Baking an Argument: How to Synthesize Sources in Writing

Miacademy & MiaPrep Learning Channel

This engaging instructional video uses an extended metaphor of baking a cake to teach students the complex writing skill of synthesizing sources. The host explains that just as baking requires gathering ingredients (evidence), mixing them (combining sources), and decorating (adding original insight), effective writing involves integrating multiple information sources to create something new. The video clarifies the critical difference between merely summarizing information and truly synthesizing it to reach a broader conclusion.