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Pete's A Pizza

RDQ:	207	Max Word/Sent	23	Total Words	243		Diff Words	129
Lex	470	Ave Word/.Sent	8	Hi Freq occurs	122	50.2%	Hi freq	47	36.4%
AR	2.0	Long Sentences	3.3	Low Freq occurs	10	4.1%	Low freq	10	7.8%

Pete's in a bad mood. Just when he's supposed to play ball with the guys, it decides to rain.]]
Pete's father can't help noticing how miserable his son is.]]
He thinks it might cheer Pete up to be made into a Pizza.]]
So he sets him down on the kitchen table ]]
and starts kneading the dough ]]
and stretching it this way and that. ]]
Now the dough gets whirled and twirled up in the air.]]
Next, some oil is generously applied. (It's really water.)]]
Then comes some flour. (It's really talcum powder.)]]
And then come tomatoes. (They're really draughts.)]]
Pete can't help giggling when his mother says she doesn't like tomatoes on her pizza.]]
"All right," says his father. "No tomatoes, just some cheese." (The cheese is pieces of paper.)]]
"How about some pepperoni, Petey?"]]
Pete can't answer because he's only some dough and stuff.]]
But when that dough gets tickled, it laughs like crazy.]]
"Pizzas are not supposed to laugh!"
"Pizza makers are not supposed to tickle their pizzas!"]]
"Well," says his father, "It's time for this pizza to be put in the over."]]
"Ah! Now or pizza is nice and hot!"]]
Pete's father brings the pizza to the table. ]]
"It's time to slice or pizza," he says.]]
But the pizza runs away and ]]
The pizza maker chases him.]]
The pizza gets captured and hugged.]]
Now the sun has come out.]]
And so the pizza decides to go and look for his friends.]]

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Some support

Dialog: Two speakers

Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker

Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues

Language: Simple language

Sentences: Simple phrases

Text structure: Blend of written/oral

Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social

Features

Present Tense

Topic

Teasing

Imagination

*Feelings, Behaviors

Pizza

Low Frequency Words

applied	draughts	generously	giggling	kneading
miserable	noticing	pepperoni	talcum	whirled