Common Core State Standards

Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information and ideas clearly and efficiently.

With some guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on how well purpose and audience have been addressed.

Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

(RL.8.8 not applicable to literature)

(RL.7.8 not applicable to literature)

Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, 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.

Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.

Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources; assess the credibility of each source; and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and providing basic bibliographic information for sources.

Conduct short research projects to answer a question, drawing on several sources and refocusing the inquiry when appropriate.

Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of three pages in a single sitting.