CurriculumGrade 12English Language Arts

Integrating and Evaluating Multiple Sources

Aligned to RI.11-12.7 — Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.

What this lesson teaches

Synthesize information from several sources and formats — text, data, media — and judge each source's reliability to form a reasoned conclusion.

Worked example

Researching a policy, you weigh a study, a news report, and a chart, noting which is most current and credible before concluding.

Practice questions

  1. How do you decide which source is most reliable?
  2. Synthesize two sources that partly disagree.
  3. Why integrate formats like charts with text?

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En español

Integración y Evaluación de Múltiples Fuentes

Sintetiza información de varias fuentes y formatos —texto, datos, medios— y evalúa la confiabilidad de cada fuente para llegar a una conclusión razonada.

Ejemplo: Al investigar una política pública, analizas un estudio, una nota periodística y una gráfica; identificas cuál es más actual y confiable antes de concluir.

More Reading: Informational lessons

Citing Evidence in Argument and ReportRI.11-12.1Two Central Ideas and Their InteractionRI.11-12.2How Ideas and Events Interact Over TimeRI.11-12.3Technical and Figurative Meaning in NonfictionRI.11-12.4Evaluating the Structure of an ArgumentRI.11-12.5Purpose and Powerful RhetoricRI.11-12.6

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