CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7.6
The Standard
Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and link to and cite sources as well as to interact and collaborate with others, including linking to and citing sources.
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts · Writing Standards
What This Standard Means
Students need to use digital tools to draft, revise, share, and publish writing. They should know how to add links, cite online sources, and work with classmates in a shared document without overwriting or ignoring others’ work.
Mastery looks like a clean digital piece with useful links, basic citations, and visible collaboration through comments or revision history. Students often get stuck pasting URLs without context, using weak sources, changing a partner’s writing without asking, or treating online publishing as just making the page look nice.
Ways to Teach It
- Hands-on: Have pairs revise a shared Google Doc article, adding two source links, one citation note, and three useful comments.
- Prompt: Write a short reflection explaining which online source you trusted most, why, and how you used it in your draft.
- Quick assessment: Check one shared document for a working link, a source citation, a comment, and a meaningful revision.
- Real-world connection: Show a school website article and identify its links, sources, author choices, and collaboration clues.
Before This Standard
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What This Unlocks
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Related Standards
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.6
Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information and ideas clearly and efficiently.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.6
Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate with others.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.6
Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of technology's capacity to link...