Virginia SOL 6.RV.1.H

ELA6th GradeReading and Vocabulary

The Standard

Use newly learned words and phrases in multiple contexts, including in students’ discussions and speaking and writing activities.

Virginia Standards of Learning for English · Vocabulary Development and Word Analysis

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students use recently learned words when they speak and write. They adjust each word or phrase so it makes sense across different topics, audiences, and situations.
What Mastery Looks Like: Students use a new word accurately when speaking and writing about different topics. Their word choice fits the meaning, sentence, audience, and situation.
Common Misconceptions: Students may copy a dictionary definition without understanding how the word works in a sentence. They may also use the word correctly in one familiar sentence but misuse it when the topic or audience changes.
How to Assess It: Give students one target word and ask them to use it in two sentences, one for a class discussion and one for a written report.

Lesson moves

Give pairs word cards and situation cards, then have them build and share a sentence that fits each matched situation.
Ask students to explain how one target word could be used differently in a debate, story, and science response.
Play vocabulary switch, where students revise a sentence to use the same target word in a new setting or for a new audience.
Have students write a school announcement, text message, and email using the same new word appropriately in each format.

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