Text Leveling System

The Three Robbers

RDQ:	371	Max Word/Sent	19	Total Words	347		Diff Words	181
Lex	590	Ave Word/.Sent	9	Hi Freq occurs	181	52.2%	Hi freq	55	30.4%
AR	2.4	Long Sentences	0	Low Freq occurs	21	6.1%	Low freq	19	10.5%

Once upon a time there were three fierce robbers.
They went about hidden under large black capes
and tall black hats.]]
The first had a blunderbuss.
The second had a pepper-blower.
And the third had a huge red axe.]]
In the dark of night they walked the roads
searching for victims.]]
They terrified everyone. Women fainted.
Brave men ran. Dogs fled.]]
To stop carriages the robbers blew pepper
in the horses' eyes.]]
With the axe they smashed the carriage wheels.]]
And with the blunderbuss
they threatened the passengers
and plundered them.]]
The robbers' hide out was a cave high up in the 
mountains. There they carried their loot.]]
They had trunks full of gold jewels money watches
wedding rings and precious stones.]]
But one bitter black night the robbers
stopped a carriage that had but one passenger
an orphan named Tiffany.
She was on her way to live with a wicked aunt.
Tiffany was delighted to meet the robbers.]]
Since there was no treasure but Tiffany the thieves
bundled her in a warm cape and carried her away.]]
They made up a soft bed for her in the corner of the cave.
And there she slept.]]
The next morning she awoke to find herself surrounded
by trunks of glittering riches.
"What is all this for?" she asked.
The robbers choked and sputtered.
They had never thought of spending their wealth.]]
So to use their treasure they gathered up all the lost
unhappy and abandoned children they could find.]]
They bought a beautiful castle where all of them could live.]]
Dressed in red caps and capes
the children moved into their new house.]]
Stories of the castle spread throughout the land.
New children came or were brought each day to the
doorsteps of the three robbers.]]
The children grew until they were old enough to marry.
Then they built houses around the castle.
A village grew up full of people dressed in red caps and capes.
These people in memory of their kind foster fathers
built three high-roofed towers.
One for each of the three robbers.]]

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Some support

Vocabulary: Some difficult words

Language: Many descriptive words

Sentences: Multiple phrases

Text structure: Story/Poem

Inferences: Some implications

Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social

Features

Integral Setting - Historical

Simple Plot

Mood/tone

Topic

Treasures

Stealing

Behaviors

Helping

*Fictional Ideas/Charac

*Family & Friends

*Feelings, Behaviors

Low Frequency Words

abandoned	blower	blunderbuss	carriage	carriages
doorsteps	foster	jewels	passenger	passengers
plundered	precious	spending	surrounded	terrified
thieves	threatened	throughout	wealth