South Dakota ELA 11-12.W.6
The Standard
Use technology to produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate with others.
South Dakota English Language Arts Standards (2025)
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students draft and revise writing in a digital tool, then share a finished version with readers. They use comments or messages to give feedback, respond to others, and agree on changes.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can post a clear piece with readable formatting, a working link, and the right sharing settings. They can use a partner’s comment to revise and leave a specific suggestion on a peer’s draft.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think a spell-checked draft is ready to post without checking its links or formatting. They may mistake a shared file for collaboration and leave comments like “good job” instead of useful suggestions.
How to Assess It
- Give pairs a three-sentence announcement in a shared Google Doc. Ask each student to suggest one edit, leave one specific comment, accept a partner’s edit, and submit a view-only link to the final copy.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
In pairs, draft a school event announcement in a shared document, use comments to revise it, then post it to a class page.
Compare two versions of a class blog post and write three sentences naming edits that help readers and comments that help the writer.
Run a comment clinic: give pairs vague comments on a sample draft, then have them rewrite each comment as a specific suggestion.
Draft a notice for an upcoming school event, ask the organizer for feedback by email, then post the approved version on the class page.
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