Read through sources, noticing which arguments or ideas strike you as strong or weak
Determine where you stand on one (or more) of the issues raised in the articles
Determine an overall thesis/point for this issue
Determine what proof or evidence is in your sources that supports that argument
Organize your papers outline/organization plan around these arguments
Find the specific statistics/data/information from the sources that support those arguments
Write your initial draft
Do NOT organize this essay as a series of summaries of your sources. If you do so, it will be returned for revision. This essay MUST show synthesis of ideas from multiple sources supporting the thesis in the paragraphs.
Remember that a typical synthesis essay paragraph/argument will include three main points somewhere in the paragraph/argument:
1 a thesis,
2 supporting evidence from outside sources, and
3 an explanation/analysis of how and why the evidence really does support the thesis.
