Designated ELD
Model Sentences Database
NOTE: Please remember that the text from which these model sentences were selected must be used first during
content instruction for instructional/comprehension purposes before the model sentences are used to examine
"How English Works" (linguistic features) during Designated ELD.
Recommended for the Following Grade Level(s)
Standard (i.e., ELD.PII.2.3)
Strand (i.e., Using verbs and verb phrases)
Refer to grade and proficiency level standards for planning.
Name of Book, Story or Selection
Author
Name of Textbook (if it comes from a textbook)
Page Number(s) on which to Find the Model Sentences
Lexile Level (either of the book or the actual model
sentences passage)
☒ Kindergarten
☐ Fourth
☒ First
☐ Fifth
☐ Second
☐ Sixth
☐ Third
ELD.PII.K.4, ELD.PII.1.4
Using noun and noun phrases
Apple Farmer Annie
Monica Wellington
610L
Model Sentences for Day 1 (linguistic features not bolded)
Annie is an apple farmer.
She has a big orchard of apple trees.
In the fall, she picks baskets and baskets of round, ripe apples.
Annie uses some of the apples to make sweet apple cider.
She grows many kinds of apples.
She sorts and organizes them.
Annie uses some of the apples to make sweet apple cider.
Model Sentences for Day 2+ (linguistic features bolded)
Annie is an apple farmer.
She has a big orchard of apple trees.
In the fall, she picks baskets and baskets of round, ripe apples.
Annie uses some of the apples to make sweet apple cider.
She grows many kinds of apples.
She sorts and organizes them.
Annie uses some of the apples to make sweet apple cider.
Focus Question
Guiding Questions
How do noun phrases add details about ideas, places, people, and things?
● What is the noun?
● What is the adjective?
● How does the noun phrase enrich the meaning of the sentence?
Use this questioning protocol for each sentence of the model sentences passage.
Wrap-Up Question
Name of Person(s)
Submitting Model
Sentences
School
How do noun phrases enrich the meaning and make the stories more interesting?
Joel Martinez
(Modified by MMED)
Kittridge Street El
DesignatedELD
ModelSentencesDatabase
mmed.lausd.net
Apple Farmer Annie
by Monica Wellington
Annie is an apple farmer.
She has a big orchard of apple trees.
In the fall, she picks baskets and baskets of round, ripe apples.
Annie uses some of the apples to make sweet apple cider.
She grows many kinds of apples.
She sorts and organizes them.
Annie uses some of the apples to make sweet apple cider.
DesignatedELD
ModelSentencesDatabase
mmed.lausd.net
Apple Farmer Annie
By Monica Wellington
Annie is an apple farmer.
She has a big orchard of apple trees.
In the fall, she picks baskets and baskets of round, ripe apples.
Annie uses some of the apples to make sweet apple cider.
She grows many kinds of apples.
She sorts and organizes them.
Annie uses some of the apples to make sweet apple cider.
DesignatedELD
ModelSentencesDatabase
mmed.lausd.net