Georgia 6.T.RA.2.a
The Standard
Locate evidence in print and digital sources to support a central idea or question, recording basic bibliographic information, such as author, title, and page number. (I)
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards · Texts (T) · Research & Analysis
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students search books, articles, and websites for details that answer a research question or back a central idea. They save each useful detail with basic source information so they can find and credit it later.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students find a sentence or passage that directly answers the question or supports the main point. They record enough source details to find the evidence again and explain why it fits.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may choose details related to the topic but not the central idea or question. They may copy evidence without noting the author, title, or page number, or treat a search result snippet as a source.
How to Assess It
- Give students a short article and ask, “Why did the community change its recycling rules?” Students copy one supporting sentence and list the author, title, and page number.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Set up print and website stations where students highlight one useful detail and complete a source card for each text.
Ask students to write two sentences explaining why one selected quotation supports the class research question better than another.
Play Evidence Match by having teams pair question cards with evidence cards, then earn points for recording the correct source details.
Use school lunch menus and nutrition webpages to gather evidence for a recommendation about adding or replacing one cafeteria item.
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