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When I am Old with You

RDQ:	354	Max Word/Sent	29	Total Words	413		Diff Words	164
Lex	580	Ave Word/.Sent	15	Hi Freq occurs	248	60%	Hi freq	59	36%
AR	2.3	Long Sentences	40.7	Low Freq occurs	2	0.5%	Low freq	2	1.2%

When I am old with you Grandaddy 
I will sit in a big rocking chair beside you 
and talk about everything. ]]
An old dog will sit by my feet 
and I will swat flies all afternoon. ]]
We'll go fishing too Grandaddy down by that 
old pond with the flat rocks all around.  ]]
We can fish beside the pond or take that old 
canoe out. 
We'll eat out of the picnic basket all day and we 
won't catch any fish...
but that's all right Grandaddy. ]]
When I am old with you Grandaddy we will 
play cards all day underneath that old tree by the road. ]]
We'll drink cool water 
from a jug and wave at all 
the cars that go by. ]]
We'll play cards till the lightning bugs shine 
in the trees...
and we won't mind that we forgot to keep 
score Grandaddy.]]
 When I am old with you Grandaddy we will 
open up that old cedar chest and try on all the old 
clothes that your grandaddy left you. ]]
We can look at the old pictures and try to 
imagine the people in them. 
It might make us cry...
but that's O.K. ]]
In the mornings Grandaddy we will cook 
bacon for breakfast and that's all. 
We can eat it on the porch too. ]]
In the evening we can roast corn on a big fire 
and invite everyone we know to come over and 
eat it. They'll all dance play cards and talk 
about everything. ]]
When I am old with you Grandaddy we can 
take a trip to the ocean. 
Have you ever seen the ocean Grandaddy? ]]
We'll walk on the hot sand and throw rocks at 
the waves. We can wear big hats in the afternoon like 
everyone else...
and we'll sit in the water when the days get 
cool. 
When our trip is over we will follow the ocean 
as far as we can so we'll never forget it. ]]
When I am old with you Grandaddy we will get 
on the tractor and ride through the fields of grass. ]]
We will see the trees in the distance and remember 
when this field was a forest.
 We won't be sad though.]]
Grandaddy when I am old with you we will take long walks 
and speak to all the people who walk by us. 
We'll know them all Grandaddy and they'll know us. ]]
At the end of our walk when we're tired 
Grandaddy I will sit in the big rocking chair...
beside you.  ]]

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Some support

Several repetitions of phrases or refrains

Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues

Language: Simple language

Sentences: Many Long Complex

Text structure: Story/Poem

Inferences: Several Implications

Complexity: Several ideas - closely related

Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social

Features

Character traits

Mood/tone

First Person

Topic

Growth/Growing

Actions

Age/Aging

Grandparents

*Family & Friends

Relationships

Low Frequency Words

cedar

swat