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9th - 10th Grade - CA ELD Standard
Part II: Learning About How English Works
Connecting & Condensing Ideas
Condensing ideas

Condensing ideas within sentences using a variety of language resources.

| W.9-10.1 | W.9-10.2 | W.9-10.3 | W.9-10.4 | W.9-10.5 | WHST.9-10.1 | WHST.9-10.2 | WHST.9-10.4 | WHST.9-10.5 | SL.9-10.4 | SL.9-10.6 | L.9-10.1 | L.9-10.3 | L.9-10.4 | L.9-10.5 | L.9-10.6 |
EMERGING
1

Condense ideas in a few basic ways (e.g., by compounding verb or prepositional phrases) to create precise and detailed simple, compound, and complex sentences (e.g., The students asked survey questions and recorded the responses).

EXPANDING
2

Condense ideas in a growing number of ways (e.g., through embedded clauses or by compounding verbs or prepositional phrases) to create more precise and detailed simple, compound, and complex sentences (e.g., Species that could not adapt to the changing climate eventually disappeared).

BRIDGING
3

Condense ideas in a variety of ways (e.g., through a variety of embedded clauses, or by compounding verbs or prepositional phrases, nominalization) to create precise simple, compound, and complex sentences that condense concrete and abstract ideas (e.g., Another issue that people may be concerned with is the amount of money that it will cost to construct the new building).