Virginia SOL 9.R.1.E

ELA9th GradeEvaluation and Synthesis of Information

The Standard

Create research products aligned with the demands of the reading and writing standards.

Virginia Standards of Learning for English

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students investigate a focused question, select credible sources, and combine information rather than listing separate summaries. They create a research product that meets the task, audience, format, evidence, and citation requirements.
What Mastery Looks Like: Students produce a clear, organized product that answers the research question and fits the assigned audience and format. They blend evidence from credible sources, explain connections, cite correctly, and revise for clarity.
Common Misconceptions: Students may collect facts without answering a focused research question. They may copy quotations, summarize each source separately, or cite unreliable sources without connecting evidence to a claim.
How to Assess It: Give students two short source excerpts and this exit prompt: “Write one claim and support it by synthesizing evidence from both sources with citations.”

Lesson moves

Run an evidence sort using printed source cards, with students grouping facts by claim and removing details that do not answer the question.
Ask students to write: “How do my sources agree, disagree, or add different details to my answer?”
Play Citation Relay, where teams revise quotation cards by adding context, citations, and explanation before passing them to the next teammate.
Have students create a one page community briefing that uses local data and news sources to recommend a solution to a school issue.

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