CurriculumGrade 8English Language Arts

Writing with Technology

Aligned to W.8.6 — Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.

What this lesson teaches

Technology helps you produce, publish, and share writing and can display relationships between ideas efficiently. Use tools like shared documents, links, and simple charts to present and collaborate.

Worked example

Instead of listing steps in a paragraph, you build a numbered digital checklist and share it, so a partner can add comments and the sequence is clear at a glance.

Practice questions

  1. Describe a digital tool that would improve a piece of writing.
  2. Turn a list of steps into a clearer visual format.
  3. Explain how sharing a document helps collaboration.

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Every lesson comes with a video taught in English and Spanish — the same video the QR code in the printed workbook opens.

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Escribir con Tecnología

La tecnología te ayuda a producir, publicar y compartir escritos, y puede mostrar las relaciones entre ideas de forma eficiente. Usa herramientas como documentos compartidos, enlaces y gráficos simples para presentar y colaborar.

Ejemplo: En lugar de enumerar pasos en un párrafo, construyes una lista digital numerada y la compartes, para que un compañero pueda agregar comentarios y la secuencia se vea de un vistazo.

More Writing lessons

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