NY Next Generation ELA 9-10L3a
The Standard
Write and edit work so that it conforms to the guidelines in a professionally recognized style manual appropriate for the discipline and writing type.
New York State Next Generation English Language Arts Learning Standards
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students write and edit according to a recognized style manual suited to the discipline and writing type. They apply its rules consistently to formatting, source documentation, mechanics, and usage.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student identifies the appropriate style guide and follows its relevant conventions throughout a piece. The student can locate a rule, apply it accurately, and correct inconsistencies during editing.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may mix citation and formatting systems or treat a remembered convention as universal. They may correct surface appearance while overlooking the guide's rules for documentation, capitalization, or usage.
How to Assess It
- Give students a paragraph and source entry containing four violations of one assigned style guide. Ask them to correct each violation and cite the relevant rule.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Use a style-manual checklist to edit a sample page containing errors in headings, quotations, citations, and references.
Ask, ‘Which style guide fits this discipline and writing type, and which rules matter most here?’
Play Style Guide Hunt by locating assigned rules and applying them to short editing cards under a time limit.
Compare a scientific report and humanities essay, then format one source correctly for each discipline's guide.
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