Informing the World: Research and Expository Writing · Informational Writing

Synthesizing Multiple Sources

Learn to combine information from two different texts on the same topic to write or speak knowledgeably.

Key Questions

  1. 1What happens when two different authors provide conflicting information on the same subject?
  2. 2How do we determine which facts are most important when summarizing multiple sources?
  3. 3In what ways does seeing a video on a topic change our understanding of a written text?

Common Core State Standards

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.9CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.8
Grade: 4th Grade
Subject: English Language Arts
Unit: Informing the World: Research and Expository Writing
Period: Informational Writing

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