Kentucky Reading and Writing C.8.4
The Standard
Use digital resources to create and publish products as well as to interact and collaborate with others; cite sources using MLA or APA format.
Kentucky Academic Standards for Reading and Writing (2025) · Production and Distribution
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students use online sources to make a digital product and post it where others can view it. They edit a shared file with classmates and cite their sources in MLA or APA style.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can coedit a slide deck, use a partner's comment to fix an unclear point, and post a final copy classmates can open. Borrowed ideas have in-text citations and matching source entries in one chosen style.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may paste a URL and think it counts as a full citation. They may also leave a vague comment like "looks good" instead of suggesting a useful edit, or post a shared draft before checking it.
How to Assess It
- In a shared class slide deck, have each student add one fact from a provided article in their own words, with an in-text citation and an MLA Works Cited entry. Ask them to leave one specific revision comment on a partner's slide, then post their finished slide to the class gallery.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
In pairs, build a two-slide Google Slides guide from a provided article, add a Works Cited slide, and post it to the class gallery.
In a shared draft, compare "Nice work" with "Add a source for this number"; write which comment helps revision and why.
Give teams cards with an author, title, date, and URL; have them build an MLA entry, then trade cards to check each other's work.
Use the public library events page to make a class bulletin post with an MLA citation, then ask a partner to check the event details.
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Related Standards
- C.4.4
With some guidance and support from adults, use digital resources to create and publish products as well as to interact and collaborate with others.
- C.7.4
The 7th Grade version of this standard.
- C.6.4
Use digital resources to create and publish products as well as to interact and collaborate with others; cite sources using MLA or APA format
- C.3.4
With guidance and support from adults, use digital resources to create and publish products as well as to interact and collaborate with others.
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