Virginia SOL 9.C.1

What students need to be able to do

• Facilitate and contribute to sustained collaborative discussions with diverse partners on grade nine topics and texts.
• Apply a variety of strategies to listen actively and speak purposefully and respectfully.
• Set guidelines for group presentations and discussions.
• Incorporate all group members in the development of new understandings, making decisions, and solving problems.
• Set clear goals and deadlines and define individual roles as needed.
• Respond thoughtfully and tactfully with evidence to diverse perspectives.
• Summarize points of agreement and disagreement.
• Use reflection to evaluate one's own role and the process in paired or small-group activities.