Georgia 12.L.GC.2.d
The Standard
Expand and enrich ideas and information, incorporating details and descriptions to achieve specific purposes and 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 expand ideas by adding precise details, examples, and descriptions. They choose information that fits the purpose, supports the main point, and keeps readers interested.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students can revise a thin passage by adding precise details, examples, and descriptions that support its purpose. They can explain why each added detail helps the reader.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may add extra sentences that repeat the same idea rather than develop it. They may use vague adjectives, unrelated details, or too many descriptions that bury the main point.
How to Assess It
- Give students this prompt: “The gym was crowded.” Expand it to build tension using three relevant details, then underline each detail and label its effect.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Place an everyday object in a bag, let students observe it silently, then write a precise description using shape, texture, sound, and function.
Compare two descriptions of the same hallway, one welcoming and one threatening, then discuss which details create each effect.
Play Detail or Distraction by sorting sentence strips into supports the purpose, repeats information, or distracts the reader.
Rewrite a school event announcement for students and families, adding concrete details that make the event clear and appealing.
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Related Standards
- 11.L.GC.2.d
The 11th Grade version of this standard.
- 9.L.GC.2.d
Expand and enrich ideas and information, incorporating details and descriptions to achieve specific purposes or facilitate engagement. (C)
- 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)
- 10.L.GC.2.d
Expand and enrich ideas and information, incorporating details and descriptions to achieve specific purposes or facilitate engagement. (C)
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