Florida B.E.S.T. ELA.7.R.3

ELA.7.R.3 is a B.E.S.T. standard. These are the benchmarks under it.

• ELA.7.R.3.1

  Analyze how figurative language contributes to tone and meaning and explain examples of allusions in text(s).

• ELA.7.R.3.2

  Paraphrase content from grade-level texts.

• ELA.7.R.3.3

  Compare and contrast how authors with differing perspectives address the same or related topics or themes.

• ELA.7.R.3.4

  Explain the meaning and/or significance of rhetorical devices in a text.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students read literary and informational texts about a shared topic or theme. They paraphrase key ideas and compare how genre, language, and viewpoint shape each author’s treatment.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

Students accurately paraphrase ideas without copying sentences. They use details from each text to explain how language, format, or viewpoint creates different effects.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may identify each genre but never explain how genre affects meaning. They may paraphrase by replacing a few words or treat their own opinion as the author’s viewpoint.

04

How to Assess It

Give students a short poem and article about the same event. Ask them to paraphrase each message and explain one difference in treatment using evidence.

1. 01

   Give groups a poem, article, and story about one event to sort, annotate for genre clues, and compare.

2. 02

   Ask, “How does each author shape your view of the topic through word choice, details, and format?”

3. 03

   Play Genre Lens Relay, where teams identify figurative language, paraphrase key ideas, and name viewpoints in brief excerpts.

4. 04

   Compare a water conservation poster with a news article, then explain how audience and format shape each message.

• ELA.10.R.3

  The 10th Grade version of this standard.

• ELA.9.R.3

  The 9th Grade version of this standard.

• ELA.8.R.3

  The 8th Grade version of this standard.

• ELA.K.R.3

  The Kindergarten version of this standard.