Synthesizing Sources
The ability to synthesize ideas is a critical skill for the 21st century. Students must learn how to incorporate multiple sources into one paper and clearly show how these different voices contribute to a larger conversation. Typically, students bring sources together in order to extend, challenge, or illustrate an idea.
Synthesizing Sources Step-By-Step Process
Plan your lesson
Learning
Pathway
Pathway
Planning Journal
Teach the skill
Guide
Student Activity
Interactive Lesson
Differentiate and support learning
Synthesis Starters
Synthesis Table
Reading Rubrics
Assess and track growth
Performance Tracker
Teacher Reflection
Literacy Standards In Action
We've mapped our literacy lessons and reading, speaking, and writing skills to state standards, Common Core, and NGSS. The standards are "the what" to teach. Our lessons are "the how" to meet the expectations defined by the standards. Click on the links below to view our quick reference table that maps standards to literacy lessons.
R9
Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take.
W7
Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects based on focused questions, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.
W8
Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital resources, assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and integrate the information while avoiding plagiarism.
W9
Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
SL2
Integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
