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LCS ~ Text Dependent Writing

LCS ~ Text Dependent Writing. December 3, 2012. Rational . The new Text Dependent Writing (TDW) is designed to test your ability to read, organize information, draw conclusion, and write a well organized response with evidence to support your answer. Step one - Reading .

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LCS ~ Text Dependent Writing

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  1. LCS ~ Text Dependent Writing December 3, 2012

  2. Rational • The new Text Dependent Writing (TDW) is designed to test your ability to read, organize information, draw conclusion, and write a well organized response with evidence to support your answer.

  3. Step one - Reading • Glance over the passage, organizer, and question. • Read the passage. Stop periodically to summarize in your head. • Feel free to make marks on the passage, underline, etc.

  4. Step Two - Prewriting • Answer any multiple choice questions. (Keep in mind that these will relate to the writing prompt.) • Read the directions for completing the graphic organizer and review the prompt. • Complete the GO completely

  5. Step three - Writing • Read the prompt. You may want to number the questions or steps required to completely answer the question. • Begin with a topic sentence. • Answer the questions and give evidence to support your answer. Be sure to explain how or why your evidence supports your answer. • At the end, sum it up.

  6. Step four – editing & revising • If you finish early early, double check your response for spelling, punctuation, word choice, etc.

  7. Tips for High scoring TDW • Introduce the topic clearly, previewing what is to follow. • Develop the topic with relevant, well-chosen facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples. • Use appropriate and varied transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts. • Use precise language to inform about or explain the topic • Establish and maintain a formal style. • Provide a concluding section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented (and returns to the quotation used in the thesis statement). • Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard written english

  8. Consider the Rubric • You are striving to score a 12. • Let’s review the rubric.

  9. Sample – What does this need? • In the short story “Thank You Ma’am,” Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones could be described as an authoritarian. This trait is evident from the beginning of the story to the end of the story. When he tried to steal her purse, she kicked him the “blue jean sitter” and snatched him up and shook him. She even said, “Ain’t you ashamed of yourself. At the end, she gave him $10 and said, “Next time don’t latch on to my purse nor nobody else’s…” Clearly, she was an authoritarian

  10. Take a moment to look over your TDW from class. • Zebra • A Retrieved Reformation • Thank You Ma’am • Reflect – What did you do well? What do you need to focus on?

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