Text Dependent Analysis (TDA) Review

What is another name for paragraphs according to the SC Ready Rubric?

• paraphrase
• construction
• passage
• sentence

What is a good way to plan your text dependent analysis or (essay)?

• Use an outline, t-chart, or web map on paper
• Begin typing
• Read the entire passage first.
• Read the question before the passage. 

You're writing a TDA, or essay, analyzing an author Thomas Crane's opinion about whether or not students should wear school uniforms. Select the best sentence starter to introduce him in your topic sentence.

• The author of the article ...
• The author, Thomas Crane, wrote in his essay "Done with Uniforms," that students should have a choice.
• The author wrote that students should have a choice in school uniforms.
• The author has the opinion in "Done with Uniforms" that they're not cool.

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CCSS.W.6.2A

You must analyze the similarities and differences in Thomas Crane's article "Down with Uniforms" and Selena Smith's essay "Why We Need School Uniforms." What can you tell immediately from the titles?

• Before you read, you can tell Thomas Crane does not support uniforms while Selena Smith believes in school uniforms.
• You can't tell anything because you don't have enough information.
• You can tell Selena Smith supports school uniforms.
• Thomas Crane does not support school uniforms. 

What is another word for Thomas Crane and Selena Smith's different opinions, which you could use in writing?

• claim
• counterclaim
• fact
• opposing claim

What is the first step you should take with text dependent analysis?

• Scan the article
• Read the article
• Read the question
• Answer the question

What is a good way to scan each article?

• Non
• Read the entire article.
• Read the first sentence of each paragraph.
• Read the last sentence of the passage.

What is the second step in text dependent analysis?

• Scan the article,
• Read the article.
• Read the question.
• Answer the question.

What is a good step to take in planning when you read the question?

• Underline the first word in the question.
• Go back to the article immediately and underline a quote that matches it.
• Nothing
• Underline the most important words of the questions to understand what it is asking you to do.

What is a third step in TDA?

• Scan the question.
• Scan the passage.
• Read the passage.
• Answer the question.