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Ling & Ting: Not Exactly The Same

RDQ:	252	Max Word/Sent	14	Total Words	859		Diff Words	231
Lex	510	Ave Word/.Sent	5	Hi Freq occurs	453	52.7%	Hi freq	94	40.7%
AR	2.1	Long Sentences	0	Low Freq occurs	14	1.6%	Low freq	9	3.9%

story 1
the haircuts
Ling and ting are twins. they have the same brown eyes. they have the 
same pink cheeks. they have the same happy smiles. people see them and 
they say, "you two are exactly the same!"
"we are not exactly the same, " ling says. ting laughs because she is 
thinking exactly the same thing! ling and ting also have the same 
black hair. it grows long at the same time too. they are going to the 
barber for a haircut. "You two are exactly the same!" the barber 
says. "we are not exactly the same, " ting says.ling sits in the 
chair. she does not move. ling can always sit still. snip. clip. the 
barber cuts ling's hair in a smooth line. now it is ting's turn. she 
moves her legs and her fingers. ting can never sit still. snip. clip. 
the barber cuts ting's hair. it falls on her nose....ahh-choooo! oh 
no! oops.ling and ting are twins. they are not exactly the same. now 
when people see them, they know it too.

story 2

the magic trick

ling is wearing a big black hat. it is a very big hat. it is too big 
for ling. "why are you wearing that hat?" ting asks. "it is a magic 
hat," ling says. "i am wearing it because i can do magic." "you can?" 
ting says. "can you use your magic to get a smaller hat?" "no," ling 
says. "but i can do a magic card trick." ling makes a pile of cards. 
"pick a card, any card," ling says. ting picks a card. "now," ling 
says,"put it back and mix the cards up." ting puts the card back and 
mixes the cards up."shazaam!" ling says and she waves her wand. 
"abracadabra! Hocus pocus!""is this your card?! ling asks. "no," ting 
says. "is this your card?" asks ling. "this one?? " "no," says ting. 
"no." "i give up,"ling says. "what is your card?" ting turns pink. "i 
don't know," she says. "I forgot!"

story 3

making dumplings
ling and ting are going to make dumplings. "people say dumplings 
look like old chinese money," ling says. " we should make a lot of 
dumplings," ting says. "then we will have a lot of money." So, ling 
rolls and ting mixes."I will close my dumplings tight," ling says. 
"then our money will not get away." "i will put a lot of meat in my 
dumplings," ting says. "so we will be very rich."soon all the 
dumplings are done. "our dumplings are done. "our dumplings do not 
look the same," ling says. "my dumplings are smooth. your dumplings 
are fat." "yours are dump lings," ting says. "mine are dump-tings!"

story 4

chopsticks

at dinner, ling cannot eat. "chopsticks are tricky," ling says. "they 
are hard to use." "chopsticks are not tricky," ting says. "they are 
not hard to use." "chopsticks are hard for me to use," ling says. "i 
cannot eat. my food falls off my chopsticks." "i know!" ting says. "we 
can glue the food to your chopsticks." "glue!" ling says. "that would 
make the food taste bad." "i know." ting says. "we can tie the food to 
your chopsticks." "tie?" ling asks. "that would be messy." "i know." 
ting says. "i will feed you with my chopsticks." "no." ling says. "i 
do not want to glue my chopsticks. I do not want to tie my chopsticks. 
I do not want you to feed me with your chopsticks." "then how will you 
eat?" ting asks. "i will eat with a fork," ling says.

story 5

the library book

"I am going to the library," ting says. "i am going to get a fairy 
tale book." "will you get me a book?" ling asks. "get me a book about 
dogs." at the library, ting looks at all the books. then, ting sees a 
book with fairy tales. "i must see ling right away." ting says. she 
runs back home."ling. ling." ting says. "i remember my card.it was the 
king of hearts." "that is good," ling says. "did you get me a book 
about dogs?" ting turns pink. "oops," she says, "i forgot."

Story 6

mixed up

"tell me a story, " ling says. "okay," ting says. "once upon a time, 
there were twin girls. they were named ling and ting. people saw them 
and , 'you two are exactly the same.' " "oh good," ling says. "i know 
this story." "then, one day, ling sneezed during her haircut....., 
ting says. "you mixed that up," ling says. "you sneezed, not me.""when 
ling sneezed , her magic hat flew.....,"ting says. "my magic hat 
flew?" asks ling. "it flew to ting. she put it on and waved her 
chopstick. she turned the dumplings into money...." "chopstick? 
dumplings?" asks ling. "....for the king of hearts. he couldn't decide 
if he wanted to marry ling or ting...." "marry?" says ling. "what?!" 
"oh, ting," ling says, "you mixed up the whole story." "but the twins 
told the king to go away. they were not exactly the same," ting says, 
"but they always stayed together." "well," ling says, "at least you 
got the ending right."

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Some support

Dialog: Two speakers

Dialog: Broken dialogue

Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues

Language: Few descriptive words

Sentences: Multiple phrases

Text structure: Blend of written/oral

Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social

Features

Character traits

Simple Plot

Present Tense

Topic

Twins

Sisters

*Family & Friends

*Feelings, Behaviors

Low Frequency Words

abracadabra	dumplings	hocus	lings	pocus
shazaam	ting's	tings	wand