Georgia 10.L.GC.2.d
The Standard
Expand and enrich ideas and information, incorporating details and descriptions to achieve specific purposes or facilitate engagement. (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 precise details and descriptions to sentences and paragraphs. They choose details that explain, persuade, or create interest without cluttering the writing.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can revise a thin passage by adding relevant facts, examples, sensory details, or modifiers. The revision is clearer and more engaging while staying focused.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may add extra adjectives that sound impressive but do not clarify the idea. They may overload sentences, repeat information, or include details that do not fit the audience or purpose.
How to Assess It
- Give students the sentence, “The storm damaged the town.” Ask them to add two details that make it more informative and two that create suspense.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs sentence strips and detail cards; students build informative and suspenseful versions, then explain why each added detail fits.
Compare two descriptions of a school hallway and discuss which details create tension, then have students revise one weak sentence.
Play Detail Draft: teams draw a purpose card, choose three useful details from a list, and reject one distracting detail.
Have students revise a brief school event announcement for families, adding dates, locations, examples, and descriptions suited to the audience.
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- 12.L.GC.2.d
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- 9.L.GC.2.d
The 9th Grade version of this standard.
- 6.L.GC.2.d
Build and enrich ideas and information in texts, using modifiers when incorporating details and descriptions to convey meaning and facilitate engagement. (C)
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