Georgia 10.T.RA.1
Georgia Standard (Expectation Cluster)
Research & Inquiry Conduct research, generating questions to guide investigations of complex topics of interest and using credible sources to support analyses.
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards · Texts (T)
Cluster contents
Expectations in This Standard
10.T.RA.1 is a Georgia English Language Arts standard. These are the expectations under it.
- 10.T.RA.1.a
Generate questions to guide research, make connections between complex topics, explore creative solutions, narrow focus, and/or refine text creation. (I)
- 10.T.RA.1.b
Use analytical findings to support a research question or thesis, citing appropriately. (I)
- 10.T.RA.1.c
Integrate paraphrased, summarized, and quoted material into original texts in various ways for intended purposes that strengthen the writing, citing the sources...
Teacher's field guide
What This Cluster Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students turn a broad, complex topic into focused questions that can guide an investigation. They find credible sources, select relevant evidence, and connect that evidence to their own analysis.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student develops a focused question that allows for more than a simple factual answer. The student selects trustworthy, relevant sources and explains how specific evidence supports an original claim.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may treat a broad topic as a research question or refuse to revise their first question. They may trust the first search result, assume certain domains are always reliable, or summarize evidence without analyzing it.
How to Assess It
- Give students a topic and three source blurbs. Ask them to write one focused question, select the most credible source, and use one detail to support a claim.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give groups six printed source cards to sort by credibility, then require them to label the evidence behind each decision.
Ask students to revise the topic social media into three research questions, then explain which question would produce the strongest analysis.
Run a credibility bracket where pairs compare two sources at a time and advance the source with stronger authorship, evidence, and publication details.
Have students investigate a school issue, such as phone rules or lunch waste, and prepare an evidence-based recommendation for the principal.
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