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Virginia Standards

6th Grade English SOL

All 18 Virginia English standards for 6th grade, each explained in plain English. The official wording is in Virginia Department of Education's document, linked at the end of this page.

18 standards

Developing Skilled Readers and Building Reading Stamina

1 standard
6.DSR
Read texts at the easy end of the grades 6 to 8 range with fluency, quote evidence for ideas, read text sets on one topic, and use fix-up strategies when meaning slips.

Reading and Vocabulary

1 standard
6.RV.1
Grow vocabulary with context clues, Greek and Latin roots, synonyms, antonyms and dictionaries, and explain how similes, metaphors, hyperbole and personification work.

Reading Literary Text

3 standards
6.RL.1
Summarize theme, trace plot from exposition to resolution, tell inner from outer conflict, and explain how protagonist, antagonist and changing characters move a story.
6.RL.2
Describe how rhyme and alliteration affect readers, how imagery and word choice set tone, and how a first- or third-person narrator colors the events told.
6.RL.3
Describe how characters, settings and events shape one another, and compare a story and an article on one theme, including how their chapters or stanzas fit together.

Reading Informational Text

3 standards
6.RI.1
Summarize an article's main idea, describe how it develops a key person or event through examples, and sort claims backed by evidence from those that are not.
6.RI.2
Tell why a text uses bold type, headings and photos, and explain how an author's word choice and organization reveal the purpose and viewpoint behind it.
6.RI.3
Describe how sentences and sections build ideas within and across readings, and compare two authors' accounts of one event, noting where they agree and differ.

Writing

3 standards
6.W.1
Write stories, including retold familiar tales, explanations using comparison or cause and effect, persuasive pieces with clear reasons, and reflections citing a text.
6.W.2
Plan, draft, revise and edit multi-paragraph essays with a clear thesis, facts and quotations as support, transitions, varied sentences and a conclusion.
6.W.3
Revise drafts for clear ideas, sharp words, varied sentences and smooth transitions, then edit alone and with a partner for capitals, spelling, punctuation and grammar.

Language Usage

2 standards
6.LU.1
Write simple, compound and complex sentences, keep pronouns and verbs in agreement, use precise adverbs, and choose correctly between tricky pairs like lie and lay.
6.LU.2
Fix run-on sentences and comma splices, punctuate dialogue and quoted words correctly, spell everyday words reliably, and check doubtful spellings in a dictionary.

Communication and Multimodal Literacies

4 standards
6.C.1
Lead and join discussions by listening closely, following agreed rules, building on others' ideas, asking clarifying questions, disagreeing politely and self-reflecting.
6.C.2
Give an organized oral report or opinion talk with evidence, clear volume and enunciation, eye contact and gestures, planned audience questions and credit to sources.
6.C.3
Build presentations that mix two or more modes, like images, speech and text, and publish media messages for a chosen audience that lay out claims in logical order.
6.C.4
Interpret information from videos, ads and other media, explain how messages are built to reach a target audience, and judge how well each one worked on it.

Research

1 standard
6.R.1
Research a narrow question with smart search terms, judge source credibility, take notes in one's own words, cite each source, and use the internet and AI responsibly.

The official Virginia documents

The plain-English lines on this page are EMStudio's own explanations of Virginia's standards, not the official wording, which Virginia Department of Education publishes in the documents above. Codes and strand names identify each standard.