Text Leveling System

Just a Daydream

RDQ:	195	Max Word/Sent	33	Total Words	361		Diff Words	171
Lex	410	Ave Word/.Sent	10	Hi Freq occurs	231	64%	Hi freq	71	41.5%
AR	1.9	Long Sentences	8.3	Low Freq occurs	6	1.7%	Low freq	6	3.5%

There is a bully in my neighborhood. 
Sometimes when we play ball he takes it. 
Then we can't play. ]]
If I have a bag of candy 
he makes me give it to him. ]]
Sometimes he pushes me just for fun. 
Then I cry. ]]
If I were Super Critter then that bully 
would never bother me. 
I'd wear a mask and have a long cape. ]]
I would fly high in the sky. 
I'd fly faster than a jet plane. ]]
I would be strong too. I would be able to 
lift my dad's car. My dad would be 
so amazed. ]]
If I saw that bully I'd pick him up and 
carry him to the top of the tallest tree. 
I would leave him there until he said 
"I'm sorry" fifty million times. ]]
I would make him play with all of the 
little kids and be their friend. ]]
I would rescue critters from fires 
and earthquakes. ]]
I would help the police catch robbers and 
bad guys. I would be able to see through walls 
so they couldn't hide from me. ]]
Nothing could hurt me. ]]
If aliens from a flying saucer 
came down to invade Earth 
I would chase them away. ]]
If a dinosaur appeared and started 
wrecking things and scaring everybody...]]
I would carry him off to a deserted island 
so he couldn't hurt anyone. ]]
I would teach him to be nice and to do 
tricks. He would be my pet. ]]
I would build a big castle on the highest 
mountain. It would be full of my special 
Super Critter stuff. ]]
It might be lonely so I would bring my 
mom and dad and even my little sister 
to live with me. ]]
It would be so cool if I were Super Critter. 
But I guess I'm not. ]]
"Someone's here to see you Little Critter" Mom said. 
It was the bully. 
"Here I wanted to give you back your 
candy" he said. ]]
"Why are you doing that?" I asked. 
"Because a critter with a mask and a 
cape made me promise to be nice or he 
was going to put me on the top of the 
tallest tree forever. ]]
Do you want to play ball?"]]

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Some support

Dialog: Two speakers

Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues

Language: Simple language

Sentences: Multiple phrases

Text structure: Blend of written/oral

Concept: Fanciful

Features

Topic

Dreams

Bullies

Fears

Friendship

Imagination

*Feelings, Behaviors

Low Frequency Words

aliens	invade	neighborhood	saucer	scaring
wrecking