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
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students use digital tools to draft, revise, and publish writing for an audience. They add useful links, cite borrowed information, and work with peers through shared documents and comments.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can create a clear digital document, insert working links, and cite sources in the required format. The student shares the document, gives specific comments, and makes useful revisions based on peer feedback.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think a hyperlink counts as a complete citation or that pasting a URL is enough. They may treat collaboration as correcting a partner’s work instead of giving useful feedback. Some accept the first search result without checking the source.
How to Assess It
- Ask students to draft one paragraph in a shared document, support one claim with a working link and citation, then leave a specific peer comment.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
In pairs, students build a one-page guide in a shared document, adding headings, one image, a source link, and a citation.
Ask students to write: How does a link help a reader, and what information must a citation add?
Run a citation relay where teams fix incomplete source entries and match each one to the correct linked claim.
Have students publish a short school event preview for the class site, then exchange comments and revise before posting.
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