Passage-Related Reading Items for Literary Text: "The Best Summer Night Is . . ."

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NECAP Grade Level Expectations (GLEs) for Reading End of Grade 4

Passage-Related Reading Items for Literary Text: "The Best Summer Night Is . . ."

The Best Summer Night Is . . .by Jill Esbaum from CRICKET magazine, July 2004, Vol. 31, No. 11. It is a poem about a summer night.

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Passage-Related Reading Items for Literary Text: "The Best Summer Night Is . . ." SEE END OF GRADE 5 for additional sample items for this passage
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1. What is the main event in the poem? A. The speaker meets a few friends. B. The speaker rests on a quilt. C. Fireworks light up the sky. D. Fireworks scare the speaker.	Key: C R-4-4.1 (identify events) Item Type: MC - related to passage Alignment to GLE R-4-4.1: Demonstrate initial understanding of elements of literary texts by… Identifying or describing major events or plot, as appropriate to text Depth of Knowledge: Level 1 - Identify or describe characters, setting, sequence of events
2. The speaker describes the best summer night. Use details from the poem to explain what is best about this night.	Key: Scoring Guide R-4-4.1 (describe events) Item Type: CR - related to passage Alignment to GLE R-4-4.1: Demonstrate initial understanding of elements of literary texts by… Identifying or describing major events or plot, as appropriate to text Depth of Knowledge: Level 2 - Identify and summarize the major events in a literary text

Supplemental Information about Text Passages Used for End of Grade 4
Title of Passage	Text Type	Text Descriptors
"The Best Summer Night Is… (poem)" by Jill Esbaum	Literary Poetry	Includes familiar setting (summer night, city park) Varied vocabulary, but generally familiar; use of descriptive language and imagery (e.g., glitter stitches, starry quilt, BOOM) Use of (narrator's) voice - told in first person Content builds from familiar experiences (e.g., summer, fireworks) Straightforward text structure Limited range of punctuation used - ellipses, dash, comma, period
For more information about "Increasing Text Complexity," see NECAP Reading GLEs Grades 3-8 - Appendix F For more information about Suggested Informational and Literary Texts, see NECAP Reading GLEs Grades 3-8 - Appendix A

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