Choose targeted search language
Identify the question’s main topic and limiting feature. Construct the supplied focused query and check returned source titles before reading.
About 20 minutes, plus any extended practice
Open lesson 1Search, Source Roles and Productive Discussion
Apply choose targeted search language, identify a source’s relationship to an event, avoid unacknowledged borrowing, make a constructive discussion move using supplied texts and original responses.
Before you begin
- Ask a focused question and record source information.
Choose by skill rather than age alone. Read with an adult when useful, revisit a lesson, or explore another grade.
Follow the lesson sequence
Identify a source’s relationship to an event
Use the source’s creation role and purpose. Do not assume firsthand means complete or unbiased.
About 20 minutes, plus any extended practice
Open lesson 2Avoid unacknowledged borrowing
Compare draft to the supplied source and identify how much wording or meaning is borrowed. Apply the matching treatment.
About 20 minutes, plus any extended practice
Open lesson 3Make a constructive discussion move
Identify what the reply does to the earlier contribution. Use supplied evidence rather than a personal insult when challenging.
About 20 minutes, plus any extended practice
Open lesson 4Review and transfer
After the lessons, try 4 new review cases and a practical task. Each answer has an explanation and a link back to the related lesson.
Open the unit reviewGuest answers are temporary. Keep your own paper or document; this unit does not certify completion or record a school grade.
Topic references
- Common Core State Standards ELA topic references; not certified alignment: topic reference — Search, Source Roles and Productive Discussion
These references informed the topic selection. They do not certify complete standards alignment.