Description
Teach students how to synthesize college-level publications on literacy, power, and education.
This unit includes 18 pages of professionally designed, easy-to-read, common-core aligned content for you and your students. Spend three weeks teaching your students how to read, annotate, and respond to scholarly articles all about the nature of higher education. This unit will help your students succeed through a practice essay exam and a group assignment in which they build a study guide for their class on one of the difficult reading selections, which are all available for free online. (Links are provided for you in the unit guide.)
Here is what else you'll be buying as part of the unit:
Introductory Materials
- Synthesis Unit Overview
- Calendar
- Learning Goals
- Unit Rationale
Prompts and Handouts
- Goal Setting Handout
- Prompt: Build a Study Tool (Group Project)
- Prompt: Practice Synthesis Essay
- Prompt: Final Synthesis Essay Prompt
Rubrics
- Build a Study Tool Rubric (Common-Core Aligned)
- Synthesis Essay Rubric (Common-Core Aligned)
Sample Essays
- Sample Practice Essay
- Sample Final Essay
This unit includes 18 pages of professionally designed, easy-to-read, common-core aligned content for you and your students. Spend three weeks teaching your students how to read, annotate, and respond to scholarly articles all about the nature of higher education. This unit will help your students succeed through a practice essay exam and a group assignment in which they build a study guide for their class on one of the difficult reading selections, which are all available for free online. (Links are provided for you in the unit guide.)
Here is what else you'll be buying as part of the unit:
Introductory Materials
- Synthesis Unit Overview
- Calendar
- Learning Goals
- Unit Rationale
Prompts and Handouts
- Goal Setting Handout
- Prompt: Build a Study Tool (Group Project)
- Prompt: Practice Synthesis Essay
- Prompt: Final Synthesis Essay Prompt
Rubrics
- Build a Study Tool Rubric (Common-Core Aligned)
- Synthesis Essay Rubric (Common-Core Aligned)
Sample Essays
- Sample Practice Essay
- Sample Final Essay
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Highlights
Grades
11th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Standards
CCSSRI.11-12.4
CCSSRI.11-12.5
CCSSW.11-12.1
Tags
Pages
18
Teaching Duration
3 Weeks
Description
Teach students how to synthesize college-level publications on literacy, power, and education.
This unit includes 18 pages of professionally designed, easy-to-read, common-core aligned content for you and your students. Spend three weeks teaching your students how to read, annotate, and respond to scholarly articles all about the nature of higher education. This unit will help your students succeed through a practice essay exam and a group assignment in which they build a study guide for their class on one of the difficult reading selections, which are all available for free online. (Links are provided for you in the unit guide.)
Here is what else you'll be buying as part of the unit:
Introductory Materials
- Synthesis Unit Overview
- Calendar
- Learning Goals
- Unit Rationale
Prompts and Handouts
- Goal Setting Handout
- Prompt: Build a Study Tool (Group Project)
- Prompt: Practice Synthesis Essay
- Prompt: Final Synthesis Essay Prompt
Rubrics
- Build a Study Tool Rubric (Common-Core Aligned)
- Synthesis Essay Rubric (Common-Core Aligned)
Sample Essays
- Sample Practice Essay
- Sample Final Essay
This unit includes 18 pages of professionally designed, easy-to-read, common-core aligned content for you and your students. Spend three weeks teaching your students how to read, annotate, and respond to scholarly articles all about the nature of higher education. This unit will help your students succeed through a practice essay exam and a group assignment in which they build a study guide for their class on one of the difficult reading selections, which are all available for free online. (Links are provided for you in the unit guide.)
Here is what else you'll be buying as part of the unit:
Introductory Materials
- Synthesis Unit Overview
- Calendar
- Learning Goals
- Unit Rationale
Prompts and Handouts
- Goal Setting Handout
- Prompt: Build a Study Tool (Group Project)
- Prompt: Practice Synthesis Essay
- Prompt: Final Synthesis Essay Prompt
Rubrics
- Build a Study Tool Rubric (Common-Core Aligned)
- Synthesis Essay Rubric (Common-Core Aligned)
Sample Essays
- Sample Practice Essay
- Sample Final Essay
Report this resource to TPT
Reported resources will be reviewed by our team. Report this resource to let us know if this resource violates TPT's content guidelines.
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Loved this for my synthesis unit
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I teach an honors English class that goes hand in hand with an AP History class. The students have been struggling with synthesis essays. This has been a great resource to connect the two classes!
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Sincerely,
Mrs. Barrett
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You are very welcome, Kimberly! If you can think of anything else you're in search for, please ping me. I am in the process of designing more resources, and I would be happy to tailor my products to teacher needs.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Barrett
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Standards
to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
CCSSRI.11-12.4
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze how an author uses and refines the meaning of a key term or terms over the course of a text (e.g., how Madison defines faction in Federalist No. 10).
CCSSRI.11-12.5
Analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of the structure an author uses in his or her exposition or argument, including whether the structure makes points clear, convincing, and engaging.
CCSSW.11-12.1
Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
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