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I Spy Fly Guy

RDQ:	180	Max Word/Sent	14	Total Words	291		Diff Words	119
Lex	300	Ave Word/.Sent	5	Hi Freq occurs	122	41.9%	Hi freq	43	36.1%
AR	1.8	Long Sentences	0	Low Freq occurs	5	1.7%	Low freq	3	2.5%

A boy had a pet fly. He named him Fly Guy. Fly Guy could say the boy's name Buzz.]]
Chapter 1.
One day, Buzz and fly Guy went outside.]]
"Let's play hid-and-seek," said Buzz.]]
Fly Guy hid in the garbage can. He always hid in the garbage can.]]
He liked to eat while Buzz looked for him.]]
"I spy Fly Guy!" said Buzz. "It's my turn to hide."]]
Buzz hid in the garden shed and shut the door.]]
Fly Guy found a way in.]]
"You are Good!" said Buzz. "It is your turn to hide again."]]
Fly Guy hid in the garbage can again.]]
Just then, the garbageman came.]]
He dumped the garbage into the truck and drove away.]]
Chapter 2.
Buzz's dad was going to work.]]
"Follow that truck!" cried Buzz.]]
The truck drove and drove and drove, all the way to the town dump.]]
Buzz ran into the dump. "Fly Guy, where are you?"]]
"Fly Guy," he cried. "Answer me!"]]
A zillion flies all answered. Buzz.]]
"Oh, no!" cried Buzz. "They all can say my name! How will I find Fly Guy?"]]
Buzz spied a fly hiding. "Do I spy Fly Guy?" The fly flew away.]]
Buzz spied a fly eating. "Do I spy Fly guy?"
The fly boinked him on the nose and flew away.]]
Buzz spied a fly landing on his hand. "Do I spy Fly Guy?" The fly bit him and flew away.]]
Chapter 3.
Buzz was sad. Was Fly Guy gone forever?]]
He kicked a can. He kicked a jar.]]
Then Buzz remembered. They were still playing a game.]]
"Okay, Fly Guy," yelled Buzz. "I give up. You win."]]
He heard a voice from above.]]
"I spy fly guy!" cried Buzz.]]
And Fly Guy said, Buzz.]]

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

Chapters

Features

Topic

Games

Pets

Low Frequency Words

boinked

spied

zillion