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The California ELD Standards Companion, Grades 9-12

Foreword by Laurie Olsen



200 pages | Corwin

“This is an era of extraordinary promise and support for addressing the needs of California’s English learners. That’s why this book, The California ELD Standards Companion, is so important. It’s exactly the kind of bridge teachers need between standards and what it looks like in the classroom.”
LAURIE OLSEN, Strategic Adviser,
The Sobrato Early Academic  Language (SEAL) Initiative 


California teachers: you’re going to love this! Here at last is that single teaching resource for making the critical link between our ELD Standards and the CCSS ELA Standards. Standard by standard, you’ll quickly discover how to integrate language development into your day-to-day content instruction, armed with an insider’s understanding of how best to support our many English learners.  

Modeled after Jim Burke’s Common Core series, this Grades 9-12 volume of The California ELD Standards Companion is every bit “that version of the standards you wish you had” because it’s just so easy to digest and apply. It’s all here:

  • Horizontal and vertical views reveal how each ELD Standard changes and progresses grade by grade and proficiency level by proficiency level. 
  • What the Student Does Sections, also scannable by grade and proficiency level, unpack in student-friendly language what meeting a standard looks like in practice. 
  • CCSS ELA Standards are displayed side by side with California’s ELD Standards so you can appreciate the purposeful alignment between the two as the basis for remodeling instructional practice.
  • What the Teacher Does Sections provide specific instructional guidance by grade band, including student prompts and tips for differentiation across proficiency level.
  • A dedicated vocabulary section offers a quick-reference glossary of key words and phrases as they are used within each ELD Standard.
  • Each section concludes with a vignette from the California ELA/ELD Framework to illustrate exemplary standards-based instruction.

Thanks to the ELD Standards, we are now free to teach our ELs the way we knew best all along: language and content taught hand in hand across the school day. Lean on Ivannia Soto and Linda Carstens’ California ELD Standards Companion as your one-stop guide for delivering that excellent education our ELs so deeply deserve.

 
Foreword by Laurie Olsen
 
Prologue
 
Preface
 
Acknowledgments
 
Overall Introduction
 
Introduction for Part 1, Cluster A: Interacting in Meaningful Ways, Collaborative Mode
 
Standard 1. Exchanging information and ideas
ELD Standard 1 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency Level

 
What the Student Does

 
CCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 1: Exchanging information and ideas

 
What the Teacher Does

 
Academic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 1: Exchanging information and ideas

 
Example of Practice in Snapshot Related to Standard 1: Exchanging information and ideas

 
 
Standard 2. Interacting via written English
ELD Standard 2 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency Level

 
What the Student Does

 
CCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 2: Interacting via written English

 
What the Teacher Does

 
Academic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 2: Interacting via written English

 
Example of Practice in Snapshot Related to Standard 2: Interacting via written English

 
 
Standard 3. Supporting opinions and persuading others
ELD Standard 3 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency Level

 
What the Student Does

 
CCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 3: Supporting opinions and persuading others

 
What the Teacher Does

 
Academic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 3: Supporting opinions and persuading others

 
Example of Practice in Snapshot Related to Standard 3: Supporting opinions and persuading others

 
 
Standard 4. Adapting language choices
ELD Standard 4 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency Level

 
What the Student Does

 
CCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 4: Adapting language choices

 
What the Teacher Does

 
Academic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 4: Adapting language choices

 
Example of Practice in Snapshot Related to Standard 4: Adapting language choices

 
 
Introduction for Part 1, Cluster B: Interacting in Meaningful Ways, Interpretive Mode
 
Standard 5. Listening actively
ELD Standard 5 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency Level

 
What the Student Does

 
CCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 5: Listening actively

 
What the Teacher Does

 
Academic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 5: Listening actively

 
Example of Practice in Snapshot Related to Standard 5: Listening actively

 
 
Standard 6. Reading/viewing closely
ELD Standard 6 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency Level

 
What the Student Does

 
CCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 6: Reading/viewing closely

 
What the Teacher Does

 
Academic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 6: Reading/viewing closely

 
Example of Practice in Vignette Related to Standard 6: Reading/viewing closely

 
 
Standard 7. Evaluating language choices
ELD Standard 7 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency Level

 
What the Student Does

 
CCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 7: Evaluating language choices

 
What the Teacher Does

 
Academic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 7: Evaluating language choices

 
Example of Practice in Snapshot Related to Standard 7: Evaluating language choices

 
 
Standard 8. Analyzing language choices
ELD Standard 8 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency Level

 
What the Student Does

 
CCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 8: Analyzing language choices

 
What the Teacher Does

 
Academic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 8: Analyzing language choices

 
Example of Practice in Snapshot Related to Standard 8: Analyzing language choices

 
 
Introduction for Part 1, Cluster C: Interacting in Meaningful Ways, Productive Mode
 
Standard 9. Presenting
ELD Standard 9 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency Level

 
What the Student Does

 
CCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 9: Presenting

 
What the Teacher Does

 
Academic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 9: Presenting

 
Example of Practice in Snapshot Related to Standard 9: Presenting

 
 
Standard 10. Writing
ELD Standard 10 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency Level

 
What the Student Does

 
CCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 10: Writing

 
What the Teacher Does

 
Academic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 10: Writing

 
Example of Practice in Snapshot Related to Standard 10: Writing

 
 
Standard 11. Justifying/arguing
ELD Standard 11 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency Level

 
What the Student Does

 
CCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 11: Justifying/arguing

 
What the Teacher Does

 
Academic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 11: Justifying/arguing

 
Example of Practice in Snapshot Related to Standard 11: Justifying/arguing

 
 
Standard 12. Selecting language resources
ELD Standard 12 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency Level

 
What the Student Does

 
CCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 12: Selecting language resources

 
What the Teacher Does

 
Academic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 12: Selecting language resources

 
Example of Practice in Snapshot Related to Standard 12: Selecting language resources

 
 
Introduction for Part 2, Cluster A: Learning About How English Works, Structuring Cohesive Texts
 
Standard 1. Understanding text structure
ELD Standard 1 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency Level

 
What the Student Does

 
CCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 1: Understanding text structure

 
What the Teacher Does

 
Academic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 1: Understanding text structure

 
Example of Practice in Vignette Related to Standard 1: Understanding text structure

 
 
Standard 2. Understanding cohesion
ELD Standard 2 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency Level

 
What the Student Does

 
CCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 2: Understanding cohesion

 
What the Teacher Does

 
Academic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 2: Understanding cohesion

 
Example of Practice in Snapshot Related to Standard 2: Understanding cohesion

 
 
Introduction for Part 2, Cluster B: Learning About How English Works, Expanding and Enriching Ideas
 
Standard 3. Using verbs and verb phrases
ELD Standard 3 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency Level

 
What the Student Does

 
CCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 3: Using verbs and verb phrases

 
What the Teacher Does

 
Academic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 3: Using verbs and verb phrases

 
Example of Practice in Vignette Related to Standard 3: Using verbs and verb phrases

 
 
Standard 4. Using nouns and noun phrases
ELD Standard 4 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency Level

 
What the Student Does

 
CCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 4: Using nouns and noun phrases

 
What the Teacher Does

 
Academic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 4: Using nouns and noun phrases

 
Example of Practice in Vignette Related to Standard 4: Using nouns and noun phrases

 
 
Standard 5. Modifying to add details
ELD Standard 5 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency Level

 
What the Student Does

 
CCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 5: Modifying to add details

 
What the Teacher Does

 
Academic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 5: Modifying to add details

 
Example of Practice in Snapshot Related to Standard 5: Modifying to add details

 
 
Introduction for Part 2, Cluster C: Learning About How English Works, Connecting and Condensing Ideas
 
Standard 6. Connecting ideas
ELD Standard 6 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency Level

 
What the Student Does

 
CCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 6: Connecting ideas

 
What the Teacher Does

 
Academic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 6: Connecting ideas

 
Example of Practice in Vignette Related to Standard 6: Connecting ideas

 
 
Standard 7. Condensing ideas
ELD Standard 7 Organized by Grade Level and Proficiency Level

 
What the Student Does

 
CCSS ELA Standards Related to Standard 7: Condensing ideas

 
What the Teacher Does

 
Academic Vocabulary—Key Words and Phrases Related to Standard 7: Condensing ideas

 
Example of Practice in Snapshot Related to Standard 7: Condensing ideas

 

Ivannia Soto Hinman

Ivannia Soto, PhD , is a professor of education and the director of graduate programs at Whittier College, where she specializes in language acquisition, systemic reform for English language learners (ELLs), and urban education. She began her career in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), where she taught English and English language development to a population of 99.9% Latinos, who either were or had been multilingual learners. Before becoming a professor, Soto also served LAUSD as a literacy coach as well as district office and county office administrator. She has presented on literacy and language topics at various... More About Author

Linda J. Carstens

Before retirement, Linda Carstens was the Director of Professional Learning at the School Redesign Network at the School of Education, Stanford University.  She has over 30 years of district-level administrator experience in California, in San Diego City Schools, and other school districts, primarily in the areas of standards, assessment, curriculum and instruction as part of systemic reform, and in services for English Language Learners.  She also served as a Visiting Educator in the Accountability Branch of the California Department of Education.  As a senior researcher at WestEd, she worked with several California... More About Author

Jim Burke

A longtime English teacher, Jim Burke is the author of more than 20 books and senior consultant for the Holt McDougal Literature program. Jim has received several awards, including the 2000 NCTE Exemplary English Leadership Award. In 2009, he created the English Companion Ning—the largest online community of English teachers in the world. More recently, Jim has served on the AP English Course and Exam Review Commission and the PARCC Consortium. More About Author