Text Leveling System

The Hating Book

RDQ:	171	Max Word/Sent	24	Total Words	283		Diff Words	136
Lex	230	Ave Word/.Sent	8	Hi Freq occurs	167	59%	Hi freq	54	39.7%
AR	1.8	Long Sentences	6.1	Low Freq occurs	1	0.4%	Low freq	1	0.7%

I hate hate hated 
my friend. ]]
When I moved over in the school bus 
she sat somewhere else. 
When her point broke in arithmetic 
and I passed her my pencil 
she took Peter's instead. ]]
"Ask her" my mother said 
"Ask your friend why." ]]
But I wouldn't 
I couldn't 
I'd rather die. ]]
What if she should say 
Oh please just go away. 
You're ugly and dumb. 
Being with you 
was never fun. ]]
Oh I hated my friend. ]]
When it was her turn to wash the board 
she didn't ask me to help. ]]
When it was time to choose teams 
she didn't choose me. 
And when I made a basket 
and everyone else yelled Yaaaa 
she turned away. ]]
Oh I hated my friend. ]]
When I went to walk home with her 
she had already gone. 
When she took her dog out 
and I whistled to him 
she put him on a leash 
and let him away. ]]
Oh I hated my friend. ]]
"Ask her" my mother said 
"ask her why." ]]
I couldn't 
I'd rather die. 
No - 
if that's the way she's going to be 
it's quite okay with me. ]]
"Ask her" my mother said 
"ask and see..." ]]
I wouldn't. 
I couldn't. 
But maybe...]]
"You've been so rotten" I said. 
"Why?" 
She looked as though she'd cry. 
"It's you" she said. "Last week 
when I wore my new dress
Sue said Jane said you said 
I looked like a freak." 
"I did not! 
I said you looked neat!" ]]
She looked straight at me for a while 
and then we both began to smile. 
My friend said "Hey 
maybe tomorrow we can play?" 
"Oh yes" I said "Okay!" ]]
I didn't hate her anyway. 
I wish it were tomorrow.]]

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Some support

Several repetitions of phrases or refrains

Dialog: Two speakers

Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues

Language: Simple language

Sentences: Simple phrases

Text structure: Blend of written/oral

Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social

Features

Character development

Clear cause/effect

Topic

Attitudes

Mistakes

Friendship

*Feelings, Behaviors

Relationships

Low Frequency Words

whistled