LET’S TRY ONE
Account A: A trial schedule would help us measure attendance. Account B: A trial would let families identify travel problems.
Which synthesis represents both accounts?
Both support a trial, but they emphasize different benefits.
The sentence preserves the agreement and the different reasons.
Learning steps & teaching tips
Combine agreements and differences without erasing either source's meaning.
- State what both accounts support, then preserve any important difference in emphasis or conditions.
- Work through the example. Explain how its evidence supports the answer.
- Try a new question; use the explanation to check your thinking.
Try it together
Make one new example with a partner. Identify the evidence for your answer before checking it together.
State what both accounts support, then preserve any important difference in emphasis or conditions.