Text Leveling System

Quick, Quack, Quick

RDQ:	200	Max Word/Sent	16	Total Words	289		Diff Words	122
Lex	450	Ave Word/.Sent	4	Hi Freq occurs	132	45.7%	Hi freq	49	40.2%
AR	1.9	Long Sentences	0	Low Freq occurs	4	1.4%	Low freq	3	2.5%

Into the barnyard
came a duck
and her ducklings.]]
All but one.
He stopped
to visit the baby pigs.]]
"Quick Quack quick!"
his mama called.]]
Quack started to follow.
then he saw a butterfly.]]
"Quick Quack quick!"
his mama called.
"Quick or the chickens
will eat all the corn."]]
Quack pecked
at a kernel of corn.
Then he heard the birds.]]
"Quick Quack quick!"
his mama called.
"To the pond.
It's time to swim."]]
Quack ate berries
Along the path
to the pond.]]
"Quick Quack quick!"
his mama called.
"Into the water."]]
But instead
Quack played games
around a hollow log.
He danced on the log.
He hid in the log.]]
"Peep peep"
Quack said into the log.
"QUACK!  QUACK!"
came out the other end.]]
Finally Quack jumped
into the water.]]
"Tails up"
said his mama.]]
As the ducklings swam
the sky changed
from blue to pink.]]
It was time to go home.
"Quick Quack quick!"
his mama called.]]
"Back to the barnyard.
Soon it will be dark
And Cat will go hunting."]]
Quack started to follow.
Then he saw
more berries.]]
One berry.
Two.
Three berries.
Four.]]
"Quick Quack quick!"
his mama called
from far away.
Quack had to stand
on top of the hollow log
to see his family.]]
But what was that
behind them?]]
"Mama Mama look out!"
Quack called.
But she was 
too far away to hear.]]
Quack jumped
off the log.
"Peep!  Peep!" he said
into the log.]]
Quack's mama
heard a loud
QUACK!  QUACK!
She turned around 
and saw Cat!]]
Mama Duck
snapped her beak
and charged at Cat.]]
Cat ran away
far far away.
Quack's family
was saved!]]
"Dearest Quack"
his mama said
"for once I am glad
you were not quick!"]]

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Some support

Several repetitions of phrases or refrains

Dialog: Simple

Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues

Language: Few descriptive words

Sentences: Multiple phrases

Text structure: Blend of written/oral

Concept: Fanciful

Sequence of Events: Chronological

Features

Simple Plot

Topic

Cats

Protection

*Animals

Birds

Low Frequency Words

charged

hollow

kernel