SC Ready TDA

A student is writing a letter to the school principal. Read the draft of the letter and complete the task that follows. Dear Principal Wells, In order to relieve problems related to homework at Harkins Middle School, I propose the school schedule be extended by one hour. The extra time could be devoted solely to students completing class assignments and teachers assisting those who need help with homework. With an additional hour, students could focus on getting tasks done without the distractions that are common outside of school like television, siblings, and chores. Sometimes teachers run out of time in class to present material in new ways. The added hour could be used to give students the extra support necessary to master the concepts being taught. This change in schedule would solve almost all issues related to incomplete and missing student assignments. Even though people enjoy getting out of school to do fun activities like sports, music, or club meetings, those events can happen an hour later. Sincerely, Joseph Grant Which sentence provides the best conclusion to the paragraph?

• Both the teachers and students know that completing assignments and developing life skills are important.

• The sacrifice of an added hour would help the school and the students achieve their learning goals.

• After-school activities occurring later would be fine, especially since students would have little to no homework in the evening.

• If additional time were added to the school day, teachers might need to make adjustments to their after-school schedules as well.

In the first paragraph of a TDA, the first sentence should _____.

• be a transition

• be a summary

• be a hook

• be a thesis

In the first paragraph of a TDA, the second part should be a two sentence ___________.

• hook

• summary

• thesis

• transision

Your introductory TDA paragraph should contain all of the following EXCEPT ________.

• Hook

• Thesis

• Summary

• Title/Author

Every body paragraph of a TDA should start with ____.

• a hook

• a transition

• a verb

• a quote

If your TDA text is a poem, one of your reading elements should probably be _______.

• structure

• bias

• fact or opinion

• text features

If your TDA text is a play/drama, one of your reading elements should probably be _______.

• dialogue

• structure

• fact or opinion

• text features

The first thing you should do when you are starting a TDA is _______.

• Read the passage

• Annotate the passage

• Read the prompt

• Brainstorm

Which sentence provides the best conclusion to the paragraph?

• Both the teachers and students know that completing assignments and developing life skills are important.

• The sacrifice of an added hour would help the school and the students achieve their learning goals.

• After-school activities occurring later would be fine, especially since students would have little to no homework in the evening.

• If additional time were added to the school day, teachers might need to make adjustments to their after-school schedules as well.

In the first paragraph of a TDA, the first sentence should _____

• be a transition

• be a summary

• be a hook

• be a thesis