TDA
A complete TDA answer has how many parts? (Think of the hamburger.)
8
Always start a sentence with a _____.
capital letter
A person, place or thing is a _______.
Noun
What do you call a word that describes a verb?
Adverb
Which sentence is past progressive?
A. She will be leaving early
B. She left early.
C. She was leaving early.
C. was leaving
What are the words used to begin a TDA? (Top bun)
This essay analyzes...
When do you capitalize a word? (3)
Beginning of a sentence
proper noun - names
I
A word that describes a noun is an _______.
Adjective
What is wrong with this sentence?
The two girls is getting ready for the game.
Is should be are.
Change this sentence from past to future tense.
Maddison helped clean up the playground.
Maddison will help clean up the playground.
What part tells what you have learned? (Meat)
Analysis
How do you end a sentence to show excitement?
!
Which is correct:
A. I will wear a new blue cotton shirt.
B. I will wear a cotton new blue shirt.
A
What word is incorrect?
The Norristown Library is open on monday at noon.
Monday
Which sentence is incorrect?
(1)Principal Vaught cares about all her students. (2)She checks on them every week. (3)She looked at report cards to be sure her students were learning. (4)Principal Vaught allows fun activities as a reward.
Sentence 3
What part of the TDA is the lettuce on the burger?
The answer
If a sentence is missing the subject(noun) or the predicate(verb) it is considered a ______.
Fragment
We went ____ go with your family to to the party.
A. to
B. two
C. too
A. to
What is missing?
Fernando's brother went to the movies but Fernando stayed home.
Comma before but.
Change the sentence from future to future progressive tense.
The fourth graders will take the PSSA test this week.
The fourth graders will be taking the PSSA test this week.
What part of the TDA has the most information and what words start it?
Text evidence (cheese)
In the text it says...
Keenan rode his bike to school and he locked it up then he went into school and at the end of the day he rode it home.
What is wrong with this sentence?
It is a run on.
The boy _____won is my my brother.
A. whose
B. whom
C. who
C. who
Where is the error?
What time is lunch.
? should be at the end.
Add/change two pieces of information to make this sentence more specific.
The ladies went to the store to buy food.
Example: My mom and grandmom went to Shoprite to buy fruits and vegetables.