This is an easy, step by step, template of how to get your students to respond to text dependent analysis questions. No longer will your students answer a questions with, "Because it said it in the story"! They will be able to make a claim, support their claim in their own words and by citing text evidence, explain why their answer and the text evidence supports their claim, and summarize what they have written. Use this as morning work or small group work. Students will be engaged in text and t