Florida B.E.S.T. ELA.9.R.3

ELA.9.R.3 is a B.E.S.T. standard. These are the benchmarks under it.

• ELA.9.R.3.1

  Explain how figurative language creates mood in text(s).

• ELA.9.R.3.2

  Paraphrase content from grade-level texts.

• ELA.9.R.3.3

  Compare and contrast the ways in which authors have adapted mythical, classical, or religious literary texts.

• ELA.9.R.3.4

  Explain an author's use of rhetoric in a text.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students read literary and informational texts from different genres. They identify genre features and explain how structure, language, purpose, and point of view shape meaning.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

Students correctly identify genres using evidence from the text. They explain how structure, word choice, point of view, and purpose affect meaning across two texts.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may identify genre by topic instead of structure, purpose, and language. They may assume a fictional text cannot present facts or that informational texts are always objective.

04

How to Assess It

Give students a poem and a short article about the same event. Ask them to identify each genre and explain one way genre shapes the message.

1. 01

   Have students sort printed excerpts by genre, then highlight the structure and language clues that support each choice.

2. 02

   Read a poem and article on one issue, then ask students which communicates the message more effectively and why.

3. 03

   Play a genre clue relay where teams match excerpt cards with genre, purpose, structure, and evidence cards.

4. 04

   Compare a news report, editorial, and social media post about one event, noting how each format shapes the reader’s response.

• ELA.3.R.3

  The 3rd 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.

• ELA.4.R.3

  The 4th Grade version of this standard.