Listening Student 1 1 / 1 point

Emma is a tenth grade ELL. Take a moment to read some observations from Emma's teachers. Then click the video sample buttons to view each clip. Refer to the listening PLDs to determine which proficiency level best describes Emma at this point in the year.

Based on these observations and listening samples, at what listening proficiency level does Emma perform most consistently? Beginning Intermediate Advanced Advanced High
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Emma performs most consistently at the intermediate level. Emma is able to understand and participate in simple academic discussions and social conversations. She still requires extensive linguistic support such as simplified language and rephrasing. At times, Emma does require some clarification in order to understand, especially when the topics are new or unfamiliar. If you rated Emma lower than intermediate, take a moment to reread the beginning and intermediate summary statements and descriptors. While Emma still needs considerable second language acquisition support, she has the ability to understand simple, high frequency spoken English used in routine academic and social settings.
Listening Student 2 1 / 1 point

Amira is a tenth grade ELL. Take a moment to read some observations from Amira's teachers. Then click the video sample buttons to view each clip. Refer to the listening PLDs to determine which proficiency level best describes Amira at this point in the year.

Based on these observations and listening samples, at what listening proficiency level does Amira perform most consistently? Beginning Intermediate Advanced Advanced High
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Amira performs most consistently at the beginning level. Even with extensive linguistic support and accommodations, Amira has difficulty understanding and participating in social and academic discussions. At times she remains silent, asks to have something repeated, or looks to others for cues. If you rated Amira higher than beginning, take a moment to reread the PLDs for the beginning level. Even with considerable second language acquisition support, she has very little ability to understand spoken English.
Speaking Student 3 1 / 1 point

Danh is a tenth grade ELL. Take a moment to read some observations from Danh's teachers. Then click the video sample buttons to view each clip.

Refer to the speaking PLDs to determine which proficiency level best describes Danh at this point in the year.

Based on these observations and Danhs speech samples, at what proficiency level does Danh speak most consistently? Beginning Intermediate Advanced Advanced High
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Danh speaks most consistently at the advanced level. He is able to participate in discussions on a variety of social and grade-appropriate topics. However, he occasionally pauses to search for words and does not use precise words when talking about unfamiliar topics. Danh has a grasp of basic grammar features, including simple tenses, but sometimes has difficulty with more complex features and tenses. If you rated Danh other than advanced, you may have focused too much on the length of his responses or his pronunciation. Remember to take all of the descriptors plus the summary statements in the PLDs into account when rating students. When you do this for Danh, you see that Danh speaks most consistently at the advanced level.
Speaking Student 4 0 / 1 point

Daniela is a tenth grade ELL. Take a moment to read some observations from Danielas teachers. Then click the video sample buttons to view each clip. Refer to the speaking PLDs to determine which proficiency level best describes Daniela at this point in the year.

Based on these observations and Daniela's speech samples, at what proficiency level does Daniela speak most consistently? Beginning Intermediate Advanced Advanced High
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Daniela speaks most consistently at the intermediate level. She is able to participate in short conversations, can speak using academic language that is used routinely, and has an emerging grasp of English grammar. If you rated Daniela higher than intermediate, you may have focused on her use of academic vocabulary in the science unit wrap-up. Note that the video sample was from the close of the unit when the material had become familiar. As ELLs proceed from the early to later stages of the intermediate level, they get better at using key high academic language used frequently during a unit of study. Daniela is also most comfortable speaking in the present tense and does not yet display the grasp of English language structures to connect ideas in complex sentences.
Speaking Student 5 1 / 1 point

Gloria is a tenth grade ELL. Take a moment to read some observations from Gloria's teachers. Then click the video sample buttons to view each clip. Refer to the speaking PLDs to determine which proficiency level best describes Gloria at this point in the year.

Based on these observations and Glorias speech samples, at what proficiency level does Gloria speak most consistently? Beginning

Intermediate Advanced Advanced High

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Gloria speaks most consistently at the intermediate level. She is able to use simple, original sentences to participate in short conversations and classroom interactions, but hesitates frequently while thinking about how to respond. While she does exhibit second language acquisition errors, Gloria can be understood by people accustomed to working with ELLs. If you rated Gloria lower than intermediate, take a moment to reread the intermediate PLDs. Gloria expresses herself using original sentences, and her ability to speak in sentences is not limited to recently practiced or memorized English.
Writing Student 6 1 / 1 point

Julia is an eleventh grade ELL. Review Julia's writing collection, evaluate it based on the 212 writing PLDs, and determine which proficiency level best describes the writing in this collection.

Which rating should be assigned to this collection?

Beginning Intermediate Advanced Advanced High

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Grasp of basic and complex verbs, tenses, grammar features, and sentence patterns, although there are some errors Able to apply elements of grade-appropriate writing Occasional difficulty with naturalness of phrasing and expression Nearly comparable to the writing of native English-speaking peers with respect to clarity and precision of expression (I have to slam my hand on the snooze button, they said that my conduct wasnt going to be tolerated)

If you rated this writing collection lower than the advanced high level, you may have focused on the students occasional use of incorrect grammar and uses of unnatural phrasing. Overall she displays a broad English vocabulary, knowledge of idioms (gathered, sweet sixteen, heading off, tolerated, hardly, flash back), and a grasp of basic and complex verbs, tenses, grammar features, and sentence patterns. The students writing is comparable to the writing of native English sp eakers. The instances of occasional errors with grammar structures are minimal and would be able to be polished with minimal second language acquisition support.
Writing Student 7 1 / 1 point

Hayd is a tenth grade ELL. Review Hayds writing collection, evaluate it based on the 212 writing PLDs, and determine which proficiency level best describes the writing in this collection.

Which rating should be assigned to this collection?

Beginning Intermediate Advanced Advanced High

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Enough English to address grade-appropriate writing tasks, although support is needed Grasp of basic verbs, tenses, grammar features, and sentence patterns; partial grasp of more complex verbs, tenses, grammar features, and sentence patterns Ability to narrate and explain in some detail using emerging grade-appropriate vocabulary Occasional second language acquisition errors that do not usually interfere with communication (Keep me from get honor roll, gonna demonstrate my teacher, was a totally success, your obligate is to follow the rules, make us do mistake)

Writing Student 8 1 / 1 point

Aurelio is a tenth grade ELL. Review Aurelios writing collection, evaluate it based on the 212 writing PLDs, and determine which proficiency level best describes the writing in this collection.

Which rating should be assigned to this collection?

Beginning Intermediate Advanced Advanced High

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Frequent primary language features and second language acquisition errors significantly hinder understanding Ability to communicate in English using highly familiar, recently practiced, or memorized words and phrases Lack of overall ability to use English to communicate simple, original ideas in short, simple sentences

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the students ability to produce high-frequency or recently memorized words (Well the first step is to have all materials and go process each step). Reading the collection aloud may help you better determine this students proficiency rating. This student does not yet demonstrate the ability to communicate comprehensibly in English or put words together to communicate simple original messages in English sentences (the importance of the friends is very importan in all your live because when need help for whatever, thing always to be there with you in the moments difficults or equal in the moments Happys).
Writing Student 9 1 / 1 point

Lucero is a ninth grade ELL. Review Luceros writing collection, evaluate it based on the 212 writing PLDs, and determine which proficiency level best describes the writing in this collection.

Which rating should be assigned to this collection?

Beginning Intermediate Advanced Advanced High

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Overall ability to communicate simple, original messages in English using highfrequency vocabulary and short, simple sentences Frequent primary language features and second language acquisition errors (a visitie the all stores and I visitie to the old church, The profession of the cook they can use the math, I look TV and at the school is talk to my Friends) Present tense used most accurately; past tense used inconsistently and with frequent errors Limited ability to use English to engage meaningfully in grade-appropriate writing

assignments Writing Student 10 1 / 1 point

Mait is a ninth grade ELL. Review Maits writing collection, evaluate it based on the 212 writing PLDs, and determine which proficiency level best describes the writing in this collection.

Which rating should be assigned to this collection?

Beginning Intermediate Advanced Advanced High

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Lacks English language structures necessary to address writing tasks meaningfully in English Shows ability to write memorized or recently practiced vocabulary but does not yet demonstrate the overall ability to convey simple, original messages comprehensibly in simple English sentences