TDA Lesson

What strategy should you use when reading the TDA prompt?

• Underline the first word in the prompt.

• Underline the last sentence of the prompt.

• Nothing

• Underline the components from the prompt to understand what it is asking you to do.

Your inferences should _________ how your evidence relates to your topic sentence.

• explain

• question

• repeat

• quote

What is a thesis statement?

• The first sentence in your TDA.

• The sentence that proves your evidence.

• The sentence that tells the reader what each paragraph will be about.

• The sentence that transitions your thoughts from paragraph to paragraph.

How well do you think you understand the Text Dependent Analysis?

• NOVICE: I’m just starting to learn this, and I don’t really understand it yet.

• APPRENTICE: I’m starting to get it, but I still need someone to coach me through it.

• PRACTITIONER: I can mostly do it by myself, but I sometimes mess up or get stuck.

• EXPERT: I understand it well, and I could teach it to someone else.

The three main parts that should be included when writing a TDA. (Check all that apply)

• Introduction

• Body

• Pictures

• Conclusion

How many paragraph should you have in your TDA?

• 1

• 2-3

• 3-5

• 6

After the text evidence, you need...

• an explanation

• a topic sentence

• a summary

Examples, ideas, or direct quotations from the text that support your answer is _________________________.

• A Conjunction

• Figurative language

• The Theme

• The Evidence

What is the purpose of a TDA lesson in English?

• To analyze text-dependent questions

• To write a summary of a text

• To memorize vocabulary

• To practice speaking skills

Which of the following is a key component of a TDA response?

• A personal opinion

• A detailed summary

• Textual evidence

• A list of characters