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8th Grade - CA ELD Standard
Part I: Interacting in Meaningful Ways
Collaborative (engagement in dialogue with others) Speaking/Listening
Supporting opinions and persuading others

Offering and justifying opinions, negotiating with and persuading others in communicative exchanges.

| W.8.1 | WHST.6-8.1 | SL.8.1 | SL.8.4 | SL.8.6 | L.8.3 | L.8.6 |
EMERGING
1

Negotiate with or persuade others in conversations (e.g., to gain and hold the floor or to ask for clarification) using learned phrases (e.g., I think . . . Would you please repeat that?) and open responses.

EXPANDING
2

Negotiate with or persuade others in conversations (e.g., to provide counter-arguments) using learned phrases (I agree with X, but . . .) and open responses.

BRIDGING
3

Negotiate with or persuade others in conversations using an appropriate register (e.g., to acknowledge new information and justify views) using a variety of learned phrases, indirect reported speech (e.g., I heard you say X, and that's a good point. I still think Y, though, because . . .) and open responses.