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The Ghost's Dinner

RDQ:	228	Max Word/Sent	14	Total Words	269		Diff Words	143
Lex	490	Ave Word/.Sent	4	Hi Freq occurs	132	49.1%	Hi freq	53	37.1%
AR	2.0	Long Sentences	0	Low Freq occurs	8	3%	Low freq	6	4.2%

Henry has invited his friends to a dinner party. ]]
When Henry's guests arrive 
he is still cooking in the kitchen. ]]
"Would you like some juice before dinner?" 
he asks his friends. 
"Yes!" they all answer at the same time. ]]
"Oh-oh" says Henry "the tray is stuck. ]]
There. That's the way to do it." ]]
"These juices are so colorful" Jack says. 
"Yes" says Henry. "I have passion fruit 
sour cherry very berry lemonade 
and spinach juice." ]]
"Here. Try the spinach juice." ]]
"It's not bad! In fact it's delicious." ]]
"Look at us. ]]
We're so colorful!" ]]
"Now I can serve dinner" Henry tells his guests. 
"First we'll have pumpkin soup. But be careful" 
Henry warns. "The soup is very hot." ]]
Henry's guests love the soup. ]]
Some have seconds. ]]
Then they eat salmon ]]
and salad 
and cheese. ]]
"I have a very special dessert" 
Henry tells his friends. "I'll bring it in." ]]
"Here it is. I hope you like it." ]]
"Mmmm. This looks good. 
But what is it?" asks Jack. ]]
"It's my secret ghost dessert recipe" says Henry. ]]
"It's magic." ]]
"Amazing! I can't see you anymore." ]]
"Where did everybody go?" ]]
"I'm clearing the table." ]]
"Okay. Let's take the dirty dishes into the kitchen." 
"Be careful" says Henry. "Don't trip." ]]
"Now let's wash the dishes 
and dry them."  ]]
"I think it's time for hot chocolate" says Henry. ]]
"This is delicious. ]]
But not look at us. What shall we do?" ]]
"I know" says Henry. "Let's drink some milk." ]]
And they do. ]]
"But where's Henry?" ]]
"Maybe he's still in the kitchen" says Arthur. 
"Henry? Are you in there?" ]]
"Boo!" ]]
The perfect end to the ghost's dinner.]]

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Some support

Dialog: Two speakers

Dialog: Broken dialogue

Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues

Language: Simple language

Sentences: Multiple phrases

Text structure: Blend of written/oral

Concept: Fanciful

Features

Topic

Changes

Colors

Ghosts

Food

Friendship

*Home Arts & Food

*Holidays, Events, Cele

Low Frequency Words

delicious	lemonade	passion	recipe	salmon
spinach