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Standard Identifier: ELD.PII.8.4.Em

Grade: 8
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 in basic ways (e.g., adding a sensory adjective to a noun) in order to enrich the meaning of sentences and add details about ideas, people, things, and so on.

Standard Identifier: ELD.PI.9–10.11a.Em

Grade Range: 9–10
Critical Principle: Part I: Interacting in Meaningful Ways
Cluster: C. Productive
Proficiency Level: Emerging
Content Strand: Justifying/arguing

Standard:
Justify opinions by articulating some relevant textual evidence or background knowledge, with visual support.

Standard Identifier: ELD.PI.9–10.11b.Em

Grade Range: 9–10
Critical Principle: Part I: Interacting in Meaningful Ways
Cluster: C. Productive
Proficiency Level: Emerging
Content Strand: Justifying/arguing

Standard:
Express attitude and opinions or temper statements with familiar modal expressions (e.g., can, may).

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.9–10.2a.Em

Grade Range: 9–10
Critical Principle: Part II: Learning About How English Works
Cluster: A. Structuring Cohesive Texts
Proficiency Level: Emerging
Content Strand: Understanding cohesion

Standard:
Apply knowledge of familiar language resources for referring to make texts more cohesive (e.g., using pronouns to refer back to nouns in text) to comprehending and writing brief texts.

Standard Identifier: ELD.PII.9–10.2b.Em

Grade Range: 9–10
Critical Principle: Part II: Learning About How English Works
Cluster: A. Structuring Cohesive Texts
Proficiency Level: Emerging
Content Strand: Understanding cohesion

Standard:
Apply knowledge of familiar language resources for linking ideas, events, or reasons throughout a text (e.g., using connecting/transition words and phrases, such as first, second, third) to comprehending and writing brief texts.

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.

Standard Identifier: ELD.PI.11–12.11a.Em

Grade Range: 11–12
Critical Principle: Part I: Interacting in Meaningful Ways
Cluster: C. Productive
Proficiency Level: Emerging
Content Strand: Justifying/arguing

Standard:
Justify opinions by articulating some textual evidence or background knowledge with visual support.

Standard Identifier: ELD.PI.11–12.11b.Em

Grade Range: 11–12
Critical Principle: Part I: Interacting in Meaningful Ways
Cluster: C. Productive
Proficiency Level: Emerging
Content Strand: Justifying/arguing

Standard:
Express attitude and opinions or temper statements with familiar modal expressions (e.g., can, may).

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