TDA: Poetry Quiz

Writer's Checklist for the Text-Dependent Analysis Prompt

PLAN before you write:

- Make sure you read the prompt carefully.

-Make sure you have read the entire poem carefully.

-Think about how the prompt relates to the poem.

-Organize your ideas on scratch paper. Use a thought map, outline, or other graphic organizer to plan your essay.

FOCUS while you write:

-Analyze the information from the passage as you write your essay.

-Make sure you use evidence from the passage to support your response.

-Use Precise language, a variety of sentence types, and transitions in your essay.

-Organize your paper with an introduction, body, and conclusion.

PROOFREAD after you write:

-Did you stay focused and respond to the prompt?

-Did you use evidence to support your response?

-Did you correct errors in capitalization, spelling, sentence formation, punctuation, and word choice?