Virginia SOL 8.C.2.A.ii
The Standard
Incorporating pertinent descriptions, facts, details, and examples to support the main ideas.
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 present a clear main idea alone or with a group. They select relevant descriptions, facts, details, and examples, then explain how each supports the point.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student states a clear main idea and supports it with accurate, relevant evidence. The student explains each connection and contributes useful, nonrepeated support during group presentations.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may add interesting facts that do not connect to the main idea. They may list evidence without explaining the connection, or overload listeners with minor details.
How to Assess It
- Give students a school lunch data card. Ask for a one-minute talk stating an opinion, using two relevant details, and explaining how each supports it.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give groups mixed evidence cards to sort into supports, does not support, and needs explanation before building a two-minute presentation.
Ask students to write: Which detail best supports your main idea, and what should listeners understand because of it?
Play Evidence Match, where teams pair main idea cards with relevant facts or examples and earn points by explaining each connection.
Have students create a school safety announcement using a campus map, one local fact, and a specific example to support their advice.
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Related Standards
- 4.C.2.A.i
Using descriptive details and appropriate facts to support themes or central ideas.
- 3.C.2.A.i
Using descriptive details and appropriate facts to support themes or central ideas.
- 6.W.2.A.iii
Elaborating and supporting ideas, using relevant facts, definitions, details, quotations, and/or examples.
- 7.C.2.A.ii
Providing evidence to support the main ideas, including pertinent descriptions, facts, details, and examples.
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