Virginia SOL 9.C.1

9.C.1 is a Standards of Learning standard. These are the knowledge and skills expectations under it.

• 9.C.1.A.i

  Applying a variety of strategies to listen actively and speak purposefully and respectfully.

• 9.C.1.A.ii

  Setting guidelines for group presentations and discussions.

• 9.C.1.A.iii

  Incorporating all group members in the development of new understandings, making decisions, and solving problems.

• 9.C.1.A.iv

  Setting clear goals and deadlines and defining individual roles as needed.

• 9.C.1.A.v

  Responding thoughtfully and tactfully with evidence to diverse perspectives, including challenging, clarifying, or verifying ideas and conclusions.

• 9.C.1.A.vi

  Summarizing points of agreement and disagreement.

• 9.C.1.A.vii

  Using reflection to evaluate one’s own role and the process in paired or small-group activities.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students plan and carry out focused group discussions with clear norms, goals, roles, and deadlines. They listen closely, include every member, respond respectfully with evidence, summarize differing views, and reflect on their contribution.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

A student listens, builds on others’ ideas, invites quieter members, and supports responses with relevant evidence. The student follows group roles and deadlines, summarizes agreements and disagreements accurately, and reflects honestly on the group process.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may confuse active participation with talking often or waiting for their turn to speak. They may challenge a person instead of an idea, make claims without evidence, or summarize only their own position.

04

How to Assess It

Give groups eight minutes to discuss whether a character made the right choice, using assigned roles and one cited detail per speaker. Collect a brief reflection naming one contribution, one disagreement, and one improvement.

1. 01

   Give groups role cards and a survival-item ranking task, requiring a goal, deadline, evidence, and a written summary of agreements and disagreements.

2. 02

   After reading an editorial, discuss which claim is strongest, with each student citing evidence and respectfully challenging or clarifying one idea.

3. 03

   Play Paraphrase Pass, where each speaker must accurately restate the previous speaker’s idea and ask for confirmation before adding a point.

4. 04

   Run a mock school policy committee that recommends a phone rule, assigns roles, meets a deadline, and reports majority and minority views.

• 3.C.1

  The 3rd Grade version of this standard.

• 10.C.1

  The 10th Grade version of this standard.

• K.C.1

  The Kindergarten version of this standard.

• 1.C.1

  The 1st Grade version of this standard.