Text Leveling System

The Great Race

RDQ:	163	Max Word/Sent	14	Total Words	282		Diff Words	112
Lex	200	Ave Word/.Sent	5	Hi Freq occurs	147	52.1%	Hi freq	40	35.7%
AR	1.7	Long Sentences	0	Low Freq occurs	0	0%	Low freq	0	0%

All of the barnyard animals were bored. 
""Let's have a race,"" said the cow. 
""Where?"" asked the duck. 
""Let's race around the world,"" said the goose. 
""That's too far,"" said the rooster. 
""Around the barnyard,"" said pig. 
The animals lined up at the barnyard gate. 
""When do we start?"" asked the duck. 
""When I say go,"" said the dog. 
The rooster started to run. ""You said go,"" he called, ""so I'm going!"" 
The other animals ran after him. 
First the duck, then the goose, the cow, and the dog. 
The pig was last. But the pig tripped and fell. He rolled downhill ... past the goose, the duck, the cow, and the dog. He rolled right on top of the rooster. ""Ooofff!"" said the rooster. The other animals stopped to see if anyone was hurt. ""I'm fine,"" said the rooster. ""I'm dizzy,"" said the pig. The race continued. As the rooster ran past the henhouse, the hens cheered loudly. But he slipped in the mud. So did everyone else. All but the pig. He was used to running in the mud. The pig passed the other animals. The race was almost over. ""Puff, puff, puff,"" went the pig. ""Clomp, clomp, clomp,"" went the cow. ""Pant, pant, pant,"" went the dog. The duck, the goose, and the rooster used their wings to go faster. ""Flap, flap, flap."" And the animals reached the gate at the very same time. ""I won!"" cried the duck. ""Me, too!"" said the goose. ""Soo did I!"" said the cow. The rooster bowed. ""I'm the greatest!"" ""I'm top dog,"" said the dog. ""I'm a champ,"" said the pig. And they all were very happy as the walked off to rest.]]

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Some support

Dialog: Multiple speakers

Dialog: Broken dialogue

Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues

Language: Few descriptive words

Sentences: Simple phrases

Text structure: Blend of written/oral

Features

Topic

Competition

Racing

Winning/Losing

Low Frequency Words