Consider the following prompt: You ask your language arts teacher if you can use your smartphone to look up some information for a research project you are working on in class. She says she would like to allow it but it is against school policy. The next day, she asks students in your class to address this issue by writing an essay indicating whether the use of such technology, like smartphones and tablets, should be allowed in the classroom for instructional purposes. What would be the best tone to use when writing this essay?

MCQs on the Common Core State Standards for 10th Grade English Language (ELA) reading and writing of both literary and informational text.