This resource takes the mystery out of teaching BEST Benchmarks and preparing students for the FAST assessment! In an easy-to-read format, the downloadable PDF breaks the 5 Reading Across Genres and Vocabulary Benchmarks (R.3.1- Figurative Language, R.3.3- Comparative Reading, R.3.4- Understanding Rhetoric, V.1.2- Morphology, and V.1.3- Context and Connotation) into 3 categories:· Terms that are helpful to know to discuss and write about the content of the benchmark· Concepts that need to be und