Things to remember (per the State Department):
Most of this is information that has been shared with you before, but I want you to be sure to see the resources shared at the bottom of this post....
To respond to a TDA prompt, students must read a literary or informational text and then write an essay that draws evidence, both explicit and implicit, from the text to support their analysis using effective written communication knowledge and skills
In preparation for college and career and in keeping with the criteria set forth in the Profile of the South Carolina Graduate, our students will no longer be asked to respond to a DOK level 1 prompt, but instead a DOK level 3 prompt.
Top Ten of TDA
1. Realize there is a difference between assigning writing and teaching writing
2. Stop using writing prompts that are isolated from text - Isolated prompts are DOK 1, TDA is DOK 3
3. Realize that all domains on a rubric are not created equal - if convention errors are not interfering with the reading of the response, it won’t have a huge impact on student score
4. Discourage formulaic writing - will score lower - no sentence or paragraph specifications - focus on quality, not quantity - focus on logical organization of the response
5. Graceful incorporation of borrowed information - how to properly use and cite information from text
6. Emphasize what analysis means in this context - drawing a conclusion and using text to support that conclusion
7. Writing instruction needs to be more sophisticated - should evolve as you progress through the grade levels - need a vertical learning progression for reading and writing
8. Close reading is important - analysis of text - TDA is asking for originally thinking of the student supported by evidence from the text.
9. Summary response will be scored a “1”. Students need to grow their own ideas off of the text, not just summarize what they read.
10. The more quotes, the more distracting the response can become. Again, student thinking/analysis should be the bulk of the response - when reading a paper you should highlight the analysis or original thinking first - that is the most important part of the response.
Resources shared:
I'm sorry that I don't have grade levels on these - they weren't given to me. Look over them and decide what you can use/modify for your classroom. Be sure to pay attention to the chart on the last page of the two excerpts!
The Giver:
Unbroken:
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