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Tiger is a Scaredy Cat

RDQ:	141	Max Word/Sent	11	Total Words	220		Diff Words	84
Lex	190	Ave Word/.Sent	4	Hi Freq occurs	102	46.4%	Hi freq	30	35.7%
AR	1.6	Long Sentences	0	Low Freq occurs	4	1.8%	Low freq	2	2.4%

Tiger is big.
Tiger is strong.]]
But Tiger is not brave.
He is scared of dogs.]]
He is scared
of trucks.]]
He is scared
of the vacuum cleaner.]]
He is scared
of the dark.]]
Tiger is even scared
of the mice in his house.
What a scaredy cat!]]
There is nothing scary here.
There are no dogs
no trucks
no vacuum cleaners
no mice.
And it is very sunny.
Tiger takes a cat nap.]]
The mice take a walk.]]
They do not see the cat.]]
Now they see the cat.
The mice are scared.
They run away.]]
Tiger sees the mice.
He is scared.
He runs too.]]
Baby Mouse falls.
"Waa!  Waa!" he cries.
Tiger hears Baby Mouse.]]
"Waa!  Waa!
I want to go home!"
Cries Baby Mouse.
"Help me."]]
"No!  I am too scared"
says Tiger.]]
"Waa!  Waa!
I want my mommy!"
cries Baby Mouse.
Tiger feels sorry
for Baby Mouse.]]
"Do not cry.
I will help you."]]
Tiger has to go
by a truck.]]
He has to go 
by a dog.]]
He has to go
by the vacuum cleaner.]]
He has to go
down the dark stairs.]]
Tiger is scared.
But he helps anyway.
"Here is your mommy"
he says.]]
"My baby!"
says Mother Mouse.
"Thank you!  Thank you!"
says Father Mouse.]]
What a brave cat Tiger is!]]

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Some support

Dialog: Two speakers

Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues

Language: Few descriptive words

Sentences: Simple phrases

Text structure: Blend of written/oral

Sequence of Events: Chronological

Features

Character traits

Simple problem/solution

Simple Plot

Topic

Cats

Mice

Fears

Kindness

Courage

*Animals

Helping

*Feelings, Behaviors

Low Frequency Words

scaredy

vacuum