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 each of the 13 assessed benchmarks (R.1.1- Literary Elements, R.1.2- Theme, R.1.3- Perspective and Point of View, R.1.4- Poetry, R.2.1- Structure, R.2.2- Central Idea, R.2.3- Purpose and Perspective, R.2.4- Argument, R.3.1- Figurative Language, R.3.3- Comparative Reading, R.3.4- Understanding Rhetoric, V.1.2- Morphology, and V.1.3-