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How Glooskap Found Summer

RDQ:	204	Max Word/Sent	11	Total Words	256		Diff Words	131
Lex	460	Ave Word/.Sent	6	Hi Freq occurs	118	46.1%	Hi freq	45	34.4%
AR	2.0	Long Sentences	0	Low Freq occurs	0	0%	Low freq	0	0%

Long ago it grew very cold.
Ice and snow covered the land.
Corn could not grow.
Glooskap, the leader of the people, had to do something.]]
Glooskap went far to the north.
Everything was white with snow.
He came to a house made of ice. 
A giant named Winter lived there.]]
Winter invited Glooskap inside.
Winter began to tell stories.
Glooskap fell asleep under Winter's spell. 
But Glooskap's bird woke him up.]]
"Go south, Glooskap!" said the bird. 
"You will find a woman who can help you." 
Glooskap went to the south. 
He came to a land where it was warm and sunny.]]
Grass grew and flowers bloomed.
Glooskap saw Summer dancing in the forest.
She had a crown of flowers in her hair.]]
Glooskap asked Summer to come north.
She came with him to Winter's house of ice.
Winter invited them in.
He began to tell stories again.]]
But Winter's spells didn't work on Summer.
She began to sing her own spell.
Winter's house of ice began to melt.
"I am stronger than you," said Summer. ]]
"You must leave this land," she said.
Old Winter cried. 
His tears became rivers of melted snow.
The corn grew. The flowers bloomed again. ]]
Summer spoke to Winter. 
"You will live in the north.
 "You may visit the other lands.
"But in the spring I will make you leave."]]
Since that day Winter rules for part of the year.
But every spring Summer drives him away.
Sometimes it seems like winter will never end.
But Spring will always come.]]

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Some support

Dialog: Simple

Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues

Language: Few descriptive words

Sentences: Simple phrases

Text structure: Blend of written/oral

Concept: Fanciful

Additional activities

Features

Character traits

Simple problem/solution

Clear cause/effect

Simple Plot

Mood/tone

Retelling of story/fable/legend

Personification

Difficult names

Topic

*Weather

Changes

Summer

Winter

Seasons

Overcoming

Low Frequency Words