Grades 6-8

Other Maryland WIDA English Language Development Standards sets

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• Grade 1
• Grades 2-3
• Grades 4-5
• Grades 9-12

Identifying a theme or central idea that develops over the course of a textELD-LA.6-8.Narrate.Interpretive

Analyzing how character attributes and actions develop in relation to events or dialogueELD-LA.6-8.Narrate.Interpretive

Evaluating impact of specific word choices about meaning and toneELD-LA.6-8.Narrate.Interpretive

Orient audience to context and point of viewELD-LA.6-8.Narrate.Expressive

Develop and describe characters and their relationshipsELD-LA.6-8.Narrate.Expressive

Develop story, including themes with complication and resolution, time, and event sequencesELD-LA.6-8.Narrate.Expressive

Engage and adjust for audience.ELD-LA.6-8.Narrate.Expressive

Identifying and/or summarizing main ideas and their relationship to supporting ideasELD-LA.6-8.Inform.Interpretive

Analyzing observations and descriptions in textual evidence for key attributes, qualities, characteristics, activities, and behaviors ELD-LA.6-8.Inform.Interpretive

Evaluating the impact of author’s key word choices over the course of a textELD-LA.6-8.Inform.Interpretive

Introduce and define topic and/or entity for audienceELD-LA.6-8.Inform.Expressive

Establish objective or neutral stanceELD-LA.6-8.Inform.Expressive

Add precision, details, and clarity about relevant attributes, qualities, characteristics, activities, and behaviors ELD-LA.6-8.Inform.Expressive

Develop coherence and cohesion throughout textELD-LA.6-8.Inform.Expressive

Identifying and summarizing central idea distinct from prior knowledge or opinions ELD-LA.6-8.Argue.Interpretive 

Analyzing how an author acknowledges and responds to conflicting evidence or viewpointsELD-LA.6-8.Argue.Interpretive 

Evaluating relevance, sufficiency of evidence, and validity of reasoning that support claim(s)ELD-LA.6-8.Argue.Interpretive 

Introduce and develop claim(s) and acknowledge counterclaim(s)ELD-LA.6-8.Argue.Expressive

Support claims with reasons and evidence that are clear, relevant, and credibleELD-LA.6-8.Argue.Expressive

Establish and maintain formal styleELD-LA.6-8.Argue.Expressive

 Logically organize claim(s) with clear reasons and relevant evidence; offer a conclusionELD-LA.6-8.Argue.Expressive

Identifying concept or entityELD-MA.6-8.Explain.Interpretive

Analyzing possible ways to represent and solve a problemELD-MA.6-8.Explain.Interpretive

Evaluating model and rationale for underlying relationships in selected problem-solving approach ELD-MA.6-8.Explain.Interpretive

Introduce concept or entityELD-MA.6-8.Explain.Expressive

Share solution with othersELD-MA.6-8.Explain.Expressive

Describe data and/or problem-solving strategyELD-MA.6-8.Explain.Expressive

State reasoning used to generate solutionELD-MA.6-8.Explain.Expressive

Comparing conjectures with previously established resultsELD-MA.6-8.Argue.Interpretive 

Distinguishing commonalities among strategies used ELD-MA.6-8.Argue.Interpretive 

Evaluating relationships between evidence and mathematical facts to create generalizations ELD-MA.6-8.Argue.Interpretive 

Create conjecture, using definitions and previously established resultsELD-MA.6-8.Argue.Expressive

Generalize logic across casesELD-MA.6-8.Argue.Expressive

Justify conclusions with evidence and mathematical factsELD-MA.6-8.Argue.Expressive

Evaluate and critique others’ argumentsELD-MA.6-8.Argue.Expressive

Defining investigable questions or design problems based on observations, information, and/or data about a phenomenonELD-SC.6-8.Explain.Interpretive

Determining central ideas in complex evidence and information to help explain how or why a phenomenon occursELD-SC.6-8.Explain.Interpretive

Evaluating scientific reasoning that shows why data or evidence adequately supports conclusionsELD-SC.6-8.Explain.Interpretive

Describe valid and reliable evidence from sources about a phenomenonELD-SC.6-8.Explain.Expressive 

Establish neutral or objective stance in how results are communicatedELD-SC.6-8.Explain.Expressive 

Develop reasoning to show relationships among independent and dependent variables in models and simple systemsELD-SC.6-8.Explain.Expressive 

Summarize patterns in evidence, making trade-offs, revising, and retestingELD-SC.6-8.Explain.Expressive 

Identifying convincing evidence from data, models, and/or information from investigations of phenomena or design solutionsELD-SC.6-8.Argue.Interpretive

Comparing reasoning and claims based on evidence from two arguments on the same topic ELD-SC.6-8.Argue.Interpretive

Evaluating whether they emphasize similar or different evidence and/or interpretations of factsELD-SC.6-8.Argue.Interpretive

Introduce and contextualize topic/ phenomenon in issues related to the natural and designed world(s)ELD-SC.6-8.Argue.Expressive

Support or refute a claim based on data and evidenceELD-SC.6-8.Argue.Expressive

Establish and maintain a neutral or objective stance ELD-SC.6-8.Argue.Expressive

Signal logical relationships among reasoning, evidence, data, and/or a model when making or defending a claim or counterclaimELD-SC.6-8.Argue.Expressive

Determining multiple points of view in sources for answering compelling and supporting questions about phenomena or eventsELD-SS.6-8.Explain.Interpretive

Analyzing sources for logical relationships among contributing factors or causesELD-SS.6-8.Explain.Interpretive

Evaluate experts’ points of agreement, along with strengths and weakness of explanationsELD-SS.6-8.Explain.Interpretive

Introduce and contextualize phenomena or eventsELD-SS.6-8.Explain.Expressive

Establish perspective for communicating outcomes, consequences, or documentationELD-SS.6-8.Explain.Expressive

Develop reasoning, sequences with linear and nonlinear relationships, evidence, and details, acknowledging strengths and weaknesses ELD-SS.6-8.Explain.Expressive

Generalize multiple causes and effects of developments or eventsELD-SS.6-8.Explain.Expressive

Identifying topic and purpose (argue in favor or against a position, present a balanced interpretation, challenge perspective) ELD-SS.6-8.Argue.Interpretive

Analyzing relevant information from multiple sources to support claimsELD-SS.6-8.Argue.Interpretive

Evaluating point of view and credibility of source based on relevance and intended useELD-SS.6-8.Argue.Interpretive

Introduce and contextualize topicELD-SS.6-8.Argue.Expressive

Select relevant information to support claims with evidence gathered from multiple sourcesELD-SS.6-8.Argue.Expressive

Establish perspectiveELD-SS.6-8.Argue.Expressive

Show relationships between claims and counterclaims, differences in perspectives, and evidence and reasoningELD-SS.6-8.Argue.Expressive