Text Leveling System

Quiet Noisy Book

RDQ:	270	Max Word/Sent	12	Total Words	299		Diff Words	133
Lex	520	Ave Word/.Sent	6	Hi Freq occurs	173	57.9%	Hi freq	31	23.3%
AR	2.1	Long Sentences	0	Low Freq occurs	12	4%	Low freq	12	9%

It was the rooster opening his mouth to crow. It was day. It was a wheel turning halfway round. It was an alarm clock springing to ring. It was a butterfly unfolding his wings. It was the milkman whispering to his horse. It was a new leaf uncurling. It was the flies opening their million-cornered eyes. It was all the flowers blooming on that day. It was the sound of an early bird catching a word. It was the sound of the dew rising up to the sun. It was a balloon about to pop. It was a man about to think. It was a slow fig ripening. It was the new day.   Muffin the little dog who heard everything had been asleep all night. Quietly something woke him up. A very quiet noise. What could it be? Was it an ant crawling? Was it a bee wondering? Was it an elephant tiptoeing down stairs? No Was it butter melting? No Was it a little blue flower growing? No Was it a skyscraper scraping the sky? No Was it a cow putting on her petticoat? No Was it a grasshopper sneezing? No Was it a mouse sighing? No Was it a fish breathing? No It was a very quiet noise. Such a quiet noise. As quiet as quietness. It was a very quiet noise. As quiet as someone eating currant jelly. As quiet as a little kitten lapping milk. Quiet as a bird's wing cutting the air. Quiet as snow falling. Quiet as a chair. Quiet as air. Quiet as someone whispering a secret to a baby. What do you think it was? Muffin knew what it was! It was - the sun coming up. It was the morning breeze. It was the birds turning over in their nests..]]

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Some support

Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues

Language: Many descriptive words

Sentences: Simple phrases

Text structure: Oral/Natural

Concept: Fanciful

Features

Topic

Sound/Sounds

Mystery

*Feelings, Behaviors

Noises

Low Frequency Words

crawling	currant	lapping	milkman	petticoat
quietness	ripening	skyscraper	springing	tiptoeing
uncurling	unfolding