CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.10
The Standard
Write routinely over extended time frames (time for reflection and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
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 write regularly in history, science, and technical subjects for different readers and goals. They produce quick responses and longer pieces that include reflection and revision.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students choose a useful format, tone, and evidence for a lab result, historical source, or technical process. They complete timed responses and improve longer pieces through reflection and revision.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think longer writing is always stronger or that first drafts are finished work. They may use the same informal tone for every subject, purpose, and reader.
How to Assess It
- Give students one source-based claim. Ask them to draft a six-sentence response in eight minutes, then revise one sentence for a younger audience.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Set up source stations with a map, graph, artifact photo, and procedure, then have students write a two-sentence observation at each.
Ask how an explanation would change for a classmate, principal, and scientist, then have students rewrite one paragraph for each reader.
Play Audience Switch: students draw audience and purpose cards, then adapt the same claim in five minutes.
Have students write a lab update or historical briefing for a school newsletter, then revise it after peer feedback.
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