Text Leveling System

Who Sank the Boat

RDQ:	226	Max Word/Sent	23	Total Words	218		Diff Words	87
Lex	490	Ave Word/.Sent	11	Hi Freq occurs	110	50.5%	Hi freq	31	35.6%
AR	2.0	Long Sentences	10.5	Low Freq occurs	6	2.8%	Low freq	6	6.9%

Beside the sea on Mr Peffer's place 
there lived a cow a donkey a sheep a pig and a tiny little mouse. 
They were good friends and one warm sunny morning for no particular reason they decided to go for a row in the bay.  
Do you know who sank the boat? 
Was it the cow who almost fell in when she tilted the boat and made such a din? No it wasn't the cow who almost fell in.  
Do you know who sank the boat? Was it the donkey who balanced her weight? Who yelled 'I'll get in at the bow before it's too late.' No it wasn't the donkey who balanced her weight.  Do you know who sank the boat? Was it the pig as fat as butter who stepped in at the side a caused a great flutter? No it wasn't the pig as fat as butter. Do you know who sank the boat? Was it the sheep who knew where to sit to level the boat so that she could knit? No it wasn't the sheep who knew where to sit. Do you know who sank the boat? Was it the little mouse the last to get in who was lightest of all? Could it be him? You DO know who sank the boat.]]

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Some support

Several repetitions of phrases or refrains

Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues

Language: Many descriptive words

Sentences: Some Long/Complex

Text structure: Story/Poem

Concept: Fanciful

Features

Unconventional punctuation

Topic

Size

Spatial Sense

Water

Boats

Mystery

Challenges

*Animals

Low Frequency Words

knit	level	lightest	particular	peffer's
tilted