Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of technology's capacity to link to other information and to display information flexibly and dynamically.
Common Core State Standards, Grades 9-10, Writing · Read it at the source · Checked October 14, 2026
What W.9-10.6 Means in Plain English
Ninth and tenth graders publish writing online and keep it current, alone or in a group. They link claims to the pages behind them and choose displays that adapt, like an embedded map, a sortable table or a section readers can expand.
Eighth grade (W.8.6) uses technology to show relationships between ideas and to collaborate. Grades 9 to 10 add the update: a published piece is revised as facts change, with the change visible to readers. Grades 11 to 12 (W.11-12.6) add responding to ongoing feedback, including new arguments or information.
W.9-10.6 I Can Statements
I can publish writing online and update it when facts change.
I can link my writing to the sources and pages behind it.
I can choose a display that lets readers find what they need.
W.9-10.6 Worked Example
Both editors had the same news to post; only one treated the page as something that can change in front of its readers.
Prompt
Your class runs an online guide for incoming 9th graders, written and kept up to date by a team of sophomores. Over winter break, the library moved to the second floor of the new east wing, and the counseling office moved into the library’s old room. Update the guide’s “Finding Your Way” page, and say how your team made the change.
Not YetI went into the page and changed “first floor” to “second floor” where it talks about the library. I also put a picture of the new library at the bottom. The counseling part still has the old room number because I wasn’t sure what it was.The update is silent: readers who saw the old page get no sign that anything changed, the counseling information is now wrong, and nothing links to the school’s own pages. A photo at the bottom shows a room but not how to get there, and one editor worked alone on a shared product.
Meets the StandardWe added a dated note at the top of the page: “Updated January 6: the library and counseling office have moved.” The old floor plan is now an embedded map with both new locations pinned, and tapping a pin opens walking directions from the main entrance. Each office name links to its page on the school website, so hours and staff stay current even when we do not edit. The old directions moved into an expandable “Before January” section, since some teachers’ handouts still describe them. Two of us made the changes in the shared draft, and a third checked every link and pin on a phone before we published.The update is visible and dated, so returning readers know the page changed. The embedded map displays the information dynamically, the links send readers to pages that update themselves, the expandable section keeps old information without cluttering the page, and the team edited and checked the shared product together before it went live.
Moves to Use
Mark every update with a date and a one-line note of what changed.Link to the page that stays current instead of copying details that will go stale.Pick the display that answers the reader’s question fastest, such as a map for where.Keep outdated information in a collapsed section when some readers still need it.Check links and layout on a phone before republishing a shared page.
Common Mistakes with W.9-10.6
The silent edit
The library’s floor changed overnight, with no note, date or hint for returning readers
Try this: Require an update note at the top of every revised page, with the date and one sentence on what changed.
Copying what should be linked
Office hours typed into the guide, wrong by the second week of the semester
Try this: Have students link to the page that owns each fact, and copy only what readers need at a glance.
Print habits on a screen
A screenshot of a paper map pasted at the bottom of a long page of text
Try this: Ask what question the reader brings to the page, then choose the interactive display that answers it, like a pinned map.
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How does the strong update tell returning readers that the page changed?
With a dated note at the top: “Updated January 6: the library and counseling office have moved.”
Why link each office to the school website instead of typing its hours into the guide?
The school’s pages stay current on their own, so readers get the right hours even when the guide’s editors have not made a change.
What does the expandable “Before January” section do?
It keeps the old directions for readers holding older handouts without cluttering the page for everyone else, a flexible display that print cannot offer.