CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.10
The Standard
Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences.
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts · College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Writing
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students write often, sometimes in one sitting and sometimes across several sessions. They plan, research when needed, reflect, and revise longer pieces. They shape details, organization, and tone for the task, reader, and purpose.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Across a writing folder, a student can show focused one-sitting responses and larger pieces developed over several sessions. Each piece fits its reader and purpose, with enough detail and organization for the task.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may treat every first draft as finished or think a longer piece only needs more words. They may use the same tone and detail for a journal entry, explanation, email, and argument, regardless of the reader.
How to Assess It
- Have students submit one 10-minute response and one piece developed over several sessions. Ask them to circle two choices that fit each piece’s purpose and audience, then label one revision.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Start a three-day piece by having students sort source notes or picture cards into sections, then draft the first section.
Compare a text message and formal email about the same request; students name differences, then write each version.
Play Audience Switch: students write for five minutes, draw a new audience card, and revise three choices to fit that reader.
Have students create a school announcement for an actual event, revise it after peer feedback, and send it to the intended audience.
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