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Standard Identifier: ELD.PII.8.6.Em

Grade: 8
Critical Principle: Part II: Learning About How English Works
Cluster: C. Connecting and Condensing Ideas
Proficiency Level: Emerging
Content Strand: Connecting ideas

Standard:
Combine clauses in a few basic ways to make connections between and join ideas (e.g., creating compound sentences using and, but, so; creating complex sentences using because).

Standard Identifier: ELD.PII.8.7.Em

Grade: 8
Critical Principle: Part II: Learning About How English Works
Cluster: C. Connecting and Condensing Ideas
Proficiency Level: Emerging
Content Strand: Condensing ideas

Standard:
Condense ideas in simple ways (e.g., by compounding verbs, adding prepositional phrases, or through simple embedded clauses or other ways of condensing as in, This is a story about a girl. The girl changed the world. → This is a story about a girl who changed the world) to create precise and detailed sentences.

Standard Identifier: ELD.PI.9–10.5.Em

Grade Range: 9–10
Critical Principle: Part I: Interacting in Meaningful Ways
Cluster: B. Interpretive
Proficiency Level: Emerging
Content Strand: Listening actively

Standard:
Demonstrate comprehension of oral presentations and discussions on familiar social and academic topics by asking and answering questions, with prompting and substantial support.

Standard Identifier: ELD.PI.9–10.6a.Em

Grade Range: 9–10
Critical Principle: Part I: Interacting in Meaningful Ways
Cluster: B. Interpretive
Proficiency Level: Emerging
Content Strand: Reading/viewing closely

Standard:
Explain ideas, phenomena, processes, and text relationships (e.g., compare/contrast, cause/effect, evidence-based argument) based on close reading of a variety of grade-appropriate texts, presented in various print and multimedia formats, using short sentences and a select set of general academic and domain-specific words.

Standard Identifier: ELD.PI.9–10.6b.Em

Grade Range: 9–10
Critical Principle: Part I: Interacting in Meaningful Ways
Cluster: B. Interpretive
Proficiency Level: Emerging
Content Strand: Reading/viewing closely

Standard:
Explain inferences and conclusions drawn from close reading of grade-appropriate texts and viewing of multimedia using familiar verbs (e.g., seems that).

Standard Identifier: ELD.PI.9–10.6c.Em

Grade Range: 9–10
Critical Principle: Part I: Interacting in Meaningful Ways
Cluster: B. Interpretive
Proficiency Level: Emerging
Content Strand: Reading/viewing closely

Standard:
Use knowledge of morphology (e.g., common prefixes and suffixes), context, references materials, and visual cues to determine the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words on familiar topics.

Standard Identifier: ELD.PI.9–10.7.Em

Grade Range: 9–10
Critical Principle: Part I: Interacting in Meaningful Ways
Cluster: B. Interpretive
Proficiency Level: Emerging
Content Strand: Evaluating language choices

Standard:
Explain how successfully writers and speakers structure texts and use language (e.g., specific word or phrasing choices) to persuade the reader (e.g., by providing evidence to support claims or connecting points in an argument) or create other specific effects, with substantial support.

Standard Identifier: ELD.PI.9–10.8.Em

Grade Range: 9–10
Critical Principle: Part I: Interacting in Meaningful Ways
Cluster: B. Interpretive
Proficiency Level: Emerging
Content Strand: Analyzing language choices

Standard:
Explain how a writer’s or speaker’s choice of phrasing or specific words (e.g., describing a character or action as aggressive versus bold) produces nuances and different effects on the audience.

Standard Identifier: ELD.PII.9–10.3.Em

Grade Range: 9–10
Critical Principle: Part II: Learning About How English Works
Cluster: B. Expanding and Enriching Ideas
Proficiency Level: Emerging
Content Strand: Using verbs and verb phrases

Standard:
Use a variety of verbs in different tenses (e.g., past, present, future, simple, progressive) appropriate to the text type and discipline to create short texts on familiar academic topics.

Standard Identifier: ELD.PII.9–10.4.Em

Grade Range: 9–10
Critical Principle: Part II: Learning About How English Works
Cluster: B. Expanding and Enriching Ideas
Proficiency Level: Emerging
Content Strand: Using nouns and noun phrases

Standard:
Expand noun phrases to create increasingly detailed sentences (e.g., adding adjectives for precision) about personal and familiar academic topics.

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