Level S

Benchmark Passage Running Record Flash Mobs!

Student’s Name Date
Word Count: 160
Have the student read out loud as you record. Assessed by

word E = errors S-C = self-correction E S-C

count M = meaning S = structure V = visual E S-C M S V M S V

13 A flash is a quick burst. A mob is a crowd of people.

24 A flash mob, then, is a group of people who perform

33 together only briefly. Since people started using the term

45 around 2003, the flash mob has become a fun fad all over

47 the world.

57 The organizer of a flash mob will usually use the

67 Internet to spread the word about where and when to

76 meet and what participants will do. Then the group

88 arrives at the same public place at a certain time. At a

96 signal, the performance suddenly begins. The flash mob

107 might dance or freeze in place or sing a song together.

118 Surprise is important to the success of a flash mob; these

126 performances are most striking when they are least

134 expected. However, spectators are usually welcome to join

140 in the activity, and many do.

148 When the performance ends, participants return to life

160 as it was before, as if the flash mob event never happened.

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