HS ELA Guide

Language Expectations for Multilingual Learners

Multilingual Learners will construct informational texts in language arts that: ● Establish an objective or neutral stance through… ○ Reporting devices to acknowledge outside sources and integrate information into report as in saying verbs and direct quotes (said, reported, claimed, predicted; according to, as mentioned by) ● Develop coherence and cohesion throughout text through… ○ Expanded noun groups to defne key concepts, add details or classify information (economic development that changed a nation, 200 years of occupation, extinct species) Source: WIDA English Language Development Standards Framework, 2020 Edition

Essential Vocabulary ● Synthesize ● Explanatory texts ● Informational texts

● Source credibility ● Discrepancy in data ● Make informed decisions

● Relevance ● Relationships among texts ● Writing collaboration

Additional Resources

Gallagher, Kelly and Penny Kittle. “Chapter 7: Informational.” 180Days . Heinemann, 2018, p. 170-188.

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