Georgia 1.L.GC.2.d
The Standard
With adult support, use adjectives or adverbs to add details or clarify meaning. (C)
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards · Language (L) · Grammar Conventions
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students add words that describe people, places, things, or actions. They use those words to make complete sentences clearer and more specific.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can turn “Birds sing” into “Small birds sing loudly.” The added words fit the sentence and give the reader useful details.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may add a word that sounds interesting but does not fit the sentence. They may confuse a word describing a person or thing with one describing an action.
How to Assess It
- Give students “The dog ran.” Ask them to add one word describing the dog and one word telling how it ran.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs toy animals and action cards, then have them build oral sentences using words that describe the animal and its action.
Show a picture and ask, “Which words would help someone imagine what is happening?” Record and compare student sentences.
Play Sentence Switch by replacing one describing word in a sentence, then deciding how the meaning changed.
Read simple playground rules, then add clear details, such as “Walk slowly” or “Use gentle hands.”
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Related Standards
- K.T.SS.1.b
With adult support, use text features, including titles, illustrations, and/or labels, to add clarity/coherence to texts. (C)
- 3.L.GC.2.d
Elaborate on ideas and information, using adjectives and adverbs when incorporating details and descriptions to convey precise meaning. (C)
- 2.L.GC.2.d
Develop ideas or information in texts by using adjectives or adverbs to add details or clarify meaning. (C)
- K.T.SS.2.b
With adult support, use interesting and/or descriptive words to craft engaging texts. (C)
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