--- title: "6.L.GC.2: Syntax for Clarity and Style (Georgia English Language Arts standard)" code: 6.L.GC.2 cite_as: Georgia Standards of Excellence, English Language Arts, 6.L.GC.2 subject: ela grades: - grade-6 language: en canonical_url: https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/6.L.GC.2 md_url: https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/6.L.GC.2.md alternate_language_url: https://georgiahomeroom.org/es/standards/code/6.L.GC.2.md source_url: https://case.georgiastandards.org/ims/case/v1p0/CFDocuments/391c3abe-c1ec-4a4a-a942-c9e152b35102 source_last_changed: 2025-11-14 data_built: 2026-09-18 publisher: Georgia Homeroom, a free public-interest project of Georgia Civic Data. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the Georgia Department of Education or any school district. up: https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/ela/grade-6.md index: https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/index.md --- # 6.L.GC.2: Syntax for Clarity and Style Apply understanding of syntax to comprehend, analyze, condense, and combine ideas and information, enhancing clarity, style, and meaning. - Subject: English Language Arts - Appears in: Grade 6, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/ela/grade-6.md ## Expectations - **6.L.GC.2.a**: Apply understandings of syntax to comprehend and analyze a variety of grade-level texts. (I) - **6.L.GC.2.b**: Use a variety of simple, compound, complex, and compound- complex sentences to condense and combine ideas, maintaining consistent verb tense throughout the text. (C) - **6.L.GC.2.c**: Identify and use active voice in sentences, revising for subject-verb agreement. (C) - **6.L.GC.2.d**: Build and enrich ideas and information in texts, using modifiers when incorporating details and descriptions to convey meaning and facilitate engagement. (C) - **6.L.GC.2.e**: This progression begins in 9th grade. ## Georgia Milestones coverage - English Language Arts Grade 6 (EOG). Language — Constructing Texts. Grammar Conventions Students observe, analyze, and use the structures and conventions of Standard English grammar, usage, and mechanics as they interpret and construct texts. (about 13% of the test; 8 points; shared with other standards, so count these points once and never add them up per standard) - English Language Arts Grade 6 (EOG). Language — Interpreting Texts. Grammar Conventions Students observe, analyze, and use the structures and conventions of Standard English grammar, usage, and mechanics as they interpret and construct texts. (about 10% of the test; 6 points; shared with other standards, so count these points once and never add them up per standard) ## What mastery looks like Georgia's Achievement Level Descriptors. The levels are cumulative: each includes the ones before it. Proficient is on grade level. - **Beginning**: Use a variety of simple, compound, and complex sentences to combine ideas. - **Developing**: Use a variety of simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences to combine ideas, maintaining verb tense within a paragraph. Determine when active voice should be used. Use modifiers when adding details to convey meaning. - **Proficient**: Apply understandings of syntax to comprehend and analyze a variety of grade-level texts. Use a variety of simple, compound, and complex sentences, and compound-complex sentences to condense and combine ideas, maintaining consistent verb tense throughout the entire text. Identify and use active voice in sentences, revising for subject-verb agreement. Build and enrich ideas and information in texts, using modifiers when incorporating details and descriptions to convey meaning and facilitate engagement. - **Distinguished**: Use active voice throughout a text, revising for subject-verb agreement. ## The same standard across grades - Kindergarten, K.L.GC.2: **Syntax** Recognize and compose coherent sentences that express complete thoughts. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/K.L.GC.2.md - Grade 1, 1.L.GC.2: **Syntax** Recognize and compose coherent sentences that express complete thoughts. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/1.L.GC.2.md - Grade 2, 2.L.GC.2: **Syntax** Recognize and compose coherent sentences that express complete thoughts. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/2.L.GC.2.md - Grade 3, 3.L.GC.2: **Syntax** Apply understandings of sentence structure to comprehend and compose varied sentences. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/3.L.GC.2.md - Grade 4, 4.L.GC.2: **Syntax** Apply understandings of sentence structure to comprehend and compose varied sentences. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/4.L.GC.2.md - Grade 5, 5.L.GC.2: **Syntax** Apply understandings of sentence structure to comprehend and compose varied sentences. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/5.L.GC.2.md - **Grade 6, 6.L.GC.2 (this standard)**: **Syntax** Apply understanding of syntax to comprehend, analyze, condense, and combine ideas and information, enhancing clarity, style, and meaning. - Grade 7, 7.L.GC.2: **Syntax** Apply understanding of syntax to comprehend, analyze, condense, and combine ideas and information, enhancing clarity, style, and meaning. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/7.L.GC.2.md - Grade 8, 8.L.GC.2: **Syntax** Apply understanding of syntax to comprehend, analyze, condense, and combine ideas and information, enhancing clarity, style, and meaning. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/8.L.GC.2.md - Grade 9, 9.L.GC.2: **Syntax** Apply understanding of syntax to comprehend, analyze, evaluate, craft, and reshape sentences to achieve desired effects. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/9.L.GC.2.md - Grade 10, 10.L.GC.2: **Syntax** Apply understanding of syntax to comprehend, analyze, evaluate, craft, and reshape sentences to achieve desired effects. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/10.L.GC.2.md - Grade 11, 11.L.GC.2: **Syntax** Apply understanding of syntax to comprehend, analyze, evaluate, craft, and reshape sentences to achieve desired effects. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/11.L.GC.2.md - Grade 12, 12.L.GC.2: **Syntax** Apply understanding of syntax to comprehend, analyze, evaluate, craft, and reshape sentences to achieve desired effects. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/12.L.GC.2.md Source: Georgia Standards of Excellence, published by the Georgia Department of Education at case.georgiastandards.org.