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I Have to Go

RDQ:	341	Max Word/Sent	38	Total Words	575		Diff Words	159
Lex	570	Ave Word/.Sent	12	Hi Freq occurs	364	63.3%	Hi freq	69	43.4%
AR	2.3	Long Sentences	19.6	Low Freq occurs	8	1.4%	Low freq	4	2.5%

One day Andrew's mother and father 
were taking him to see his grandma and 
grandpa. Before they put him in the car his 
mother said "Andrew do you have to go 
pee?" 
Andrew said "No no no no no." 
His father said very slowly and clearly 
"Andrew do you have to go pee?" 
"No no no no" said Andrew. "I have 
decided never to go pee again." ]]
So they put Andrew into the car 
fastened his seatbelt and gave him lots of 
books and lots of toys and lots of crayons 
and drove off down the road - 
varoom. They had been driving for 
just one minute when Andrew yelled 
"I have to go pee!" 
"Yikes" said the father. 
"Oh no" said the mother. ]]
Then the father said "Now Andrew wait 
just 5 minutes. In 5 minutes we will come to 
a gas station where you can go pee." 
Andrew said "I have to go pee right 
now!" 
So the mother stopped the car - 
screech. Andrew jumped out of the 
car and peed behind a bush. ]]
When they got to grandma and 
grandpa's house Andrew wanted to out 
to play. It was snowing and he needed a 
snowsuit. Before they put on the snowsuit 
the mother and the father and the grandma 
and the grandpa all said "Andrew! Do 
you have to go pee?" 
Andrew said "No no no no no." ]]
So they put on Andrew's snowsuit. It had 
5 zippers 10 buckles and 17 snaps. It took 
them half an hour to get the snowsuit on. 
Andrew walked out into the back yard 
threw one snowball and yelled "I have 
to go pee." ]]
The father and the mother and the 
grandma and the grandpa all ran outside 
got Andrew out of the snowsuit and 
carried him to the bathroom. ]]
When Andrew came back down 
they had a nice long dinner. Then it was time for 
Andrew to go to bed. 
Before they put Andrew into bed the 
mother and the father and the grandma 
and the grandpa all said "Andrew! Do 
you have to go pee?" 
Andrew said "No no no no no." ]]
So his mother gave him a kiss and his 
father gave him a kiss and his grandma 
gave him a kiss and his grandpa gave him 
a kiss. ]]
"Just wait" said the mother "He's going 
to yell and say he has to go pee." 
"Oh" said the father"he does it every 
night. It's driving me crazy." 
The grandmother said "I never had 
these problems with my children." 
They waited 5 minutes 10 minutes 15 
minutes 20 minutes. ]]
The father said "I think he is asleep." 
The mother said "Yes I think he is 
asleep." 
The grandmother said "He is definitely 
asleep and he didn't yell and say he had to 
go pee. 
Then Andrew said "I wet my bed." 
So the mother and the father and the 
grandma and the grandpa all changed 
Andrew's bed and Andrew's pajamas. 
Then the mother gave him a kiss 
and the father gave him a kiss and the 
grandma gave him a kiss and the grandpa 
gave him a kiss and the grownups all went 
downstairs. ]]
They waited 5 minutes 10 minutes 15 
minutes 20 minutes and from upstairs 
Andrew yelled "Grandpa do you 
have to go pee?" 
And grandpa said "Why yes I think I 
do."  
Andrew said "Well so do I." 
So they both went to the bathroom and 
peed in the toilet and Andrew did not wet 
his bed again that night not even once.]]

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Some support

Dialog: Multiple speakers

Dialog: Broken dialogue

Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues

Language: Many descriptive words

Sentences: Some Long/Complex

Text structure: Story/Poem

Inferences: Some implications

Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social

Features

Character traits

Complex plot

Topic

Travel/Traveling

Children

Behaviors

Grandparents

*Human Body & Health

*Feelings, Behaviors

Low Frequency Words

fastened

screech

snowsuit

varoom