Virginia SOL 8.C.1.A.vii
The Standard
Valuing contributions made by each group member while exhibiting a willingness to make necessary concessions to accomplish a common goal.
Virginia Standards of Learning for English · Communication, Listening, and Collaboration
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students listen closely, acknowledge each person’s contribution, and build on useful ideas. They make reasonable compromises so the group can complete a shared task or reach a decision.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students refer to each member’s ideas, ask follow-up questions, and disagree without dismissing anyone. They adjust their own preferences when needed and help the group reach a shared decision.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think valuing an idea means agreeing with it. They may also treat compromise as losing, or accept the loudest speaker’s plan without considering other contributions.
How to Assess It
- Give groups four possible themes for a class event and ask them to choose one in five minutes. Each student must acknowledge one peer’s idea and name one concession made.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give groups straws and tape to build one tower, requiring each student’s design idea to appear in the final structure.
Ask students to write: When should you change your position to help a group reach its goal?
Play Consensus Countdown, where groups rank five book characters and earn points for citing every member’s reasoning before agreeing.
Plan a class service project with a fixed budget, then have teams combine competing priorities into one proposal.
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