Virginia SOL 3.C.2.A.ii
The Standard
Speaking audibly with appropriate pacing, prosody, and voice level.
Virginia Standards of Learning for English · Speaking and Presentation of Ideas
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students organize ideas before speaking so listeners can follow them. They speak loudly enough to hear, use a steady pace, and change tone, stress, and pauses to fit the meaning.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can give a short report or retelling with a clear beginning, middle, and end. The student uses enough volume, a steady pace, and vocal expression that matches the meaning.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think an audible voice means shouting. They may rush, speak in a flat voice, or pause in distracting places. Some retell events in the order they remember them instead of using a clear sequence.
How to Assess It
- Give students 30 seconds to prepare a 45-second retelling of a familiar class text. Check for audible voice, steady pace, meaningful expression, and clear order.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Students arrange four picture cards, then tell the story while a partner checks order, volume, pace, and expression.
Have students mark pauses and emphasized words on a short paragraph, then explain how those choices help listeners.
Play Speaker Coach: partners draw volume, pace, and expression cards, present two sentences, and name one successful choice.
Students record a 30-second morning announcement about a class event, then revise it for clear volume, pace, and expression.
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