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11th - 12th Grade - CA ELD Standard
Part II: Learning About How English Works
Expanding & Enriching Ideas
Using nouns and noun phrases

Using nouns and noun phrases to expand ideas and provide more detail.

| W.11-12.5 | WHST.11-12.5 | SL.11-12.6 | L.11-12.1 | L.11-12.3 | L.11-12.4 | L.11-12.5 | L.11-12.6 |
EMERGING
1

Expand noun phrases to create increasingly detailed sentences (e.g., adding adjectives for precision) about personal and familiar academic topics.

EXPANDING
2

Expand noun phrases in a growing number of ways (e.g., adding adjectives to nouns, simple clause embedding) to create detailed sentences that accurately describe, explain, and summarize information and ideas on a variety of personal and academic topics.

BRIDGING
3

Expand noun phrases in a variety of ways (e.g., complex clause embedding) to create detailed sentences that accurately describe concrete and abstract ideas, explain procedures and sequences, summarize texts and ideas, and present and critique points of view on a variety of academic topics.