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Standard Identifier: ELD.PII.7.2a.Br

Grade: 7
Critical Principle: Part II: Learning About How English Works
Cluster: A. Structuring Cohesive Texts
Proficiency Level: Bridging
Content Strand: Understanding cohesion

Standard:
Apply knowledge of familiar language resources for referring to make texts more cohesive (e.g., how pronouns, synonyms, or nominalizations are used to refer backward in a text) to comprehending texts and writing cohesive texts.

Standard Identifier: ELD.PII.7.2b.Br

Grade: 7
Critical Principle: Part II: Learning About How English Works
Cluster: A. Structuring Cohesive Texts
Proficiency Level: Bridging
Content Strand: Understanding cohesion

Standard:
Apply increasing understanding of how ideas, events, or reasons are linked throughout a text using an increasing variety of academic connecting and transitional words or phrases (e.g., for instance, in addition, consequently) to comprehending texts and writing texts with increasing cohesion.

Standard Identifier: ELD.PI.8.1.Br

Grade: 8
Critical Principle: Part I: Interacting in Meaningful Ways
Cluster: A. Collaborative
Proficiency Level: Bridging
Content Strand: Exchanging information/ideas

Standard:
Contribute to class, group, and partner discussions by following turn-taking rules, asking relevant questions, affirming others, adding relevant information and evidence, paraphrasing key ideas, building on responses, and providing useful feedback.

Standard Identifier: ELD.PI.8.12a.Br

Grade: 8
Critical Principle: Part I: Interacting in Meaningful Ways
Cluster: C. Productive
Proficiency Level: Bridging
Content Strand: Selecting language resources

Standard:
Use an expanded set of general academic words (e.g., specific, contrast, significant, function, adequate, analysis), domain-specific words (e.g., scene, irony, suspense, analogy, cell membrane, fraction), synonyms, antonyms, and figurative language to create precision and shades of meaning while speaking and writing.

Standard Identifier: ELD.PI.8.12b.Br

Grade: 8
Critical Principle: Part I: Interacting in Meaningful Ways
Cluster: C. Productive
Proficiency Level: Bridging
Content Strand: Selecting language resources

Standard:
Use knowledge of morphology to appropriately select affixes in a variety of ways to manipulate language (e.g., changing destroy → destruction, probably → probability, reluctant → reluctantly).

Standard Identifier: ELD.PII.8.2a.Br

Grade: 8
Critical Principle: Part II: Learning About How English Works
Cluster: A. Structuring Cohesive Texts
Proficiency Level: Bridging
Content Strand: Understanding cohesion

Standard:
Apply knowledge of familiar language resources for referring to make texts more cohesive (e.g., how pronouns, synonyms, or nominalizations are used to refer backward in a text) to comprehending texts and writing cohesive texts.

Standard Identifier: ELD.PII.8.2b.Br

Grade: 8
Critical Principle: Part II: Learning About How English Works
Cluster: A. Structuring Cohesive Texts
Proficiency Level: Bridging
Content Strand: Understanding cohesion

Standard:
Apply increasing understanding of how ideas, events, or reasons are linked throughout a text using an increasing variety of academic connecting and transitional words or phrases (e.g., for instance, in addition, consequently) to comprehending and writing texts with increasing cohesion.

Standard Identifier: ELD.PI.9–10.1.Br

Grade Range: 9–10
Critical Principle: Part I: Interacting in Meaningful Ways
Cluster: A. Collaborative
Proficiency Level: Bridging
Content Strand: Exchanging information/ideas

Standard:
Contribute to class, group, and partner discussions, sustaining conversations on a variety of age and grade-appropriate academic topics by following turn-taking rules, asking and answering relevant, on-topic questions, affirming others, and providing coherent and well-articulated comments and additional information.

Standard Identifier: ELD.PI.9–10.12a.Br

Grade Range: 9–10
Critical Principle: Part I: Interacting in Meaningful Ways
Cluster: C. Productive
Proficiency Level: Bridging
Content Strand: Selecting language resources

Standard:
Use a variety of grade-appropriate general (e.g., anticipate, transaction) and domain-specific (e.g., characterization, photosynthesis, society, quadratic functions) academic words and phrases, including persuasive language, accurately and appropriately when producing complex written and spoken texts.

Standard Identifier: ELD.PI.9–10.12b.Br

Grade Range: 9–10
Critical Principle: Part I: Interacting in Meaningful Ways
Cluster: C. Productive
Proficiency Level: Bridging
Content Strand: Selecting language resources

Standard:
Use knowledge of morphology to appropriately select affixes in a variety of ways to manipulate language (e.g., changing humiliate to humiliation or incredible to incredibly).

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