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2nd Grade - CA ELD Standard
Part I: Interacting in Meaningful Ways
Productive (creation of oral presentations and written texts) Speaking/Writing
Supporting opinions

Supporting own opinions and evaluating others’ opinions in speaking and writing.

| W.2.1 | W.2.4 | W.2.10 | SL.2.4 | SL.2.6 | L.2.1 | L.2.2 | L.2.3 | L.2.6 |
EMERGING
1

Support opinions by providing good reasons and some textual evidence or relevant background knowledge (e.g., referring to textual evidence or knowledge of content).

EXPANDING
2

Support opinions by providing good reasons and increasingly detailed textual evidence (e.g., providing examples from the text) or relevant background knowledge about the content.

BRIDGING
3

Support opinions or persuade others by providing good reasons and detailed textual evidence (e.g., specific events or graphics from text) or relevant background knowledge about the content.