Kentucky Reading and Writing L.9-10.2.c
The Standard
- L.9-10.2
- When writing:
Demonstrate appropriate use of strategies and resources (print and electronic) to identify and correct spelling errors.
Kentucky Academic Standards for Reading and Writing (2025) · Conventions of General American English
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students reread their writing to spot words that look wrong or do not fit the sentence. They check uncertain words in a print or online dictionary, then choose the spelling that fits.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student catches both 'recieve' and 'their' in 'Their going to recieve the award.' They verify 'receive' in a dictionary and change 'Their' to 'They're' based on the sentence.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think spellcheck catches 'their' used for 'they're.' They may accept its first suggestion without checking the sentence, or assume an underlined name is misspelled.
How to Assess It
- Give students this sentence: 'Their going to recieve the award.' Ask them to correct both errors and explain how they checked each correction.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a printed paragraph with four misspellings, and have them use a paper dictionary to mark corrections and page numbers.
Ask students why spellcheck might miss 'I left my coat over their,' then have them write the corrected sentence.
Run a two-minute edit race with a shared paragraph; students use an online dictionary to check three words before changing them.
Have students proofread a mock job application email, checking the employer's name on its website and unfamiliar words in a dictionary.
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Related Standards
- L.8.2.c
The 8th Grade version of this standard.
- L.5.2.e
Use strategies and resources (print and electronic) to identify and correct spelling errors.
- L.7.2.b
Demonstrate appropriate use of strategies and resources (print and electronic) to identify and correct spelling errors.
- L.6.2.b
Demonstrate appropriate use of strategies to identify and correct spelling errors.
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