Virginia SOL 4.LU.1.B
The Standard
Use coordinating (e.g., and, but), subordinating (e.g., although, because) conjunctions to join words and phrases in a sentence.
Virginia Standards of Learning for English · Grammar
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students connect related words, phrases, and ideas with conjunctions. They choose words such as and, but, because, and although to show addition, contrast, or cause.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students select a conjunction that clearly shows how ideas relate. They can join words, phrases, or ideas without creating a fragment or changing the intended meaning.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may use and for every connection, even when the ideas show cause or contrast. They may confuse because with although or leave a dependent idea as a sentence fragment. Some add unnecessary commas when joining single words or phrases.
How to Assess It
- Give students four sentence pairs and ask them to combine each pair using and, but, because, or although. Have them underline the conjunction and label the relationship as addition, contrast, or cause.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give students sentence strips with matching words, phrases, and ideas, then have them connect each pair using an appropriate conjunction.
Ask students to explain how meaning changes when because is replaced with although in the same sentence frame.
Play Conjunction Match by having teams pair sentence cards with and, but, because, or although, then read each completed sentence aloud.
Examine school announcements and have students combine related details into clear sentences using conjunctions that show addition, contrast, or cause.
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Related Standards
- 2.LU.1.D
Use frequently occurring conjunctions to signal simple relationships (e.g., and, but, or, so, because).
- 10.LU.1.B
Use complex sentence structure (made up of main and subordinate clauses and subordinating conjunctions) to infuse sentence variety in writing.
- 5.LU.1.C
Use interjections, prepositional phrases, and coordinating and subordinating conjunctions in writing to join words and phrases in a sentence.
- 10.LU.1.D
Use subordination, coordination, apposition, and other devices to indicate the relationship between ideas clearly.
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