ELD Standards
Criteria Exceeds (5 pts)
ELD.P2.11-12.6.Br. -
Combine clauses in a
variety of ways to create
compound and complex
sentences that make
connections between and
link concrete and abstract
ideas, for example, to
make a concession (e.g.,
While both characters
strive for success, they
each take different
approaches to reach their
goals), or to establish
cause (e.g., Women’s
lives were changed
forever after World War II
as a result of joining the
workforce).
ELD.P1.11-12.10b.B
r. -​ ​Write clear and
coherent summaries of
texts and experiences
using complete and
concise sentences and
key words (e.g., from
notes or graphic
organizers).
ELD.P1.11-12.1.Br. -
Contribute to class, group,
and partner discussions,
sustaining conversations
on a variety of age and
grade-appropriate
academic topics by
following turn-taking rules,
asking and answering
relevant, on-topic
questions, affirming
others, and providing
coherent and
well-articulated comments
and additional information​.
ELD.P2.11-12.5.Br. -
Meets (3 pts) Approaching (1 pt)
Students have Students have Students have
combined clauses in combined some combined a few
a variety of ways, clauses in multiple clauses, creating
creating complex ways, creating sentences that make
sentences that make complex sentences some connection
clear connections that make between and links
between and links connections between ideas in their journal
strong, concrete and and links concrete entries.
abstract ideas in their and abstract ideas in
journal entries. their journal entries.
Students have written Students have written Students have written
clear and coherent more coherent summaries of their
summaries of their summaries of their experiences from
experiences from experiences form their role-playing
their role-playing their role-playing activity
activity using activity
complete and concise
sentences and key
words.
Students have Students have Students have
contributed to class, contributed to class, contributed to either
group, and partner group, and partner class, group, or
discussions, discussions, partner discussions,
sustaining sustaining following
conversations on a conversations on a conversational rules.
variety of age and variety of age and
grade-appropriate grade appropriate
academic topics by academic topics,
following following
conversational rules; conversational rules.
providing coherent
and well-articulated
comments in a
meaningful way.
Students have Students have Students expand
Expand sentences with a
variety of adverbials (e.g.,
adverbs, adverb phrases
and clauses, prepositional
phrases) to provide details
(e.g., time, manner, place,
cause) about a variety of
familiar and new activities
and processes.
expanded sentences expanded sentences sentences to provide
with a variety of with a variety of certain details.
adverbials to provide adverbials to provide
details about a certain details.
variety of familiar and
new activities and
processes.

ELD.P1.11-12.2.Br. - Students have Students have Students have written

Collaborate with peers to
engage in a variety of
extended written
exchanges and complex
grade-appropriate writing
projects, using technology
as appropriate.
engaged with their engaged with their their character
peers in a complexe, peers to create a journals
extended written more cohesive
exchange and writing character journal
project to create their
character journals

ELD.P1.11-12.10a.Br Students have written Students have written Students have written
. - ​Write longer and more longer and very somewhat lengthy journal entries
detailed literary and detailed journal and detailed journal
informational texts (e.g., entries using entries using
an argument about free
speech) collaboratively appropriate text appropriate text
(e.g., with peers) and organization and organization and
independently using register register
appropriate text
organization and register.