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Shake dem Halloween Bones

RDQ:	351	Max Word/Sent	28	Total Words	524		Diff Words	167
Lex	580	Ave Word/.Sent	9	Hi Freq occurs	207	39.5%	Hi freq	55	32.9%
AR	2.3	Long Sentences	5.7	Low Freq occurs	36	6.9%	Low freq	23	13.8%

It's Halloween night.
Jack-o'-lanterns glow in darkened windows.
Goblins crouch behind front-porch stoops.
Witches peer from nearby rooftops.]]
The city is quiet. The city is still.]]
But as the lights go down, the music comes up -]]
Ah-one
ah-two,
ah-one,
two, three, four...]]
Shake, shake
shake dem bones now.
shake, shake, 
shake dem bones now.
shake, shake,
shake dem bones
at the hip-hop Halloween ball.]]
Hey, Li'l Red, so sweet, so good,
You sure can shake that ridin' hood.
Come on Li'l Red, won't you dance with me
at the hip hop Halloween ball?]]
Now here comes Jack with a cow to sell.
Did you ever think Jack could dance so well?
Come on, Li'l Jack, won't you dance with me
at the hip-hop Halloween ball?
I said, Shake, shake, shake dem bones now.
shake, shake, shake dem bones now.
shake, shake, shake dem bones
at the hip-hop Halloween ball.]]
Tom Thumb's a-rockin'; he's a-shakin' dem bones.
For a tiny little guy, he can shake it on home.
Come on, Li'l Tom, won't you dance with me
at the hip-hop Halloween ball?]]
Snow White is here in a fancy dress,
with seven little men, no more, no less.
Come on, Li'l Snowy, won't you dance with me
at the hip-hop Halloween ball?]]
Now, look at Goldilocks
a-twirlin' those bears.
No wonder she busted
their rockin' chairs.
Come on, Li'l Goldie, 
won't you dance with me
at the hip-hop Halloween ball?]]
I said, Shake, shake, shake dem bones now.
shake, shake, shake dem bones now.]]
shake, shake, shake dem bones
at the hip-hop Halloween ball.]]
Hey, Mister Pig, dancin' all alone,
did you chase that wolf
from your fine brick home?
Come on, Sweet Pig, 
won't you dance with me
at the hip-hop Halloween ball?]]
Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let your hair hang down.
Come out of your tower and shake it all around.
Come on, Li'l Punzel, won't you dance with me
at the hip-hop Halloween ball?]]
I said, Shake, shake, shake dem bones now.
shake, shake, shake dem bones now.
shake, shake, shake dem bones
at the hip-hop Halloween ball.
Rumpelstiltskin, you're so mean.
Spinnin' straw into gold nearly tricked the queen.
Come on, Li'l Stiltskin, won't you dance with me
at the hip-hop Halloween ball?]]
Hey Cinderella, it's a quarter to twelve.
You better get shakin' fore they ring that bell.
Come on, Li'l Rella, won't you dance with me
at the hip-hop Halloween ball?]]
The last one's Puss with his big ol' boots,
He's stompin' the floor and a-shakin' the roof.
Come on,Big Puss, won't you dance with me
at the hip-hop Halloween ball?
I said, Shake, shake, shake dem bones now.
shake, shake, shake dem bones now.]]
shake, shake, shake dem bones
at the hip-hop Halloween ball.]]
One more time...
I said, Shake, shake, shake dem bones now.
shake, shake, shake dem bones now.
shake, shake, shake dem bones
at the hip-hop Halloween ball.
At the Hip=Hip Halloween Ball!
Scoo-bee-doo-bee-doo-wah.
Yeah!]]

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Some support

Several repetitions of phrases or refrains

Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues

Language: Few descriptive words

Sentences: Multiple phrases

Text structure: Story/Poem

Concept: Fanciful

Features

Topic

Dance/Dancing

Costumes

Parties

*Entertainment & Fun

*Fictional Ideas/Charac

*Holidays, Events, Cele

*Music

Halloween

Low Frequency Words

crouch	dancin	fore	goblins	halloween
lanterns	li'l	peer	punzel	puss
rapunzel	rella	ridin	rockin	rooftops
rumpelstiltskin	scoo	shakin	spinnin	stiltskin
stompin	stoops	twirlin