Grade 10 Lesson plan
Havelock Ridge Switches to Chloramine: A Synthesis Lesson
A grade 10 ELA lesson in which students narrow a question about a fictional district's chloramine switch and synthesize three sources into one attributed paragraph.
Common Core ELA · Grades 9–10
W.9-10.7 Short and sustained research projects
Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.
Why water teaches this standard well
Students conduct sustained research projects that synthesize multiple sources, such as evaluating whether their region's water supply can support its projected growth. Water supply questions demand exactly the narrowing, broadening, and synthesis of sources this standard describes.
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11 materials aligned to W.9-10.7
Lesson plans
Grade 9 Lesson plan
Two Sources on the Tessit Sands Aquifer: A Grade 9 Synthesis Lesson
A 55-minute grade 9 lesson in which students synthesize a fictional water district fact sheet and a growers newsletter into one attributed paragraph.
Grade 9 Lesson plan
Narrowing a Research Question About Wrenmarsh's Old Water Mains
A grade 9 ELA research lesson where students narrow a broad question about a fictional town's aging water mains and test four supplied sources against it.
Classroom activities
Grade 10 Classroom activity
Harlow Springs Newsroom Source Desk: A Credibility Activity
A grade 10 ELA station activity where students act as newsroom fact-checkers, rating five sources on a fictional discolored-water event for credibility and relevance.
Projects
Grade 10 Project
The Farrowgate Ledger Water Tank Opinion Portfolio
A five-session grade 10 ELA project in which students research a fictional town's aging water tank and publish an op-ed, an opposing rebuttal, and an editor's note.
Grade 10 Project
The Havenbrook Water Explainer: A Research Writing Project
A five-session grade 10 project in which teams turn a four-document utility packet into a four-page plain-language explainer and present it to a library board.
Grade 9 Project
After the Wendle River Flood: A Corriebrook Return-Home Health Kit
Teams rank post-flood health hazards from five fictional notices and build a door hanger, a tap-water decision chart, and a 60-second alert for returning families.
Grade 9 Project
Writing the Norling Water Reclamation Plant Explainer
A four-session grade 9 technical writing project producing a lobby explainer for a fictional reclamation plant, with defined terms, ordered steps, and an analogy.
Quizzes & test questions
Grade 10 Quiz & test questions
Four Sources on the Yarrowby Well Field PFAS Result
A grade 10 quiz on evaluating and synthesizing four short sources about a PFOA result in a fictional town's wells, with ten items and a full answer key.
Graphic organizers
Grade 10 Graphic organizer
Westbrae Digester Sources: A Research Synthesis Matrix
A grade 10 organizer for narrowing a research question and sorting five sources by what each can answer, with a completed exemplar on a fictional digester decision.
Grade 9 Graphic organizer
Five Sources on the Wexcombe PFAS Results
A grade 9 source appraisal grid that sorts five fictional sources about one well test by who made them, what evidence they carry, and what they cannot answer.