The California ELD Standards Companion, Grades 6-8. Jim Burke

in Meaningful Ways, Interpretative ModeStandard 5. Listening activelyELD Standard 5 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency LevelWhat the Student DoesCCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 5: Listening activelyWhat the Teacher DoesAcademic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 5: Listening activelyExample of Practice in Snapshot Related to Standard 5: Listening activelySnapshot 6.9. Developing and Defending an Argument—Integrated ELA/Literacy and Civic Learning Instruction in Grade 8Standard 6. Reading/viewing closelyELD Standard 6 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency LevelWhat the Student DoesCCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 6: Reading/viewing closelyWhat the Teacher DoesAcademic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 6: Reading/viewing closelyExample of Practice in Snapshot Related to Standard 6: Reading/viewing closelySnapshot 6.10. Analysis of Primary Texts by Frederick Douglass—Designated ELD Connected to History/Social Science in Grade 8Standard 7. Evaluating language choicesELD Standard 7 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency LevelWhat the Student DoesCCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 7: Evaluating language choicesWhat the Teacher DoesAcademic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 7: Evaluating language choicesExample of Practice in Snapshot Related to Standard 7: Evaluating language choicesSnapshot 6.7. Poets in Society—Spoken Word Poetry and Youth Literacy—Integrated ELA and Performing Arts in Grade 7Standard 8. Analyzing language choicesELD Standard 8 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency LevelWhat the Student DoesCCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 8: Analyzing language choicesWhat the Teacher DoesAcademic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 8: Analyzing language choicesExample of Practice in Snapshot Related to Standard 8: Analyzing language choicesSnapshot 6.6. Analyzing and Discussing the Use of Language in Science Texts—Designated ELD Connected to Science in Grade 7

      8 Introduction to Part 1, Cluster C: Interacting in Meaningful Ways, Productive ModeStandard 9. PresentingELD Standard 9 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency LevelWhat the Student DoesCCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 9: PresentingWhat the Teacher DoesAcademic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 9: PresentingExample of Practice in Snapshot Related to Standard 9: PresentingSnapshot 6.9. Developing and Defending an Argument—Integrated ELA/Literacy and Civic Learning Instruction in Grade 8Standard 10. Composing/writingELD Standard 10 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency LevelWhat the Student DoesCCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 10: Composing/writingWhat the Teacher DoesAcademic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 10: Composing/writingExample of Practice in Snapshot Related to Standard 10: Composing/writingSnapshot 6.11. Debating About the Effects of Human Activity on the Health of the Earth—Integrated ELA, ELD, and Science Disciplinary Literacy Lesson in Grade 8Standard 11. Supporting opinionsELD Standard 11 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency LevelWhat the Student DoesCCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 11: Supporting opinionsWhat the Teacher DoesAcademic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 11: Supporting opinionsExample of Practice in Snapshot Related to Standard 11: Supporting opinionsSnapshot 6.3. Choosing and Defending a Unit of Data Analysis—Integrated Literacy and Mathematics Lesson in Grade 6Standard 12. Selecting language resourcesELD Standard 12 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency LevelWhat the Student DoesCCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 12: Selecting language resourcesWhat the Teacher DoesAcademic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 12: Selecting language resourcesExample of Practice in Snapshot Related to Standard 12: Selecting language resourcesSnapshot 6.2. Reading Complex Texts About Slavery in Ancient History—Designated ELD Connected to World History in Grade 6

      9 Introduction to Part 2, Cluster A: Learning About How English Works, Structuring Cohesive TextsStandard 1. Understanding text structureELD Standard 1 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency LevelWhat the Student DoesCCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 1: Understanding text structureWhat the Teacher DoesAcademic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 1: Understanding text structureExample of Practice in Snapshot Related to Standard 1: Understanding text structureSnapshot 6.10. Analysis of Primary Texts by Frederick Douglass—Designated ELD Connected to History/Social Science in Grade 8Standard 2. Understanding cohesionELD Standard 2 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency LevelWhat the Student DoesCCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 2: Understanding cohesionWhat the Teacher DoesAcademic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 2: Understanding cohesionExample of Practice in Snapshot Related to Standard 2: Understanding cohesionSnapshot 6.2. Reading Complex Texts About Slavery in Ancient History—Designated ELD Connected to World History in Grade 6

      10 Introduction to Part 2, Cluster B: Learning About How English Works, Expanding and Enriching IdeasStandard 3. Using verbs and verb phrasesELD Standard 3 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency LevelWhat the Student DoesCCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 3: Using verbs and verb phrasesWhat the Teacher DoesAcademic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 3: Using verbs and verb phrasesExample of Practice in Snapshot Related to Standard 3: Using verbs and verb phrasesSnapshot 6.2. Analyzing Language to Understand Complex Texts—Designated ELD in Grade 6Standard 4. Using nouns and noun phrasesELD Standard 4 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency LevelWhat the Student DoesCCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 4: Using nouns and noun phrasesWhat the Teacher DoesAcademic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 4: Using nouns and noun phrasesExample of Practice in Snapshot Related to Standard 4: Using nouns and noun phrasesSnapshot 6.6. Analyzing and Discussing the Use of Language in Science Texts—Designated ELD Connected to Science in Grade 7Standard 5. Modifying to add detailsELD Standard 5 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency LevelWhat the Student DoesCCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 5: Modifying to add detailsWhat the Teacher DoesAcademic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 5: Modifying to add detailsExample of Practice in Snapshot Related to Standard 5: Modifying to add detailsSnapshot 6.2. Analyzing Language to Understand Complex Texts—Designated ELD in Grade 6

      11 Introduction to Part 2, Cluster C: Learning About How English Works, Connecting and Condensing IdeasStandard 6. Connecting ideasELD Standard 6 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency LevelWhat the Student DoesCCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 6: Connecting ideasWhat the Teacher DoesAcademic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 6: Connecting ideasExample of Practice in Snapshot Related to Standard 6: Connecting ideasSnapshot 6.1. Summary and Analysis of Stories—Designated ELD Connected to ELA in Grade 6Standard 7. Condensing ideasELD Standard 7 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency LevelWhat the Student DoesCCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 7: Condensing ideasWhat the Teacher DoesAcademic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 7: Condensing ideasExample of Practice in Snapshot Related to Standard 7: Condensing ideasSnapshot 6.2. Analyzing Language to Understand Complex Texts—Designated ELD in Grade 6

      12 California English Language Development Standards reprinted with permission from the California English Language Development Standards: Kindergarten Through Grade 12 by English Learner Support Division, California Department of Education, (2012).

      Foreword

      Students enroll in California schools speaking languages representing every corner of the globe. Immigrant and U.S.-born, they collectively speak over 100 languages—and 1.2 million of them don’t yet have the English skills needed to adequately comprehend, participate in, and access the educational program without support. The United States has always been a multilingual nation, but the challenge of educating a multilingual student population in an era of high academic standards is a 21st century challenge—shaped