Georgia 7.T.RA.1

7.T.RA.1 is a Georgia English Language Arts standard. These are the expectations under it.

• 7.T.RA.1.a

  Generate questions to guide research and make connections between related topics of interest, formulating questions to investigate complex topics and ideas. (I)

• 7.T.RA.1.b

  Conduct research by locating, gathering, curating, and integrating information from credible sources (including print, digital, and personal communication) abou...

• 7.T.RA.1.c

  Draw from accumulated knowledge and research to analyze texts, supporting, challenging, or extending ideas and information. (C)

01

What Students Need to Do

Students turn a broad topic into focused research questions and useful follow-up questions. They find credible sources, collect relevant evidence, and use it to support an analysis.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

Students write focused, open-ended questions and revise them as they learn more. They select credible sources, explain why each source is reliable, and connect evidence from multiple sources to their analysis.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students often choose the first search result or assume a .org site is automatically trustworthy. They may gather interesting facts that do not answer their research question. Some write questions that are too broad or can be answered with yes or no.

04

How to Assess It

Give students three source cards about school start times. Ask them to write one focused question, choose the most credible source, explain why, and cite one detail that supports an answer.

1. 01

   Give groups source cards with authors, dates, evidence, and website details, then have them rank the sources from most to least credible.

2. 02

   Ask students to write three research questions about one topic, then explain which question would lead to the strongest investigation.

3. 03

   Play Source Sleuth by showing search results and awarding points when teams identify credibility clues and relevant evidence.

4. 04

   Have students investigate a proposed school change, using district data and student interviews to write an evidence-based recommendation.

• 8.T.RA.1

  The 8th Grade version of this standard.

• 12.T.RA.1

  The 12th Grade version of this standard.

• 6.T.RA.1

  The 6th Grade version of this standard.

• 11.T.RA.1

  The 11th Grade version of this standard.