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9th - 10th 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.9-10.1 | WHST.9-10.1 | SL.9-10.1 | SL.9-10.4 | SL.9-10.6 | L.9-10.3 | L.9-10.6 |
EMERGING
1

Negotiate with or persuade others in conversations using learned phrases (e.g., Would you say that again? I think . . .), as well as open responses to express and defend opinions.

EXPANDING
2

Negotiate with or persuade others in conversations (e.g., to provide counterarguments) using a growing number of learned phrases (I see your point, but . . .) and open responses to express and defend nuanced opinions.

BRIDGING
3

Negotiate with or persuade others in conversations in appropriate registers (e.g., to acknowledge new information in an academic conversation but then politely offer a counterpoint) using a variety of learned phrases, indirect reported speech (e.g., I heard you say X, and I haven't thought about that before. However . . .), and open responses to express and defend nuanced opinions.