Florida B.E.S.T. ELA.6.R.3

ELA.6.R.3 is a B.E.S.T. standard. These are the benchmarks under it.

• ELA.6.R.3.1

  Explain how figurative language contributes to tone and meaning in text(s).

• ELA.6.R.3.2

  Paraphrase content from grade-level texts.

• ELA.6.R.3.3

  Compare and contrast how authors from different time periods address the same or related topics.

• ELA.6.R.3.4

  Identify rhetorical appeals in a text.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students read literary and informational texts that share a topic or idea. They paraphrase accurately, compare authors’ approaches, and explain how figurative language affects tone and meaning.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

Students accurately paraphrase key ideas without copying. They compare how two authors treat a related topic and explain how specific language shapes tone or meaning.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may treat a paraphrase as a copied sentence with a few words changed. They may also compare only surface features or name figurative language without explaining its effect.

04

How to Assess It

Give students a poem and a short article about the same topic. Ask them to paraphrase one key idea and explain one meaningful similarity or difference.

1. 01

   Give pairs a poem and article, then have them sort sentence cards into shared ideas, unique ideas, and language effects.

2. 02

   Ask students to write: How do these authors treat the same topic differently, and which words create that difference?

3. 03

   Play Paraphrase Relay, where teams rewrite a passage, check accuracy, and remove copied phrases before passing it to the next student.

4. 04

   Compare a news report and song lyrics about one community issue, then identify how purpose and audience shape each presentation.

• ELA.9.R.3

  The 9th Grade version of this standard.

• ELA.12.R.3

  The 12th Grade version of this standard.

• ELA.11.R.3

  The 11th Grade version of this standard.

• ELA.8.R.3

  The 8th Grade version of this standard.