Text Leveling System

When the TV Broke

RDQ:	162	Max Word/Sent	17	Total Words	209		Diff Words	88
Lex	200	Ave Word/.Sent	5	Hi Freq occurs	86	41.1%	Hi freq	28	31.8%
AR	1.7	Long Sentences	0	Low Freq occurs	1	0.5%	Low freq	1	1.1%

Jeffrey watched television
every day of the week.]]
Jeffrey watched on Monday
on Tuesday
on Wednesday]]
on Thursday
on Friday
and on Saturday.]]
On Sunday
right in the middle
of a gorilla movie-]]
the TV made a loud "buzz!"
The picture faded and]]
the screen went black.]]
Jeffrey's mom turned
all the dials.
But nothing happened.]]
On Monday Jeffrey's dad
put the TV into the car.]]
Jeffrey sat on the sofa.]]
Now he had nothing to do.]]
On Tuesday Jeffrey asked
"Is the TV fixed yet?"]]
"Not yet" Jeffrey's mom said.
"Maybe tomorrow."]]
On Wednesday Jeffrey said
"It's tomorrow.
Is the TV fixed yet?"]]
"Not yet" she said
"Maybe tomorrow."]]
On Thursday Jeffrey said
"It's tomorrow.
Is the TV fixed yet?"]]
"Not yet" Mom said.
"Maybe tomorrow."]]
"What are you doing?"
asked Jeffrey's sister.
"Nothing much" he said.]]
"Will you read to me?"
she asked.
"Okay" said Jeffrey.]]
Then it was Friday.
Jeffrey found some boxes.]]
He found paint
scissors crayons
and glue too.]]
"What are you doing?"
asked Jeffrey's sister.]]
"Nothing much" he said.]]
"What are you doing now?"
asked Jeffrey's sister.]]
"Nothing much"
he said.]]
On Saturday Dad called
"I'm home!  Come and watch TV.
It's all fixed!"]]
"Not now Dad" said Jeffrey.
"I'm busy.  Maybe tomorrow."]]

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Some support

Some phrases/refrains repeated

Dialog: Multiple speakers

Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues

Language: Few descriptive words

Sentences: Multiple phrases

Text structure: Blend of written/oral

Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social

Author's purpose: Obvious

Sequence of Events: Chronological

Features

Simple problem/solution

Simple Plot

Topic

Television

Imagination

*Feelings, Behaviors

*Technology & Progress

Low Frequency Words

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