SAS Portal Login Menu TDA Toolkit Text Dependent Analysis prompts expect students to read complex text(s), either narrative or informational, and provide a critical response by drawing evidence from text(s) to “support analysis, reflection, and research” using effective communication skills to write an essay in response to a prompt. In their response, a student needs to make inferences about the author’s meaning, using both explicit and implicit evidence to support an overall analysis of the reading elements (literary and literary nonfiction) found within the text. This toolkit is designed to provide guidance and direction to teachers pertaining to the teaching, learning, and assessing of text dependent analysis. Introduction Research TDA Series Learning Progressions Instructional Prompt Guides with Annotated Student Responses, Close Reading Lessons, and Replacement Units Introduction The Text Dependent Analysis (TDA) grade-span Learning Progressions (LPs) are designed to be used as an instructional tool. The TDA LPs are structured in grade spans (3-5 and 6-8) with four levels, Beginning, Emerging, Developing, and Meeting. The levels describe the typical path seen in student responses as the student moves toward demonstrating more sophisticated understanding of analysis. The LPs include descriptions of student work which characterize each level from the beginning TDA writer to one who is meeting the expectations of text dependent analysis essay writing. The TDA LPs can be used by teachers to identify student strengths and needs based on what a student can do at a specific point in time. This informs the teacher's instructional decision-making about moving student comprehension, analysis, and writing to the next level. Copyright © 2021 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Help Contact Us Terms of Use FAQ

SAS Portal Login Menu Early Learning: Pre-Kindergarten to Grade 3 OCDEL Curriculum Framework specifies what is to be taught for each subject in the curriculum. In Pennsylvania, Curriculum Frameworks include Big Ideas, Concepts, Competencies, and Essential Questions aligned to Standards. All of these components can be found within the Learning Standards for Early Childhood. Linking Standards to Curriculum Linking Standards to Curriculum Linking Standards to Curriculum and Assessment Opens up a PDF file in a new tab PA Early Learning Standards and Head Start Alignment PreK Opens up a PDF file in a new tab PA Learning Standards for Early Childhood Continuum Opens up a PDF file in a new tab Copyright © 2021 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Help Contact Us Terms of Use FAQ