6.12.F

ELA6th GradeThe student engages in both short-term and sustained recursive inquiry processes for a variety of purposes.

The Standard

synthesize information from a variety of sources

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for English Language Arts and Reading

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students gather connected facts and ideas from multiple texts, images, charts, or videos. They combine those details to explain a topic or reach a conclusion, rather than listing separate summaries.
What Mastery Looks Like: Students group related evidence from several texts, visuals, or media and explain how the pieces fit together. They form a clear conclusion, note agreements or conflicts, and identify which source supports each point.
Common Misconceptions: Students often summarize each source separately instead of combining ideas. They may copy facts without explaining connections, ignore conflicting details, or treat every source as equally reliable.
How to Assess It: Give students two short passages and one chart about school start times. Ask them to write three sentences combining one idea from each source into a clear conclusion.

Lesson moves

Give groups three source cards about plastic waste, then have them sort facts by shared ideas and build one combined claim.
Ask students to write: How do the sources agree, differ, and change your understanding of the topic?
Play Evidence Match by having teams pair claims with supporting details from three labeled sources and explain each match.
Compare a weather report, radar map, and school notice to decide whether an outdoor event should be moved inside.

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