Night Light Reading Comprehension
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Night Light Reading Comprehension
Night Light
Zoe and Ana were helping close the theme park after its evening light festival. The last visitors had left, but the paths still glimmered with coloured bulbs. Above the empty rides, a bright crescent moon hung in the clear sky. “Someone’s left the lanterns on,” Ana said, pointing towards the old carousel. Its row of paper lanterns swayed gently, although the air felt almost still. Zoe noticed that the light on the ground shifted as a cloud passed in front of the moon. “The moon must be making the light,” Ana said. Zoe remembered a science lesson. “The moon doesn’t make its own light. Sunlight bounces off its surface and reaches our eyes. The shape we see depends on how much of the lit half is facing us.” They switched off the carousel lanterns. The path did not become completely dark: the moonlight still picked out the silver rails and the pale tops of the ticket booths. In the shadow of the roller coaster, however, the ground was difficult to see. Zoe used a torch to guide them back to the park entrance. At the gate, Ana checked the notes for the next festival. The team planned to hold an evening event during a different phase of the Moon. Zoe wondered whether the date might also matter to people who follow maramataka, the Māori lunar calendar. She knew that maramataka connects lunar phases with observations of the natural world, and that practices and interpretations can differ between iwi and communities. “Maybe we should ask someone who knows the local maramataka,” Zoe said. “We can learn from their knowledge instead of guessing.” Ana nodded. Behind them, the crescent moon slipped between two clouds. The park lights were off now, but the night was not without light.
Check your understanding
Answer using evidence from the passage where you can.
- A full moon
- A crescent moon
- A new moon
- A quarter moon
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