Source Synthesis Practice

Upper-intermediate (B2) 40 minutes
EAP Integrating Sources worksheet preview for Upper-intermediate (B2) showing identifying, categorising, paragraph writing activities

EAP Integrating Sources Worksheet - Reading and Writing Exercises: Identifying, Categorising, Paragraph Writing

In this useful synthesising sources worksheet, students practice writing a short synthesis paragraph about two texts in their own words, using compare and contrast linkers and simple citations. First, students read...

EAP Integrating Sources Worksheet - Reading and Writing Exercises: Identifying, Categorising, Paragraph Writing In this useful synthesising sources worksheet, students practice writing a short synthesis paragraph about two texts in their own words, using compare and contrast linkers and simple citations. First, students read two texts and underline the main ideas. Students then read a short text about synthesising sources on the worksheet and review compare and contrast linkers, sentence starters and guidelines for citations. Next, students make notes in a table on the main ideas of each text. After that, students put the source texts sheet face down so that they only see their notes. Finally, students use their notes to write a three- to four-sentence synthesis paragraph that includes at least one similarity and one difference, uses appropriate compare and contrast linkers, and cites both sources in their own words.