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title: "6.T.RA.2: Curating Sources and Evidence (Georgia English Language Arts standard)"
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# 6.T.RA.2: Curating Sources and Evidence

Utilize multiple print and digital texts to address a specific topic or question, assessing source credibility and relevance and integrating evidence properly to avoid plagiarism.

- Subject: English Language Arts
- Appears in: Grade 6, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/ela/grade-6.md

## Expectations

- **6.T.RA.2.a**: Locate evidence in print and digital sources to support a central idea or question, recording basic bibliographic information, such as author, title, and page number. (I)
- **6.T.RA.2.b**: Analyze print and digital texts to identify features of credible, relevant sources and to determine indicators that might signal unreliable sources. (I)
- **6.T.RA.2.c**: Use basic parenthetical citations to credit authors when quoting or paraphrasing texts, ensuring each source is accompanied by a basic entry on a works cited page. (C)

## Georgia Milestones coverage

- English Language Arts Grade 6 (EOG). Texts — Constructing Texts. Research & Analysis Students use, discuss, analyze, and curate texts as they engage in various conversations, activities, and projects about a range of grade-level texts and topics. (about 17% of the test; 10 points; shared with other standards, so count these points once and never add them up per standard)
- English Language Arts Grade 6 (EOG). Texts — Interpreting Texts. Research & Analysis Students use, discuss, analyze, and curate texts as they engage in various conversations, activities, and projects about a range of grade-level texts and topics. (about 10% of the test; 6 points; shared with other standards, so count these points once and never add them up per standard)

## What mastery looks like

Georgia's Achievement Level Descriptors. The levels are cumulative: each includes the ones before it. Proficient is on grade level.

- **Developing**: Locate evidence in a print or digital source to support a central idea or question. Analyze a print or digital text to determine indicator(s) that make the source credible. Use basic parenthetical citations to credit authors.
- **Proficient**: Locate evidence in multiple print and/or digital sources to support a central idea or question. Analyze multiple print and/or digital texts to determine indicators that make the sources credible. Use basic parenthetical citations to credit authors when quoting or paraphrasing texts drawing on information provided from a basic Works Cited entry.
- **Distinguished**: Locate evidence in print and digital sources to support multiple central ideas or questions.

## The same standard across grades

- Kindergarten, K.T.RA.2: **Curating Sources & Evidence** Reference parts of texts to address a specific topic or question and explore various sources of information to make connections across a broad range of topics. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/K.T.RA.2.md
- Grade 1, 1.T.RA.2: **Curating Sources & Evidence** Reference parts of texts to address a specific topic or question and explore various sources of information to make connections across a broad range of topics. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/1.T.RA.2.md
- Grade 2, 2.T.RA.2: **Curating Sources & Evidence** Reference parts of texts to address a specific topic or question and explore various sources of information to make connections across a broad range of topics. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/2.T.RA.2.md
- Grade 3, 3.T.RA.2: **Curating Sources & Evidence** Integrate evidence from print and digital sources, assessing credibility and relevance and avoiding plagiarism. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/3.T.RA.2.md
- Grade 4, 4.T.RA.2: **Curating Sources & Evidence** Integrate evidence from print and digital sources, assessing credibility and relevance and avoiding plagiarism. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/4.T.RA.2.md
- Grade 5, 5.T.RA.2: **Curating Sources & Evidence** Integrate evidence from print and digital sources, assessing credibility and relevance and avoiding plagiarism. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/5.T.RA.2.md
- **Grade 6, 6.T.RA.2 (this standard)**: **Curating Sources & Evidence** Utilize multiple print and digital texts to address a specific topic or question, assessing source credibility and relevance and integrating evidence properly to avoid plagiarism.
- Grade 7, 7.T.RA.2: **Curating Sources & Evidence** Utilize multiple print and digital texts to address a specific topic or question, assessing source credibility and relevance and integrating evidence properly to avoid plagiarism. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/7.T.RA.2.md
- Grade 8, 8.T.RA.2: **Curating Sources & Evidence** Utilize multiple print and digital texts to address a specific topic or question, assessing source credibility and relevance and integrating evidence properly to avoid plagiarism. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/8.T.RA.2.md
- Grade 9, 9.T.RA.2: **Curating Sources & Evidence** Reference parts of texts to address a specific topic or question and explore various sources of information to make connections across a broad range of topics. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/9.T.RA.2.md
- Grade 10, 10.T.RA.2: **Curating Sources & Evidence** Reference parts of texts to address a specific topic or question and explore various sources of information to make connections across a broad range of topics. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/10.T.RA.2.md
- Grade 11, 11.T.RA.2: **Curating Sources & Evidence** Reference parts of texts to address a specific topic or question and explore various sources of information to make connections across a broad range of topics. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/11.T.RA.2.md
- Grade 12, 12.T.RA.2: **Curating Sources & Evidence** Reference parts of texts to address a specific topic or question and explore various sources of information to make connections across a broad range of topics. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/12.T.RA.2.md

Source: Georgia Standards of Excellence, published by the Georgia Department of Education at case.georgiastandards.org.