Text Leveling System

Family is Everything

RDQ:	270	Max Word/Sent	12	Total Words	255		Diff Words	122
Lex	520	Ave Word/.Sent	5	Hi Freq occurs	102	40%	Hi freq	34	27.9%
AR	2.1	Long Sentences	0	Low Freq occurs	27	10.6%	Low freq	12	9.8%

This is Mirabel Madrigal.
She is kind and funny,
and she loves her family.]]
Her family lives in a magical home named Casita.]]
Mirabel has two
older sisters.
Luisa is strong.]]
Isabela can make flowers.
She is perfect.
She and Mirabel
do not get along.]]
Mirabel is the only one
who does not have
a magical gift.]]
Her mom worries
that she feels left out.
Mirabel is still special.]]
Abuela looks out
for the family
and the magic of Casita.]]
One night, Mirabel
overhears Abuela.
Abuela says the magic
of Casita is dying.]]
Bruno is Mirabel's uncle.
He can see the future.
He saw the magic dying.]]
Mirabel thinks Luisa
knows about
Bruno's vision.
But Luisa is upset.
Everyone wants her help.]]
Mirabel listens to Luisa.
Luisa feels better.
She tells Mirabel
to check Bruno's tower
for the missing vision.]]
Mirabel finds the pieces
of Bruno's vision.
She is at the center.]]
Mirabel finds Bruno hiding inside Casita. Bruno finishes his vision. It shows her and Isabela. Mirabel needs to embrace her sister.]]
Isabela tells Mirabel that being perfect is hard. She makes a cactus. There is more to her than pretty flowers.]]
Casita cracks. Abuela says Mirabel is causing the magic to die.]]
But Mirabel says it is Abuela's fault. Abuela expects too much. Casita falls apart.]]
Abuela finds Mirabel by the river. Abuela is sorry. It is her fault, not Mirabel's. Abuela says Mirabel sees the best in the family.]]
They rebuild Casita. The magic returns. The family Madrigal is closer than ever.]]

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Little support

Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues

Language: Few descriptive words

Sentences: Simple phrases

Text structure: Oral/Natural

Inferences: Some implications

Features

Foreign words

Topic

Magic

Grandparents

*Family & Friends

*Feelings, Behaviors

Low Frequency Words

casita	embrace	fault	future	listens
madrigal	magical	mirabel	mirabel's	overhears
rebuild	vision