CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.11-12.6
The Standard
Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products in response to ongoing feedback, including new arguments or information.
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts · Writing Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects 6—12
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students draft and publish a content-area piece with a digital tool. They revise it after peer or teacher comments. They also update claims, evidence, and links when new information appears.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student shares a clear, readable document and uses comments or version history to manage changes. Revisions address feedback rather than just fixing spelling. New evidence is added, cited, and connected to the argument.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may treat publishing as uploading a first draft. They may accept every comment without judging it, or reply to comments without revising. Some paste in new facts but do not cite them or explain how they change the claim.
How to Assess It
- Give students a short document, one reviewer comment, and one new source paragraph. Ask them to revise one claim, add cited evidence, and leave a comment explaining both changes.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
In pairs, students edit a shared document, use suggesting mode, resolve two comments, and check the version history.
Ask: Which feedback improved your argument, which did you reject, and what evidence supports your choice?
Run a revision relay where teams improve a claim, citation, link, and explanation in separate rounds.
Have students update a mock public health advisory after receiving a new data table and an editor's note.
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