Florida B.E.S.T. ELA.6.R.3.2
The Standard
Paraphrase content from grade-level texts.
Florida B.E.S.T. Standards for English Language Arts
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students read a grade-level text and restate its content in their own words. They keep the original meaning and key details without copying sentences or adding opinions.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students restate a passage’s ideas and details in their own words while keeping the original meaning. Their paraphrase has a new sentence structure and includes no personal opinions.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may copy phrases and replace only a few words with synonyms. They may also write a brief summary, add opinions, or change key details from the original.
How to Assess It
- Give students a 100-word paragraph and ask them to restate it without looking back after the first reading. Check for accurate ideas, new wording, and no added claims.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs sentence strips from a paragraph, then have them rearrange and rewrite the ideas without copying the original wording.
Ask students to explain how a paraphrase differs from a summary and a quotation, using one example of each.
Play Paraphrase Relay, where teams rewrite one sentence at a time and earn points for accuracy and original wording.
Have students paraphrase a school announcement for a younger student while keeping every date, location, and required action accurate.
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