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Conquer state assessments

Grades 4-12 | ML Levels 3-5 | HANDOUT

Synthesize ideas before writing

Step 1: Collect

Collect text details organized by source.

Comprehension Voice Signs

Take notes from multiple texts.

PDF | Google Slide

Mini-Lesson Resources

Organize information collected from sources.

Synthesize & cite evidence from multiple sources.

Prepare students for on-screen reading.

Separate information by source & perspective.

Code texts to identify new, additional, & contradictory details.

Code new information. PDF | Smartboard

Mark new and contradictory information.

Step 2: Combine

Recognize what a synthesis is—and isn’t.

Clarify summary versus synthesis.

This Plus That, Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Practice 2-step synthesizing with visuals.

Visual Synthesis Examples

Lesson Resource

Organize contents from different “sources.”

Provide the synthesis for readers to support.

Writing From Sources Poster

Pre-select details for readers to synthesize.

Single-Synthesis Template

School Uniforms Example

Generate a working synthesis

Teacher Resource | Synthesis Process

Template | PDF
Google Slide | B/W | Color

Synthesize from multiple sources.
Lesson | PDF | Smartboard

The Yes, MA’AM strategy can be adapted
to fit the requirements of an extended reading response.

Access wildfire example

3 original passages | Notes & Syntheses | Syntheses written into an extended response