- Everett Public Schools
Secondary Reading Assessment
Reading Selections
“Memories of Dating”
“The Man in the Glass”
“Dealing with Peer Pressure”
“Growing Up”
“Swim Lessons”
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School: ________________________________
Teacher: ________________ Period: _________
Grade 8
Mid-Year Benchmark
G8 Mid-Year Rdg Student Packet 2012-2013.doc Revised 10.31.2012 2
Literary Passage
Directions: Read the following selection and then answer the corresponding questions.
- I want to ask
her out, but I’m afraid she will say no, and I will be the freak of the week.
- I spent the vast majority
of 1960 keeping ...