Virginia Standards of Learning

State Standards

Currently, each state has a different set of standards for learning per grade and subject area. In Virginia we refer to these standards as the Standard of Learnings or SOLs for short.

Here is a link to the Virginia Department of Education, where the SOLs are covered in detail.

Below you will find a list of SOL's I believe the activities correlate with:

Pre-Reading Activities SOLs

Activity 1

9.8 The student will use print, electronic databases, online resources, and other media to access information to create a research product.

a) Use technology as a tool for research to organize, evaluate, and communicate

information.

Activity 2

9.6 The student will develop narrative, expository, and persuasive writings for a variety of audiences and purposes.

a) Generate, gather, and organize ideas for writing.

9.8 The student will use print, electronic databases, online resources, and other media to access information to create a research product.

a) Use technology as a tool for research to organize, evaluate, and communicate information.

Activity 3

9.8 The student will use print, electronic databases, online resources, and other media to access information to create a research product.

a) Use technology as a tool for research to organize, evaluate, and communicate information.

b) Narrow the focus of a search.

c) Find, evaluate, and select appropriate sources to access information and answer questions.

d) Verify the validity and accuracy of all information.

e) Make sense of information gathered from diverse sources by identifying misconceptions, main and supporting ideas, conflicting information, point of view or bias.

Activity 4

9.1 The student will make planned oral presentations independently and in small groups.

j) Use a variety of strategies to listen actively.

k) Summarize and evaluate information presented orally by others.

Activity 5

9.2 The student will produce, analyze, and evaluate auditory, visual, and written media messages.

b) Determine the purpose of the media message and its effect on the audience.

c) Describe possible cause and effect relationships between mass media coverage and public opinion trends.

During Reading Activities SOLs

Activity 1

9.8 The student will use print, electronic databases, online resources, and other media to access information to create a research product.

a) Use technology as a tool for research to organize, evaluate, and communicate information.

b) Narrow the focus of a search.

c) Find, evaluate, and select appropriate sources to access information and answer questions.

d) Verify the validity and accuracy of all information.

Activity 2

9.6 The student will develop narrative, expository, and persuasive writings for a variety of audiences and purposes.

a) Generate, gather, and organize ideas for writing.

b) Plan and organize writing to address a specific audience and purpose.

Activity 3

9.6 The student will develop narrative, expository, and persuasive writings for a variety of audiences and purposes.

a) Generate, gather, and organize ideas for writing.

b) Plan and organize writing to address a specific audience and purpose.

Activity 4

9.2 The student will produce, analyze, and evaluate auditory, visual, and written media messages.

b) Determine the purpose of the media message and its effect on the audience.

Activity 5

9.6 The student will develop narrative, expository, and persuasive writings for a variety of audiences and purposes.

a) Generate, gather, and organize ideas for writing.

b) Plan and organize writing to address a specific audience and purpose.

c) Communicate clearly the purpose of the writing using a thesis statement where appropriate.

After Reading Activities SOLs

Activity 1

9.6 The student will develop narrative, expository, and persuasive writings for a variety of audiences and purposes.

a) Generate, gather, and organize ideas for writing.

b) Plan and organize writing to address a specific audience and purpose.

c) Communicate clearly the purpose of the writing using a thesis statement where appropriate.

Activity 2

9.4 The student will read, comprehend, and analyze a variety of literary texts including narratives, narrative nonfiction, poetry, and drama.

l) Make predictions, inferences, draw conclusions, and connect prior knowledge to support reading comprehension.

9.6 The student will develop narrative, expository, and persuasive writings for a variety of audiences and purposes.

a) Generate, gather, and organize ideas for writing.

b) Plan and organize writing to address a specific audience and purpose.

c) Communicate

Activity 3

9.8 The student will use print, electronic databases, online resources, and other media to access information to create a research product.

e) Make sense of information gathered from diverse sources by identifying misconceptions,

main and supporting ideas, conflicting information, point of view or bias.

f) Credit the sources of quoted, paraphrased, and summarized ideas.