Virginia SOL 10.RV.1.A
The Standard
Develop and accurately use general academic and content-specific vocabulary through reading, discussing, and writing about grade-level texts and topics.
Virginia Standards of Learning for English · Vocabulary Development and Word Analysis
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students learn the meanings and uses of academic words and terms tied to a subject. They use those words accurately when discussing and writing about grade-level texts.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students explain new words in their own words and distinguish them from close synonyms. They use academic and topic-specific terms accurately in text-based discussion and writing.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may replace a familiar word with a harder synonym without checking meaning, tone, or grammar. They may copy definitions but struggle to explain or use the words independently.
How to Assess It
- Give an exit ticket with one academic word and one topic-specific word from the day’s text. Students define each in their own words and use each in a new sentence.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give groups word, definition, example, and nonexample cards to match, then have them explain each completed set.
Ask students to explain how three target words sharpen the author’s meaning, then use those words in a short response.
Play vocabulary taboo, where students describe a target word without using listed clues while teammates identify it.
Have students annotate a news article for academic and field-specific terms, then rewrite one paragraph for a younger audience.
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