Text Leveling System

Big City Port

RDQ:	219	Max Word/Sent	19	Total Words	389		Diff Words	176
Lex	480	Ave Word/.Sent	9	Hi Freq occurs	201	51.7%	Hi freq	51	29%
AR	2.0	Long Sentences	0	Low Freq occurs	30	7.7%	Low freq	21	11.9%

A big city port is a busy place.
Boats and ships come into the port
to load and unload.
It is a  safe place for them to dock.]]
Large ships carry heavy loads.
A freighter is bringing coffee to the city.
The tanker is coming into port loaded with oil.
The ocean liner is arriving full of passengers.]]
Tugboats push and pull each big ship
through the harbor to the docks.
Big ships cannot turn and move in the small places
near the piers without help.]]
At the dock the freighter is unloaded.
Workers use big cranes to lift the sacks
of coffee beans out of the hold and
onto the pier.]]
Other freighters are unloaded at nearby docks.
Many different machines are used to move
their cargoes onto the docks.
Boxes barrels and bales are everywhere.]]
Everyone is busy on the docks
working to move the cargo.
Some of it is loaded onto trucks and trains.
The rest is moved into large
storage sheds on the pier.]]
The big oil tanker has docked nearby and the oil
is pumped underground into big tanks on the dock.]]
Gasoline and fruit juice are unloaded
from other tankers.]]
The ocean liner has docked and the passengers
are getting off.
Workers are unloading luggage.
Cars and taxis will take the people into the city.]]
Many smaller boats come into port.
Ferryboats go back and forth across the harbor.]]
They carry people and cars from one side
to the other.]]
Fishing boats go out early in the morning.
They will return full of fish at the end of the day.
The fish will be sold in the markets in the city.]]
Many people control the traffic in a busy port.
The Captain of the Port is in charge
of all the boats and ships.]]
The captain on each boat or ship must follow
directions and obey safety rules and signals.]]
There are other people who help to keep
the port safe.
Harbor police patrol the water and the piers.
Fire fighters help to put out fires and 
clean up oil spills.
The fireboats are like floating fire engines.]]
The port never closes.
Workers are busy all day and all night.]]
At night very bright lights help them to see
so they can do their jobs.]]
A big city port is an important place.]]

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Some support

Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues

Language: Few descriptive words

Sentences: Multiple phrases

Text structure: Blend of written/oral

Features

Topic

*Transportation

Boats

Cities

*Geography

*Economics

Low Frequency Words

bales	cargo	cargoes	engines	ferryboats
fireboats	freighter	freighters	gasoline	harbor
liner	luggage	markets	obey	passengers
patrol	pier	piers	storage	taxis
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