ELD PREREQUISITE STANDARDS 

BY ENGLISH PROFICIENCY LEVEL

Grades 6-8

• Ask and answer questions using simple sentences or phrases.

Early Intermediate

• Restate in simple sentences the main idea of subject matter content.

Intermediate

• Listen to and retell stories.

Early Advanced

• Retell stories in greater detail including characters, setting and plot.

Advanced

• Retell stories in detail by summarizing, analyzing, characters, setting, and plot.

• Recognize most common English morphemes in phrases and simple sentences. (e.g., basic syllabification rules, phonics).

Early Intermediate

• Use common English morphemes in oral and silent reading.

Intermediate

• Apply knowledge of common English morphemes in oral and silent reading to derive meaning from literature and texts in content areas.

Early Advanced

• Apply knowledge of word relationships, such as roots and affixes, to derive meaning from literature and texts in content areas.

Advanced

• Apply knowledge of word relationships, such as roots and affixes, to derive meaning from literature and texts in content areas.

• Retell simple stories using phrases and sentences.

Early Intermediate

• Read own writing of narrative and expository text aloud with appropriate pacing, intonation, and expression.

• Use decoding skills and knowledge of vocabulary, both academic and social, to read independently.

Early Advanced

• Read increasingly complex narrative and expository texts aloud with appropriate pacing, intonation and expression.

Advanced

• Apply knowledge of academic and social vocabulary to achieve independent reading.

• Understand and follow simple multi-step oral directions of classroom or work-related activities.
• Orally identify main ideas and some details of familiar texts using key words or phrases.
• Read and orally respond to simple text by answering factual comprehension questions using key words or phrases

Early Intermediate

• Identify and follow some multi-step directions for simple mechanical devices and basic forms.
• Read and orally identify main ideas and details of informational materials, literary text and text in content areas using simple sentences.
• Read and orally identify examples of fact/opinion and cause/effect in written texts using simple sentences.

Intermediate

• Read and use detailed sentences to orally explain main ideas and details of informational, literary text, and text in content areas.

Early Advanced

• Identify and explain the differences among various categories of informational materials.
• Identify and explain the main ideas and critical details of informational materials, literary texts, and texts in content areas.

Advanced

• Identify and explain the main ideas and critical details of informational materials, literary text, and text in content areas.
• Identify and analyze the differences among various categories of informational materials.

• Identify a character from a familiar piece of literature using words and phrases.

Early Intermediate

• Orally describe a character in a brief literary text by identifying the thoughts and actions of the character using simple sentences.

• Use expanded vocabulary and descriptive words and paraphrasing for oral and written responses to texts.

Early Advanced

• Orally and in writing describe a similar theme or topic using detailed sentences.

Advanced

• Compare and contrast a similar theme or topic across genre and explain how the genre shapes the themes or topics.

• Revise writing for proper use of final punctuation, capitals, (and correct spelling).

Early Intermediate

• Edit writing for basic conventions (e.g., punctuation, capitalization, and spelling).

Intermediate

• Edit and correct basic grammatical structures and conventions of writing.

Early Advanced

• Create coherent paragraphs through effective transitions.

Advanced

• Create coherent paragraphs through effective transitions and parallel constructions.

• Write a brief narrative using a few simple sentences that includes setting and some details.
• Write simple compositions such as descriptions and compare/contrast that have a main idea and some detail.

Early Intermediate

• Write brief responses to selected literature with factual understanding of the text using simple sentences.
• Write expository compositions such as descriptions and compare/contrast, and problem/solution that include a main idea and some details using simple sentences.

Intermediate

• Use basic strategies of note taking, outlining, and the writing process to structure drafts of simple essays, with consistent use of standard grammatical forms (some rules may not be evident).
• Write brief expository compositions and reports (e.g., description, compare and contrast, cause and effect, and problem/solution) that include a thesis, support details, and quotations.
• Write responses to selected literature that exhibit understanding of the text using detailed and transitional sentences.

Early Advanced

• Use strategies of note taking, outlining, and summarizing to structure drafts of clear, coherent, and focused essays with consistent use of standard grammatical forms.
• Write responses to selected literature that exhibit understanding of the text, develop interpretations, and cite specific parts of the text.
• Write persuasive and expository compositions that include a clear thesis, describe organized points of support, and address a counter-argument.

Advanced

• Use strategies of note taking, outlining, and summarizing to structure drafts of clear, coherent, and focused essays using standard grammatical forms.
• Write responses to literature that develop interpretations, exhibit careful reading, and cite specific parts of the text.
• Write persuasive and expository compositions that include a clear thesis, describe organized points of support, and address counter-arguments.