Grade 6 · Reading · Lesson 20

Synthesize ideas from multiple sources

When you read two or more sources on the same topic, you can do more than summarize each one separately. You can synthesise — weave the ideas together into a single, richer understanding. Synthesis is the skill of taking what Source A says and what Source B adds, finding where they agree or differ, and forming a new unified insight of your own.

What this lesson teaches

1Identify the main idea contributed by each of two or more sources on the same topic
2Combine ideas from different sources into a single unified statement
3Distinguish between summarizing one source and synthesising across sources
4Write a synthesis paragraph that weaves evidence from at least two sources

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