http://www.scholastic.com/bookwizard/
WIDA C-V-C CHART
1 – Entering
2 – Emerging
3 – Developing
4 – Expanding
5 – Bridging
Linguistic Complexity
Single words
Phrases, short sentences
Series of related sentences
Moderate discourse
Complex discourse
Vocabulary Usage
Most common
vocab.
High frequency vocabulary
General & some specific
vocabulary
Specialized & some
technical vocabulary
Specialized & technical
vocabulary
Language Control
Memorized
language
Errors inhibiting communication
Meaning overrides
communication errors
Language w/minimal
errors
Language comparable
to English peers
Grade
Level
Humanities/ Social Studies
Alignment
ELA Anchor texts by Grade to be
integrated in Unit Maps
(Copies for Every Student)
Scholastic Book Wizard
Alternative Texts List:
Independent Study, Literature Circle or
Supplemental Texts
One Set of 30-40 of Each Title Per Building
Possible thematically
linked EL texts
(with grade level)
ESL Perspective on ELA Anchor Texts
The absolute heart of WIDA: Modify the language demands of instruction to meet your students’ language proficiencies.
The WIDA CVC Chart above indicates the difficulty of language -- the challenge of language -- that it’s reasonable to require from an EL
at a given proficiency level.
As ESL teachers, when we look at texts assigned to students, one question we should ask is: Based on what WIDA tells us about a students’ English Proficiency
Level, is this a reasonable text for that student? Our job as ESL teachers, then, is to locate and advocate for proficiency-appropriate, thematically-related texts.
In other words, if 6th-grade is focusing on texts thematically related to The Civil War, and if the WIDA Levels tell you that a reasonable expectation for your Level 3
student is for him or her to handle
● “a series of related sentences” (not moderate discourse), with
● “general and specialized vocabulary” (but staying away from too much “specialized and technical vocabulary”)
Then if your job is to assure that the student has a text he or she can read (can interact with in a meaningful way to further his or her learning), it’s fair to ask
yourself: Is a sixth-grade, young adult novel appropriate for that purpose? And then it’s your obligation to find the thematically-related text that will help the
student.
A first step is to find the reading levels of each of the anchor texts. I’ve started that by looking the books up on Scholastic’s Book Wizard. If you want, contribute to
the efforts.
http://www.scholastic.com/bookwizard/
WIDA C-V-C CHART
1 – Entering
2 – Emerging
3 – Developing
4 – Expanding
5 – Bridging
Linguistic Complexity
Single words
Phrases, short sentences
Series of related sentences
Moderate discourse
Complex discourse
Vocabulary Usage
Most common
vocab.
High frequency vocabulary
General & some specific
vocabulary
Specialized & some
technical vocabulary
Specialized & technical
vocabulary
Language Control
Memorized
language
Errors inhibiting communication
Meaning overrides
communication errors
Language w/minimal
errors
Language comparable
to English peers
Grade
Level
Humanities/ Social Studies
Alignment
ELA Anchor texts by Grade to be
integrated in Unit Maps
(Copies for Every Student)
Scholastic Book Wizard
Alternative Texts List:
Independent Study, Literature Circle or
Supplemental Texts
One Set of 30-40 of Each Title Per Building
Possible thematically
linked EL texts
(with grade level)
http://www.scholastic.com/bookwizard/
WIDA C-V-C CHART
1 – Entering
2 – Emerging
3 – Developing
4 – Expanding
5 – Bridging
Linguistic Complexity
Single words
Phrases, short sentences
Series of related sentences
Moderate discourse
Complex discourse
Vocabulary Usage
Most common
vocab.
High frequency vocabulary
General & some specific
vocabulary
Specialized & some
technical vocabulary
Specialized & technical
vocabulary
Language Control
Memorized
language
Errors inhibiting communication
Meaning overrides
communication errors
Language w/minimal
errors
Language comparable
to English peers
Grade
Level
6
Humanities/ Social Studies
Alignment
Minnesota History:
The first Minnesotans, The
Ojibwe, The Fur Trade,
Minnesota Economics, MN
Newcomers, The Civil War,
Sodbusters, Historical
Research
ELA Anchor texts by Grade to be
integrated in Unit Maps
(Copies for Every Student)
Scholastic Book Wizard
Alternative Texts List:
Independent Study, Literature Circle or
Supplemental Texts
One Set of 30-40 of Each Title Per Building
Dragonwings [6.1]
Taking Sides [5.7]
Walk Two Moons [4.9]
Dogsong [5.8]
Wrinkle in Time [5.8]
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry [6.9]
Purchased with Adoption Monies:
Holes [5.2]
Bless the Beast and Children [6.7]
Number the Stars [5.1]
Bridge to Terabithia [6.1]
Tuck Everlasting [5.9]
Double Dutch [4.3]
Soldiers Heart [5.9]
Touching Spirit Bear [5.4]
Seedfolks [4.9]
Possible thematically
linked EL texts
(with grade level)
http://www.scholastic.com/bookwizard/
WIDA C-V-C CHART
1 – Entering
2 – Emerging
3 – Developing
4 – Expanding
5 – Bridging
Linguistic Complexity
Single words
Phrases, short sentences
Series of related sentences
Moderate discourse
Complex discourse
Vocabulary Usage
Most common
vocab.
High frequency vocabulary
General & some specific
vocabulary
Specialized & some
technical vocabulary
Specialized & technical
vocabulary
Language Control
Memorized
language
Errors inhibiting communication
Meaning overrides
communication errors
Language w/minimal
errors
Language comparable
to English peers
Grade
Level
7
Humanities/ Social Studies
Alignment
World Studies:
Intro. To Geography, human
geography and culture, the
Americas, Current Events,
Africa, Southwest Asia,
Historical Research, Asia,
Europe, Australia, New
Zealand, Oceania, and
Antarctica
ELA Anchor texts by Grade to be
integrated in Unit Maps
(Copies for Every Student)
Scholastic Book Wizard
Child of the Owl [6.5]
Scorpions [7.1]
The Clay Marble [6.8]
Nothing But the Truth [6.9]
Finding Miracles [4.3]
The Breadwinner [5.5]
Alternative Texts List:
Independent Study, Literature Circle or
Supplemental Texts
One Set of 30-40 of Each Title Per Building
Children of the River [5.6]
Breaking Through [5.5]
So Far From the Bamboo Grove [6.3]
The Friends [Rosa Guy] [6.9]
Freak the Mighty [6.3]
The Skin I’m In [9.1]
Possible thematically
linked EL texts
(with grade level)
http://www.scholastic.com/bookwizard/
WIDA C-V-C CHART
1 – Entering
2 – Emerging
3 – Developing
4 – Expanding
5 – Bridging
Linguistic Complexity
Single words
Phrases, short sentences
Series of related sentences
Moderate discourse
Complex discourse
Vocabulary Usage
Most common
vocab.
High frequency vocabulary
General & some specific
vocabulary
Specialized & some
technical vocabulary
Specialized & technical
vocabulary
Language Control
Memorized
language
Errors inhibiting communication
Meaning overrides
communication errors
Language w/minimal
errors
Language comparable
to English peers
Grade
Level
8
Humanities/ Social Studies
Alignment
United States History:
History, Historical Review, and
American Government, Growth
and Change, Westward
Expansion, Industrial
Revolution, Progressive Era,
Onto a World Stage, World
War I, The Roaring 20’s &
Harlem Renaissance, The
Great Depression & the New
Deal, Historical Research
World War II, World War II on
the Home front, the US in the
Postwar World, The Cold War,
Civil Rights and Social
Change, the 1970’s, 80’s, and
90’s, and the Contemporary
World
ELA Anchor texts by Grade to be
integrated in Unit Maps
(Copies for Every Student)
Scholastic Book Wizard
The Giver [5.9]
Rite of Passage [7.1]
Diary of Anne Frank [6.3]
To Kill a Mockingbird [8.1]
Nightjohn [4.2]
A Midsummer Night’s Dream [8.7]
A Raisin in the Sun [6.8]
Alternative Texts List:
Independent Study, Literature Circle or
Supplemental Texts
One Set of 30-40 of Each Title Per Building
Somewhere in the Darkness [5.5]
The Outsiders [5.1]
Journey to Topaz [6.9]
Pigman [5.9]
Parrot in the Oven [7.1]
The Book Thief [4.0]
Possible thematically
linked EL texts
(with grade level)
http://www.scholastic.com/bookwizard/
WIDA C-V-C CHART
1 – Entering
2 – Emerging
3 – Developing
4 – Expanding
5 – Bridging
Linguistic Complexity
Single words
Phrases, short sentences
Series of related sentences
Moderate discourse
Complex discourse
Vocabulary Usage
Most common
vocab.
High frequency vocabulary
General & some specific
vocabulary
Specialized & some
technical vocabulary
Specialized & technical
vocabulary
Language Control
Memorized
language
Errors inhibiting communication
Meaning overrides
communication errors
Language w/minimal
errors
Language comparable
to English peers
Grade
Level
9
Humanities/ Social Studies
Alignment
ELA Anchor texts by Grade to be
integrated in Unit Maps
(Copies for Every Student)
Scholastic Book Wizard
Alternative Texts List:
Independent Study, Literature Circle or
Supplemental Texts
One Set of 30-40 of Each Title Per Building
High School Geography:
Intro to Geography & North
America, Latin America and
Europe, Africa Southwest
Asia an d Central Asia,
Monsoon Asia, Oceania,
and Antarctica
Days of Rondo
Of Mice and Men [8.1]
The Absolutely True Diary of a PartTime Indian [3.4]
House on Mango Street [4.5]
Romeo and Juliet [9.2]
Piano Lesson [7.8]
Animal Farm [9.0]
Bean Trees
Persepolis (I &II)
Joy Luck Club [8.4]
Fallen Angels
Monster
The Late Homecomer (Kao Kalia Yang)
Maus I
The Pact by Davis, Jenkins, Hunt &
Fraser
Before We Were Free
Life and Times of Fredrick Douglas (to
be used at any grade level)
Possible thematically
linked EL texts
(with grade level)
http://www.scholastic.com/bookwizard/
WIDA C-V-C CHART
1 – Entering
2 – Emerging
3 – Developing
4 – Expanding
5 – Bridging
Linguistic Complexity
Single words
Phrases, short sentences
Series of related sentences
Moderate discourse
Complex discourse
Vocabulary Usage
Most common
vocab.
High frequency vocabulary
General & some specific
vocabulary
Specialized & some
technical vocabulary
Specialized & technical
vocabulary
Language Control
Memorized
language
Errors inhibiting communication
Meaning overrides
communication errors
Language w/minimal
errors
Language comparable
to English peers
Grade
Level
10
Humanities/ Social Studies
Alignment
World History: (Essential
Questions)
How do civilizations arise and
how do they change?
(Nomadic/Agr. Societies, nile river
civilizations, Greeks & Romans)
What is the relationship
between religion and empire?
(Judaism, Christianity, and Islam,
African kingdoms, Ancient Asia, &
the Americas)
How does geography influence
destiny? (Medieval Europe
and Byzantium, Renaissance &
Reformation, Colonization &
Imperialism, Industrial
Revolution)
How have the legacies of
imperialism and conflict shaped
our world? (World War I,
Global & Regional Conflict,
Independence, and
ELA Anchor texts by Grade to be
integrated in Unit Maps
(Copies for Every Student)
Scholastic Book Wizard
Catcher in the Rye
Lord of the Flies
Purchased:
Macbeth
1984
The Things They Carried
Night
A Doll’s House
Auto. Of Malcolm X
Nervous Conditions (class set per
building)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Alternative Texts List:
Independent Study, Literature Circle or
Supplemental Texts
One Set of 30-40 of Each Title Per Building
Bless Me, Ultima
Purchased:
Anthem
There Are No Children Here
Joys of Motherhood
Siddhartha
Life of Pi
Power Of One
Possible thematically
linked EL texts
(with grade level)
http://www.scholastic.com/bookwizard/
WIDA C-V-C CHART
1 – Entering
2 – Emerging
3 – Developing
4 – Expanding
5 – Bridging
Linguistic Complexity
Single words
Phrases, short sentences
Series of related sentences
Moderate discourse
Complex discourse
Vocabulary Usage
Most common
vocab.
High frequency vocabulary
General & some specific
vocabulary
Specialized & some
technical vocabulary
Specialized & technical
vocabulary
Language Control
Memorized
language
Errors inhibiting communication
Meaning overrides
communication errors
Language w/minimal
errors
Language comparable
to English peers
Grade
Level
Humanities/ Social Studies
Alignment
Globalization)
ELA Anchor texts by Grade to be
integrated in Unit Maps
(Copies for Every Student)
Scholastic Book Wizard
Alternative Texts List:
Independent Study, Literature Circle or
Supplemental Texts
One Set of 30-40 of Each Title Per Building
Possible thematically
linked EL texts
(with grade level)
http://www.scholastic.com/bookwizard/
WIDA C-V-C CHART
1 – Entering
2 – Emerging
3 – Developing
4 – Expanding
5 – Bridging
Linguistic Complexity
Single words
Phrases, short sentences
Series of related sentences
Moderate discourse
Complex discourse
Vocabulary Usage
Most common
vocab.
High frequency vocabulary
General & some specific
vocabulary
Specialized & some
technical vocabulary
Specialized & technical
vocabulary
Language Control
Memorized
language
Errors inhibiting communication
Meaning overrides
communication errors
Language w/minimal
errors
Language comparable
to English peers
Grade
Level
11
Humanities/ Social Studies
Alignment
United States History:
(Essential Questions)
How did the European
conquest of North America
transform indigenous
civilizations, institutionalize
African slavery and ultimately
lead to an independent and
democratic US?
In what ways was the Civil War
inevitable?
What role did industrial
capitalism play in American life
and in the US s’ rise as a world
power?
How have postwar social,
political, and economic forces
changed the US internally and
in its relationships with the rest
of the world?
ELA Anchor texts by Grade to be
integrated in Unit Maps
(Copies for Every Student)
Scholastic Book Wizard
Their Eyes Were Watching God
The Crucible
Black Boy
The Great Gatsby
Love Medicine
The Color Purple
Oedipus
Fences
Alternative Texts List:
Independent Study, Literature Circle or
Supplemental Texts
One Set of 30-40 of Each Title Per Building
Inherit the Wind
Ordinary People
Black Elk Speaks
The Scarlet Letter
Huckleberry Finn
Possible thematically
linked EL texts
(with grade level)
http://www.scholastic.com/bookwizard/
WIDA C-V-C CHART
1 – Entering
2 – Emerging
3 – Developing
4 – Expanding
5 – Bridging
Linguistic Complexity
Single words
Phrases, short sentences
Series of related sentences
Moderate discourse
Complex discourse
Vocabulary Usage
Most common
vocab.
High frequency vocabulary
General & some specific
vocabulary
Specialized & some
technical vocabulary
Specialized & technical
vocabulary
Language Control
Memorized
language
Errors inhibiting communication
Meaning overrides
communication errors
Language w/minimal
errors
Language comparable
to English peers
Grade
Level
12
Humanities/ Social Studies
Alignment
Economics:
How do individuals, institutions,
and businesses approach the
fundamental economic
question of scarcity?
Government:
How does the American form
of government reflect and
express the ideals of the worth
and rights of individuals, the
rule of the majority and the
rights of the minority, equality
and justice, and the common
good?
How do the ideals of a nation
shape its civil liberties and
work to balance interests in a
diverse nation?
How have citizens worked both
inside and outside of the
current theories and the current
ELA Anchor texts by Grade to be
integrated in Unit Maps
(Copies for Every Student)
Scholastic Book Wizard
Frankenstein
Beloved
Crime and Punishment
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their
Accent
Things Fall Apart
Invisible Man
Ceremony
Hamlet & Othello
Alternative Texts List:
Independent Study, Literature Circle or
Supplemental Texts
One Set of 30-40 of Each Title Per Building
Native Son
Handmaid’s Tale
Krik Krak
Reservation Blues
Possible thematically
linked EL texts
(with grade level)
http://www.scholastic.com/bookwizard/
WIDA C-V-C CHART
1 – Entering
2 – Emerging
3 – Developing
4 – Expanding
5 – Bridging
Linguistic Complexity
Single words
Phrases, short sentences
Series of related sentences
Moderate discourse
Complex discourse
Vocabulary Usage
Most common
vocab.
High frequency vocabulary
General & some specific
vocabulary
Specialized & some
technical vocabulary
Specialized & technical
vocabulary
Language Control
Memorized
language
Errors inhibiting communication
Meaning overrides
communication errors
Language w/minimal
errors
Language comparable
to English peers
Grade
Level
Humanities/ Social Studies
Alignment
practices of American
Government to shape our
society and the world?
ELA Anchor texts by Grade to be
integrated in Unit Maps
(Copies for Every Student)
Scholastic Book Wizard
Alternative Texts List:
Independent Study, Literature Circle or
Supplemental Texts
One Set of 30-40 of Each Title Per Building
Possible thematically
linked EL texts
(with grade level)