CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7.5
The Standard
With some guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on how well purpose and audience have been addressed.
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts · Writing Standards
What This Standard Means
Students need to improve a piece of writing through a process, not just fix spelling at the end. They should plan, get feedback, revise for purpose and audience, edit for conventions, and sometimes start over with a better approach.
Mastery looks like a student explaining what they changed and why. They can say, “I added evidence because my reader needed proof,” or “I changed the tone for a formal audience.” Students often get stuck making only surface edits, ignoring feedback, or revising without a clear goal.
Ways to Teach It
- Give students a weak paragraph, colored pens, and a revision checklist, then have them improve clarity, evidence, tone, and conventions.
- Ask students to write: What is your purpose, who is your audience, and what change would help your reader most?
- Collect one draft and one revision note, then check whether the revision matches the stated purpose or audience.
- Show two versions of a restaurant review, one for friends and one for a newspaper, then compare tone and details.
Before This Standard
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What This Unlocks
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Related Standards
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.5
With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.
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