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Thomas' Snowsuit

RDQ:	353	Max Word/Sent	28	Total Words	543		Diff Words	151
Lex	580	Ave Word/.Sent	12	Hi Freq occurs	343	63.2%	Hi freq	72	47.7%
AR	2.3	Long Sentences	20.9	Low Freq occurs	10	1.8%	Low freq	6	4%

One day Thomas' mother bought him a new brown snowsuit. 
Then Thomas saw that snowsuit he said "That is the ugliest thing I have ever seen in my life. If you think that I am going to wear that ugly snowsuit you are crazy!"  Thomas' mother said "We will see about that." The next day when it was time to go to school the mother said "Thomas please put on you snowsuit" and Thomas said. "No." His mother jumped up and down and said "Thomas put on that snowsuit!" And Thomas said "No!" So Thomas' mother picked up Thomas in one hand picked up the snowsuit in the other hand and she tried to stick them together. They had an enormous fight and when it was done Thomas was in his snowsuit. Thomas went off to school and hung up his snowsuit. When it was time to go outside all the other kids jumped into their snowsuits and ran out the door. But not Thomas. The teacher looked at Thomas and said "Thomas please put on you snowsuit" and Thomas said. "No."The teacher jumped up and down and said "Thomas put on that snowsuit!" And Thomas said "No!"  So the teacher picked up Thomas in one hand picked up the snowsuit in the other hand and she tried to stick them together. They had an enormous fight and when they were done the teacher was wearing Thomas' snowsuit and Thomas was wearing the teacher's dress. When the teacher saw what she was wearing she picked up Thomas in one had and tried to get him back into his snowsuit. They had an enormous fight. When they were done the snowsuit and the dress were tied into a great big knot on the floor and Thomas and his teacher were in their underclothes. Just then the door opened and in walked the principal. The teacher said "It's Thomas. He won't put on his snowsuit. The principal gave his very best principal look and said "Thomas put on your snowsuit. "And Thomas said 'No." So the principal picked up Thomas in one hand and he picked up the teacher in the other and he tried to get them back into their clothes. When he was done the principal was wearing the teacher's dress the teacher was wearing the principal's suit and Thomas was still in his underwear. Then from out in the playground someone yelled "Thomas come and play!" Thomas ran across the room jumped into his snowsuit got his boots on in two seconds and ran out the door. The principal looked at the teacher and said "Hey you have on my suit. Take it off right now." The teacher said "Oh no. You have on my dress. You take off my dress first." Well they argued and argued and argued but neither one wanted to change first. Finally Thomas came in from recess. He looked at the principal and he looked at the teacher. Thomas picked up the principal in one had. He picked up the teacher in the other hand. They had an enormous fight and Thomas got everybody back into their clothes. The next day the principal quit his job and moved to Arizona where nobody ever wears a snowsuit.]]

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Some support

Dialog: Multiple speakers

Dialog: Broken dialogue

Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues

Language: Few descriptive words

Sentences: Many Long Complex

Text structure: Story/Poem

Concept: Fanciful

Features

Character traits

Simple problem/solution

Topic

Teacher/Teaching

Attitudes

Clothes

Snow

Fighting

*Feelings, Behaviors

School

Low Frequency Words

snowsuit	snowsuits	ugliest	underclothes	underwear
wears