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A Mouse in My House

RDQ:	208	Max Word/Sent	12	Total Words	463		Diff Words	106
Lex	470	Ave Word/.Sent	11	Hi Freq occurs	288	62.2%	Hi freq	23	21.7%
AR	2.0	Long Sentences	0	Low Freq occurs	10	2.2%	Low freq	10	9.4%

A mouse is in my house
and it's small gray and furry.
There's a mouse in my house
and it acts like me.]]
It climbs and wriggles
and it nibbles and it giggles.
There's a mouse in my house
only I can see.]]
A cat is in my house
and it's black like a shadow.
There's a cat in my house
and it acts like me.]]
It yowls and it hisses
as it pounces and it misses.
There's a cat in my house
only I can see.]]
A dog is in my house
and it's brown like a puddle.
There's a dog in my house
and it acts like me.]]
It scatters all my toys
and it makes a lot of noise.
There's a dog in my house
only I can see.]]
A snake is in my house
and it's green like a bean.
There's a snake in my house
and it acts like me.]]
Silently it hides
as it slithers and it slides.
There's a snake in my house
only I can see.]]
A bug is in my house
and it's red and it's angry.
There's a bug in my house
and it acts like me.]]
It  itches and it scratches
when it has to wear what matches.
There's a bug in my house
only I can see.]]
A fish is in my house
and it's blue and it's slippery.
There's a fish in my house
and it acts like me.]]
It dives and it crashes
as it bubbles and it splashes.
There's a fish in my house 
only I can see.]]
An ape is in my house
and it's tan and it's scraggly.
There's an ape in my house
and it acts like me.]]
It laughs when it pleases
as it clowns and it teases.
There's an ape in my house
only I can see.]]
A bear is in my house
and it's white and it's shaggy.
There's a bear in my house
and it acts like me.]]
It grumbles and it thumps
as it bumbles and it bumps.
There's a bear in my house
only I can see.]]
A pig is in my house
and it's pink like a posy.
There's a pig in my house
and it acts like me.]]
It chomp and it burps
as it begs for two desserts.
There's a pig in my house
only I can see.]]
A lion is in my house
and it's yellow and it's clumsy.
There's a lion in my house
and it acts like me.]]
It scribbles with its claws
spills the paint and glues its paws.
There's a lion in my house
only I can see.]]
A zoo is in my house
and it's loud and it's noisy.]]
There's a zoo in my house]]
and the zoo is ME!]]

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Some support

Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues

Language: Few descriptive words

Sentences: Simple phrases

Text structure: Oral/Natural

Concept: Fanciful

Features

First Person

Rhyming

Topic

*Animals

Imagination

*Feelings, Behaviors

Low Frequency Words

bumbles	burps	furry	glues	posy
pounces	scraggly	shaggy	wriggles	yowls