Georgia 10.T.C.2.d
The Standard
Synthesize information from a variety of credible sources used to research the answers to questions on academic and individual topics of interest. (C)
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards · Texts (T) · Context
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students gather relevant ideas from several trustworthy sources to answer a focused research question. They compare claims, evidence, and viewpoints across sources. They combine those ideas into one clear explanation or conclusion.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student selects relevant evidence from multiple credible sources and explains why each source can be trusted. The student connects ideas across sources to form a clear answer, rather than presenting separate summaries.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may list facts from separate sources without explaining how the ideas connect. They may treat the first search result as reliable or choose evidence that does not answer the research question. Some confuse synthesis with copying or summarizing each source one at a time.
How to Assess It
- Give students three short source excerpts, including one weak source. Ask them to choose two credible excerpts and write a three-sentence answer that connects evidence from both.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs four printed source cards, then have them sort by credibility and build one evidence chain answering a shared question.
Ask students to write: How do two authors' findings combine to answer our question more fully than either source alone?
Run a synthesis match game where teams pair claims with evidence from different sources and explain how each pairing strengthens an answer.
Have students research a school issue, such as phone rules, and write a recommendation using evidence from a policy, survey, and expert source.
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