In the Driver's Seat!

Learn how to identify the strengths and weaknesses of sources to use in your writing. In this interactive tutorial, you'll learn to evaluate sources based on their relation to the audience, task, and purpose of your writing. You'll also practice determining whether potential sources are useful, relevant, and authoritative for your specific topic.
Resource ID#: 164942 Type: Original Student Tutorial
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Subject(s): English Language Arts
Grade Level(s): 11, 12
Intended Audience: Students
Instructional Time: 45 Minute(s)
Keywords: English Language Arts, writing, sources, driverless cars, argumentative, descriptive, expository, narrative, mode, exigence, topic, tutorials, elearning, e-learning, English, Language Arts, ELA, research, research skills, audience, task, purpose, interactive, identify strengths of sources, identify weaknesses of sources, examining sources, evaluating sources, useful sources, relevant sources, authoritative sources
Instructional Component Type(s): Original Student Tutorial
Resource Collection: Original Student Tutorials for Language Arts - Grades 6-12

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