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Standard Identifier: ELD.PI.8.1.Em

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

Standard:
Engage in conversational exchanges and express ideas on familiar topics by asking and answering yes-no and wh- questions and responding using simple phrases.

Standard Identifier: ELD.PI.8.1.Ex

Grade: 8
Critical Principle: Part I: Interacting in Meaningful Ways
Cluster: A. Collaborative
Proficiency Level: Expanding
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 paraphrasing key ideas.

Standard Identifier: ELD.PI.8.7.Br

Grade: 8
Critical Principle: Part I: Interacting in Meaningful Ways
Cluster: B. Interpretive
Proficiency Level: Bridging
Content Strand: Evaluating language choices

Standard:
Explain how well writers and speakers use specific language resources to present ideas or support arguments and provide detailed evidence (e.g., identifying the specific language used to present ideas and claims that are well supported and distinguishing them from those that are not) when provided with light support.

Standard Identifier: ELD.PI.8.7.Em

Grade: 8
Critical Principle: Part I: Interacting in Meaningful Ways
Cluster: B. Interpretive
Proficiency Level: Emerging
Content Strand: Evaluating language choices

Standard:
Explain how well writers and speakers use language to support ideas and arguments with detailed evidence (e.g., identifying the precise vocabulary used to present evidence, or the phrasing used to signal a shift in meaning) when provided with substantial support.

Standard Identifier: ELD.PI.8.7.Ex

Grade: 8
Critical Principle: Part I: Interacting in Meaningful Ways
Cluster: B. Interpretive
Proficiency Level: Expanding
Content Strand: Evaluating language choices

Standard:
Explain how well writers and speakers use specific language to present ideas or support arguments and provide detailed evidence (e.g., showing the clarity of the phrasing used to present an argument) when provided with moderate support.

Standard Identifier: ELD.PI.8.8.Br

Grade: 8
Critical Principle: Part I: Interacting in Meaningful Ways
Cluster: B. Interpretive
Proficiency Level: Bridging
Content Strand: Analyzing language choices

Standard:
Explain how phrasing or different words with similar meanings (e.g., cunning versus smart, stammer versus say) or figurative language (e.g., Let me throw some light onto the topic) produce shades of meaning, nuances, and different effects on the audience.

Standard Identifier: ELD.PI.8.8.Em

Grade: 8
Critical Principle: Part I: Interacting in Meaningful Ways
Cluster: B. Interpretive
Proficiency Level: Emerging
Content Strand: Analyzing language choices

Standard:
Explain how phrasing or different common words with similar meanings (e.g., choosing to use the word persistent versus the term hard worker) produce different effects on the audience.

Standard Identifier: ELD.PI.8.8.Ex

Grade: 8
Critical Principle: Part I: Interacting in Meaningful Ways
Cluster: B. Interpretive
Proficiency Level: Expanding
Content Strand: Analyzing language choices

Standard:
Explain how phrasing or different words with similar meanings (e.g., describing a character as stubborn versus persistent) or figurative language (e.g., Let me throw some light onto the topic) produce shades of meaning and different effects on the audience.

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.8.2a.Em

Grade: 8
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., how pronouns refer back to nouns in text) to comprehending and writing brief texts.

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