Georgia 6.L.GC.2.c

ELA6th GradeSyntax

The Standard

Identify and use active voice in sentences, revising for subject-verb agreement. (C)

Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards · Language (L) · Grammar Conventions

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students find the subject and decide whether it performs the action. They write sentences with the actor as the subject and make each verb agree with that subject.
What Mastery Looks Like: Students can label active and passive sentences accurately. They can rewrite a passive sentence with the actor as the subject and choose a verb that agrees with that subject.
Common Misconceptions: Students may think the first noun is always the subject or that every sentence using “is” or “was” is passive. They may also match the verb with the nearest noun instead of the subject.
How to Assess It: Exit ticket: Rewrite “The mural are painted by the art club each spring” so the doer comes first and the verb agrees. Underline the subject and circle the verb.

Lesson moves

Give pairs actor, action, and receiver sentence strips to build active and passive versions, then check each verb against its subject.
Post two versions of one sentence and ask students to write which is clearer, who acts, and why.
Run a card-sort race where teams classify sentences as active or passive, then correct any subject-verb agreement errors.
Have students revise passive or mismatched sentences from school announcements into clear active sentences with correct verb forms.

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