0125–35%
Prose & Poetry
Understand what stories and poems show about people, ideas, and choices.
- Literary elements
- Theme
- Perspective
- Poetry
FLORIDA FAST • ELA READINGRead closely.
Read closely.
Prove your thinking.
High-school FAST practice with 72 original questions for Grade 9, realistic item formats, and clear coaching on how to prove an answer from the text.
3PM windows each year
36–40items on the official test
50/50fiction and informational balance
90–120scheduled minutes by window
NEW • FULL PASSAGE PRACTICE
Stay with the text long enough to prove it.
Work through one connected, multi-page-style set with paragraph or line references, linked evidence questions, select-two items, vocabulary in context, rhetoric, and cross-text comparison.
PRACTICE THE READING WORK
More than one way to show what you know.
Sunshine uses original passages and the same kinds of thinking students meet in rigorous FAST reading practice.
- ASingle answerChoose the one answer the whole text supports.
- 2Select twoFind every required answer—not just the first true one.
- A/BEvidence pairsAnswer the idea, then prove it with the strongest details.
- ↔Paired textsCompare what two authors say, value, and prove.
THE OFFICIAL SKILL MAP
Three kinds of reading work.
Every Sunshine question is labeled with its Florida B.E.S.T. benchmark. The percentages show how much of the official Grades 9–10 FAST ELA Reading blueprint each category receives.
0225–35%
Informational Text
Find the big idea, see how facts are organized, and test whether reasons hold up.
- Structure
- Central idea
- Purpose & perspective
- Argument
0335–50%
Across Genres & Vocabulary
Connect texts, unpack word parts, read tone, and notice how authors shape meaning.
- Figurative language
- Comparative reading
- Rhetoric
- Morphology
- Context & connotation
THE SUNSHINE FAST METHOD
Know where you are. Learn the move. Try it again.
- 01Check without helpThe readiness check waits until the end to show results, so the starting point is honest.
- 02Learn in plain languageEach lesson breaks one kind of reading thinking into three moves you can remember.
- 03Practice with proofCoached sets explain the answer, show the common trap, and point you back to the passage.
PM1 → PM2 → PM3
The skill map stays steady. Your evidence should grow.
FAST is computer-adaptive and given near the beginning, middle, and end of the school year. Sunshine uses the same grade-level categories throughout while helping you track which reading moves are becoming dependable.
- PM1Find your starting pointNotice which skills are ready and which need teaching.
- PM2Check your growthSee whether your weakest reading moves are improving.
- PM3Show year-end learningBuild stamina and apply the full grade-level skill set.
WHAT THIS MODULE COVERS
FAST ELA Reading, clearly labeled.
Grade 9 and Grade 10 FAST measures reading. Grammar and extended writing matter across school and other exams, but Florida reports B.E.S.T. Writing separately. Sunshine will keep that prep in its own clearly named program instead of pretending it is part of the FAST Reading score.
View Florida’s official FAST overview ↗