has on the community is encouraging healthy eating habits and increasing socialization among neighbors.

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.

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.

This means that having a variety of vegetables and fruits right in their neighborhood will increase the variety and amount of healthy foods people in the neighborhood will eat.

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.