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ELD Standards (printable)

ELD Standards CDE (printable)

CDE ELD Video Guide - Click "ELD Video Series" to locate the videos

ELD Standards

Part I: Interacting in Meaningful Ways

Collaborative (engagement in

dialogue with others)

1.Exchanging information/ideas via oral communication and conversations

2.Interacting via written English (print and multimedia)

3.Offering opinions and negotiating with/persuading others

4.Adapting language choices to various contexts

Interpretive (comprehension and analysis of written and spoken texts)

5.Listening actively and asking/answering questions about what was heard

6.Reading closely and explaining interpretations/ideas from reading

7.Evaluating how well writers and speakers use language to present or support ideas

8.Analyzing how writers use vocabulary and other language resources

Productive

(creation of oral presentations and written texts)

9.Expressing information and ideas in oral presentations

10.Composing/writing literary and informational texts

11.Supporting opinions or justifying arguments and evaluating others’ opinions or arguments

12.Selecting and applying varied and precise vocabulary and other language resources

Part II: Learning About How English Works

Structuring Cohesive Texts

1.Understanding text structure and organization based on purpose, text type, and discipline

2.Understanding cohesion and how language resources across a text contribute to the way a text unfolds and flows

Expanding and Enriching Ideas

3.Using verbs and verb phrases to create precision and clarity in different text types

4.Using noun and noun phrases to expand ideas and provide more detail

5.Modifying to add details to provide more information and create precision

Connecting and Condensing Ideas

6.Connecting ideas within sentences by combining clauses

7.Condensing ideas within sentences using a variety of language resources