Text Leveling System

Madeline and the Bad Hat

RDQ:	579	Max Word/Sent	28	Total Words	708		Diff Words	347
Lex	650	Ave Word/.Sent	11	Hi Freq occurs	454	64.1%	Hi freq	141	40.6%
AR	2.9	Long Sentences	3.1	Low Freq occurs	47	6.6%	Low freq	40	11.5%

In an old house in Paris 
That was covered with vines 
Lived twelve little girls In two straight lines. 
They left the house at half-past-nine 
In two straight lines in rain or shine. 
The smallest one was Madeline. 
One day the Spanish Ambassador 
Moved into the house next door. 
Look my darlings what bliss what joy! 
His Excellency has a boy. 
Madeline said "It is evident that 
This little boy has a Bad Hat!" 
In the spring when birdies sing 
Something suddenly went "zing!" Causing pain and shocked surprise During morning excerise. On hot summer nights he ghosted; In the autumn wind he boasted That he flew the highest kite. Year in year out he was polite. He was sure and quick on ice And Miss Clavel said "Isn't he nice!" One day he climbed upon the wall and cried "Come I invite you all! Come over some time and I'll let you see My toys and my menagerie - My frogs and birds and bugs and bats Squirrels hedgehogs and two cats. The hunting in this neighborhood Is exceptionally good." But Madeline said "Please don;t molest us Your menagerie does not interest us." He changed his clothes and said "I bet This invitation they'll accept." Madeline answered "A Torero Is not at all our idea of a hero!"The poor lad left; he was lonesome and blue; He shut himself in - what else could he do? But in a short while the little elf Was back again and his old self. Said Miss Clavel "It seems to me He needs an outlet for his energy. "A chest of tools might be attractive For a little boy that's very active. "I knew it - listen to him play Hammering sawing and working away." Oh but that boy was really mean! He built himself a Guillotine! He was unmoved by the last look The frightened chickens gave the cook. He ate them Roasted Grilled and Frito! ?Oh what a horror was Pepito! One day when out to take the air Madeline said "Oh look who's there!" Pepito carried a bulging sack.He was followed by an increasing pack Of all the dogs in the neighborhood. "That boy is simply misunderstood. Look at him bringing those doggies food!" He said"Let's have a game of tag" - And let a cat out of the bag! There were no trees and so instead The cat jumped on Pepito's head. And now just listen to the poor Boy crying "Au Secours!" Which you must cry if by any chance You're ever in need of help in France. Miss Clavel ran fast and faster To the scene of the disaster. She came in time to save the Bad Hat And Madeline took care of the cat. Good-by Fido; so long Rover. Let's go home - the fun is over. There was sorrowing and pain In the Embassy of Spain. The ambassadress wept tears of joy As she thanked Miss Clavel for saving her boy. "Nothing" said the Ambassador "Would cheer up poor Pepito more Than a visit from next door. "Only one visitor at a time Will you go in first Miss Madeline?"So Madeline went in on tiptoe And whispered"Can you hear me Pepito? It serves you right you horrid brat For what you did to that poor cat." "I'll never hurt another cat" Pepito said. "I swear to that. I've learned my lesson. Please believe I'm turning over a new leaf." "That's fine" she said. "I hope you do. We all will keep our eyes on you!"And lo and behold the former Barbarian Turned into a Vegetarian. And the starling and turtle the bunny and bat Went back to their native habitat. His love of animals was such Even Miss Clavel said "It's too much!" The little girls all cried "Bo-hoo!" But Madeline said "I know what to do." And Madeline told Pepito that He was no longer a Bad Hat. She said"You are our pride and joy You are the world's most wonderful boy." They went home and broke their bread And brushed their teeth and went to bed. And as Miss Clavel turned out the light She said "I knew it would come out right."]]

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Some support

Dialog: Multiple speakers

Dialog: Broken dialogue

Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker

Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues

Language: Many descriptive words

Sentences: Multiple phrases

Text structure: Difficult

Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social

Features

Rhyming

Topic

Children

Actions

Friendship

*Feelings, Behaviors

Neighbors

Low Frequency Words

ambassador	ambassadress	barbarian	bulging	doggies
embassy	evident	excellency	exceptionally	excerise
fido	former	frito	ghosted	guillotine
habitat	hammering	hedgehogs	horrid	horror
increasing	invitation	lonesome	menagerie	misunderstood
molest	neighborhood	outlet	paris	pepito
pepito's	rover	sawing	secours	sorrowing
starling	swear	torero	unmoved	vegetarian