Description
Teaching Slides, 5 Passages, Graphic Organizers (Fiction & Nonfiction)
Looking for a complete, ready-to-teach Text Dependent Analysis (TDA) writing unit for 4th grade? This comprehensive unit includes everything you need to explicitly teach students how to analyze text, cite evidence, and write strong, structured responses to both fiction and nonfiction passages.
This resource is perfect for state test prep, writing instruction, small groups, or whole-class lessons.
What’s Included:
✔️ Step-by-step teaching slides (Google Slides & PowerPoint compatible)
✔️ 5 original grade-level passages
- 3 Fiction
- 2 Nonfiction
✔️ TDA prompts for each passage
✔️ Scaffolded graphic organizers
✔️ Paragraph planning templates
✔️ Evidence tracking organizers
Skills Taught:
- Understanding the TDA prompt
- Analyzing fiction and nonfiction texts
- Identifying central idea/theme
- Using text evidence accurately
- Explaining evidence clearly
How This Unit Is Structured:
This unit walks students through the TDA process step-by-step:
- Breaking down the prompt
- Close reading strategies
- Highlighting and annotating text evidence
- Completing scaffolded organizers
- Drafting a full TDA response
- Revising with a checklist
- Writing independently
The gradual release model makes it easy to support struggling writers while challenging higher-level students.
Standards Alignment:
Aligned to 4th Grade Common Core Standards:
- RL.4.1 / RI.4.1 – Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences
- RL.4.2 / RI.4.2 – Determine theme or main idea and summarize the text
- W.4.2 – Write informative/explanatory texts
- W.4.9 – Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis
Why Teachers Love This Resource:
- Completely planned unit
- Minimal prep required
- Ready-to-use slides
- Scaffolded for diverse learners
- Includes both fiction and nonfiction
- Perfect for test prep season
- Builds student confidence with evidence-based writing
Perfect For:
- State test preparation
- Benchmark assessment prep
- Writing workshop
- Intervention groups
- Whole group instruction
Highlights
Description
Teaching Slides, 5 Passages, Graphic Organizers (Fiction & Nonfiction)
Looking for a complete, ready-to-teach Text Dependent Analysis (TDA) writing unit for 4th grade? This comprehensive unit includes everything you need to explicitly teach students how to analyze text, cite evidence, and write strong, structured responses to both fiction and nonfiction passages.
This resource is perfect for state test prep, writing instruction, small groups, or whole-class lessons.
What’s Included:
✔️ Step-by-step teaching slides (Google Slides & PowerPoint compatible)
✔️ 5 original grade-level passages
- 3 Fiction
- 2 Nonfiction
✔️ TDA prompts for each passage
✔️ Scaffolded graphic organizers
✔️ Paragraph planning templates
✔️ Evidence tracking organizers
Skills Taught:
- Understanding the TDA prompt
- Analyzing fiction and nonfiction texts
- Identifying central idea/theme
- Using text evidence accurately
- Explaining evidence clearly
How This Unit Is Structured:
This unit walks students through the TDA process step-by-step:
- Breaking down the prompt
- Close reading strategies
- Highlighting and annotating text evidence
- Completing scaffolded organizers
- Drafting a full TDA response
- Revising with a checklist
- Writing independently
The gradual release model makes it easy to support struggling writers while challenging higher-level students.
Standards Alignment:
Aligned to 4th Grade Common Core Standards:
- RL.4.1 / RI.4.1 – Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences
- RL.4.2 / RI.4.2 – Determine theme or main idea and summarize the text
- W.4.2 – Write informative/explanatory texts
- W.4.9 – Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis
Why Teachers Love This Resource:
- Completely planned unit
- Minimal prep required
- Ready-to-use slides
- Scaffolded for diverse learners
- Includes both fiction and nonfiction
- Perfect for test prep season
- Builds student confidence with evidence-based writing
Perfect For:
- State test preparation
- Benchmark assessment prep
- Writing workshop
- Intervention groups
- Whole group instruction
