Virginia SOL 11.C.3.C
The Standard
Monitor, organize, analyze, and synthesize multiple streams of simultaneous information to create a summary or formulate a position.
Virginia Standards of Learning for English · Integrating Multimodal Literacies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students take in information presented at the same time through speech, visuals, captions, or data. They sort key ideas, compare sources, and create a concise summary or defensible claim.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students record accurate notes, group related evidence, and identify information that agrees or conflicts. They produce an objective summary or a clear position supported by relevant evidence from more than one stream.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may treat every detail as equally useful, focus only on the speaker, or collect disconnected notes. They may insert opinions into a summary or take a position based on one source while ignoring conflicting evidence.
How to Assess It
- Play a 90-second news clip with narration, captions, and a data graphic. Ask students to write a three-sentence summary and one claim supported by two different information streams.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Students watch a two-minute weather report, then sort color-coded sticky notes from narration, map, and ticker into main ideas and details.
Ask, “Which information stream changed your understanding, and what evidence from another stream supports or challenges it?”
Play “Signal or Noise”: teams sort details from a speech, slide, and chart into relevant, repeated, or conflicting evidence.
Students examine a city council update with captions and budget graphics, then write a recommendation for a proposed local project.
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Related Standards
- 10.R.1.D
Synthesize multiple streams of information from a variety of sources to support claims and introduce counterclaims.
- 12.C.3.C
Synthesize multiple streams of information on the same or similar topic to create a summary or formulate a position.
- 9.C.3.B
Monitor, analyze, and use multiple streams of simultaneous information.
- 10.C.3.B
Monitor, analyze, and use multiple streams of simultaneous information.
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