TDA Review

What do you do first in a TDA?

• Read the text.

• Write the introduction.

• Read the prompt.

When you do you read the text?

• As soon as you get the paper

• After you write your introduction

• After you deconstruct the prompt

What makes the "Say" column in the chart?

• evidence from the text

• your analysis

• your introduction

What does "deconstruct the prompt" mean?

• take apart the prompt to understand it

• read the prompt

• write the introduction

What do you use to write the introduction?

• The say, mean, matter chart

• the text

• the prompt

What does the "Say" column of the chart?

• why it matters

• evidence from the text

• answer the prompt

What are the two ways you cite evidence from the text?

• deconstruct and paraphrase

• quote and copy

• quote and paraphrase

Which piece of evidence is quoted correctly?

Text:

Monarchs migrate north so that they can lay their eggs on milkweed plants. After the eggs hatch, the larvae feed off of the milkweed plant on which they were places. The milkweed plant is the only thing the larvae can eat! The monarch migration is one of the greatest phenomena in the insect world.

• "The monarch migration is one of the greatest phenmen in the insect world."

• According to the text, "The monarch migration is one of the greatest phenomena in the insect world.

• According to the text, "The monarch migration is one of the greatest phenomena in the insect world."

• According to the text, the monarch migration is one of the greatest phenomena in the insect world.

Which piece of evidence is paraphrased correctly?

Text:

Monarch butterflies are considered the "king" of the butterflies. They are known for their mass migration, or seasonal movement from one region to another, that brings them to Mexico or California each winter. Monarch butterflies that are born in the late summer or early fall make the migration.

• Monarch butterflies are named the "king" of the butterflies.

• Monarch butterflies migrate from Mexico to California each winter.

• They are known for their mass migration.

• "Monarch butterflies are considered the 'king' of the butterflies."

What two questions do you ask yourself when you deconstruct the prompt?

• Who or what is it about

  and

  What evidence do I highlight?

• Who or what is it about?

  and

  What about them?

• What about them?

  and

  Why did the author write this?