Georgia 9.L.GC.2.c
The Standard
Maintain consistent use of active voice throughout a text to communicate clearly and concisely. (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 identify who performs each action and place that person or thing as the subject. They revise unnecessary passive constructions so sentences stay clear and direct.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can spot passive constructions and shifts between voices in a paragraph. The student can revise them while keeping the original meaning and verb tense.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may label every sentence with a form of “be” as passive. They may also change the voice but accidentally alter the tense, meaning, or responsible actor.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Revise these sentences into active voice: “The winning goal was scored by Maya. The trophy was lifted by the team.”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs sentence strips labeled actor, action, and receiver, then have them arrange each sentence with the actor first.
Ask students to explain which version is clearer: “The window was broken by Leo” or “Leo broke the window.”
Play a revision relay where teams rewrite passive sentences in active voice without changing the tense or meaning.
Have students edit a school announcement or sports recap so each sentence clearly names who performed the action.
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