Informative & Research Writing
Aligned to W.11-12.2 — Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.
What this lesson teaches
Sustained research answers a real question or solves a problem by synthesizing several authoritative sources. You assess each source's strengths and limitations and weave them together without plagiarizing.
Worked example
Investigating renewable energy costs, you combine a government report, a peer-reviewed study, and an industry article, noting that the industry source may be biased, and synthesize them into one argument.
Practice questions
- Plan a research question that requires multiple sources.
- Note one strength and one limitation of a source.
- Synthesize three sources into a single supported conclusion.
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Escritura Informativa e Investigación
Una investigación sólida responde una pregunta real o resuelve un problema sintetizando varias fuentes confiables. Evalúas las fortalezas y limitaciones de cada fuente y las integras sin plagiar.
Ejemplo: Al investigar los costos de la energía renovable, combinas un informe gubernamental, un estudio revisado por expertos y un artículo de la industria; señalas que la fuente industrial puede ser parcial y las sintetizas en un solo argumento.
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