Georgia 8.T.RA.2
Georgia Standard (Expectation Cluster)
Curating Sources & Evidence Utilize multiple print and digital texts to address a specific topic or question, assessing source credibility and relevance and integrating evidence properly to avoid plagiarism.
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards · Texts (T)
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Expectations in This Standard
8.T.RA.2 is a Georgia English Language Arts standard. These are the expectations under it.
- 8.T.RA.2.a
Locate evidence in print, digital, and multimodal sources to support a central idea or question, consulting Modern Language Association (MLA) guidelines to dete...
- 8.T.RA.2.b
Analyze print, digital, and multimodal sources for accuracy, credibility, and relevance, determining whether the ideas and information support the topic under i...
- 8.T.RA.2.c
Follow Modern Language Association (MLA) guidelines when integrating textual evidence, clearly identifying and citing the ideas and information of others and en...
Teacher's field guide
What This Cluster Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students gather information from several print and online sources to answer a focused question. They judge each source’s trustworthiness and usefulness, then quote or paraphrase evidence with clear credit.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students select sources by checking the author, publisher, date, evidence, purpose, and connection to the question. They combine quotations and paraphrases from several sources, explain the evidence, and cite each source clearly.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may assume the first search result, a polished webpage, or a .org address is automatically trustworthy. They may choose a credible source that does not answer their exact question. Some copy sentence patterns, change a few words, or omit citations for paraphrases.
How to Assess It
- Give students three brief sources about later school start times. Ask them to select the best two, justify each choice, and write one cited paraphrase combining evidence from both.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs six printed webpages and articles; students label author, publisher, date, evidence, and possible bias, then rank the sources.
Ask, “Should our school start later?” Students write a claim, use two sources, and explain why each source deserves trust.
Run a paraphrase relay: teams rewrite a source sentence without copying its structure, add a citation, then check one another’s work.
Have students research a school policy question and prepare a one-page brief for the principal using three credited sources.
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Related Standards
- 6.T.RA.2
The 6th Grade version of this standard.
- 7.T.RA.2
The 7th Grade version of this standard.
- 3.T.RA.2
Curating Sources & Evidence Integrate evidence from print and digital sources, assessing credibility and relevance and avoiding plagiarism.
- 4.T.RA.2
Curating Sources & Evidence Integrate evidence from print and digital sources, assessing credibility and relevance and avoiding plagiarism.
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