English Language Development

Provide a positive learning environment that promotes students’ autonomy in learning. Allow students some choice of complementa ...

To improve adolescent literacy, the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) Practice Guide, Improving Adolescent Literacy: Effecti ...

compare and contrast the overall structure of two or more texts (RI.5.5), and analyze different points of view and accounts of t ...

In ELA, tracing and evaluating the argument and specific claims in a text (RI.6–8.8) assessing whether reasoning is sound and e ...

Figure 6.3. Associated Ranges from Multiple Measures for the Grades Six through Eight Text Complexity Band ATOS (Renaissance Lea ...

Development 2000). Different types of questioning can help students clarify meaning, speculate about text, analyze an author’s p ...

strategies, such as rereading or summarizing (Kosanovich, Reed, and Miller 2010). Teachers help all students learn ways to monit ...

which helps them to clarify and refine their analyses. When they answer questions with elaborations, formulate and pose probing ...

Both the CA CCSS for ELA/Literacy and CA ELD Standards for grades six through eight reflect the importance of students’ continui ...

All teachers create language-rich environments for students. They model use of academic language as they interact with students ...

vocabulary development for ELs whose native language is Latin based. Cognates are words in two or more different languages that ...

the different grammatical features (e.g., long noun phrases, text connectives, pronoun reference) affect how the meanings are co ...

In HST, writing informative/explanatory texts, including narration of historical events, scientific procedures/experiments, or ...

responses, interpretations, poems, stories, drama, essays, speeches, research reports, and more. While students use many forms o ...

In addition to using the CA CCSS for ELA/Literacy to examine student writing and provide timely and targeted feedback to all stu ...

The speaking and listening standards for grades six through eight build on these skills, requiring students to continue engaging ...

a supportive environment in the classroom by modeling an acceptance of diverse perspectives and minimizing criticism and negativ ...

descriptive details (SL.5.4). They planned and delivered an opinion speech (SL.5.4a) and memorized and recited a poem or section ...

Using Language Conventions Contributing to effective expression is students’ command over language conventions, such as grammar ...

Standards for language conventions that are new to the grade span are specified in the grade-level sections. All students need t ...