Correct Response: B. According to the WIDA ELD Standards for the language of social studies (e.g., in Grade 5), an expanding-level English learner is expected to be able to explain and give examples of positive and negative impacts of exploration (in this case, European expansion overseas) using graphic organizers. At the same grade level, an emerging-level English learner is expected to state positive and negative impacts of exploration using illustrated word banks in L1 or L2. A, C, and D are incorrect because they all require the students to produce language using scaffolds that would be more appropriate for emerging-level English learners than for expanding-level students.
