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9th - 10th Grade - CA ELD Standard
Part I: Interacting in Meaningful Ways
Productive (creation of oral presentations and written texts) Speaking/Writing
Justifying/arguing

Justifying own arguments and evaluating others’ arguments in writing.

| W.9-10.1 | W.9-10.8 | W.9-10.9 | WHST.9-10.1 | WHST.9-10.8 | WHST.9-10.9 | L.9-10.1 | L.9-10.2 | L.9-10.3 | L.9-10.6 |
EMERGING
1

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

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

EXPANDING
2

a) Justify opinions and positions or persuade others by making connections between ideas and articulating relevant textual evidence or background knowledge.

b) Express attitude and opinions or temper statements with a variety of familiar modal expressions (e.g., possibly/likely, could/would).

BRIDGING
3

a) Justify opinions or persuade others by making connections and distinctions between ideas and texts and articulating sufficient, detailed, and relevant textual evidence or background knowledge, using appropriate register.

b) Express attitude and opinions or temper statements with nuanced modal expressions (e.g., possibly/ potentially/ certainly/absolutely, should/might).