8.12.F

ELA8th 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 combine facts, ideas, and viewpoints from several sources to reach a broader understanding. They connect agreements, differences, and missing information instead of reporting each source separately.
What Mastery Looks Like: Students make a clear claim or conclusion using evidence from two or more sources. They explain where sources agree, differ, or add new details, while citing each source accurately.
Common Misconceptions: Students often summarize each source separately instead of connecting ideas across them. They may copy shared facts, ignore conflicting evidence, or combine claims without identifying where the information came from.
How to Assess It: Give students two short passages about school start times. Ask them to write three sentences that state one conclusion, use evidence from both passages, and explain how the evidence connects.

Lesson moves

Give pairs three color-coded articles and sticky notes, then have them build a concept map showing shared, unique, and conflicting ideas.
Ask students to write: How do these two authors explain the issue differently, and what fuller conclusion can you draw?
Play Synthesis Sort by having teams place evidence cards under agreement, disagreement, or added detail, then defend each placement.
Compare a product review, advertisement, and customer rating page, then write a recommendation that uses information from all three sources.

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