Georgia 6.T.C.2.d

ELA6th GradeAuthors & Speakers

The Standard

Use credible sources 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 Students Need to Do: Students turn an academic or personal interest into a focused research question. They locate relevant sources, judge whether each source is trustworthy, and use evidence to answer the question.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student finds at least two relevant sources and checks the author, date, publisher, evidence, and purpose. The student answers the question in their own words and supports the answer with details from those sources.
Common Misconceptions: Students may trust the first search result, a polished website, or a familiar domain without checking the author and evidence. They may copy a search snippet or use one source without confirming the answer elsewhere.
How to Assess It: Exit ticket: Answer “How does sleep affect learning?” using one source, then list the author, date, publisher, and one reason the source is credible.

Lesson moves

Give pairs six printed source cards to sort into credible, questionable, and unreliable piles, then require one reason for each choice.
Ask students to write which matters most when judging a source: author, date, evidence, publisher, or purpose, and explain why.
Play Source Detective by showing website descriptions and awarding points when teams identify credibility clues or warning signs.
Students research a school issue, such as lunch choices or homework time, and recommend one change using evidence from two credible sources.

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