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Rosie Revere, Engineer

RDQ:	510	Max Word/Sent	38	Total Words	808		Diff Words	343
Lex	640	Ave Word/.Sent	13	Hi Freq occurs	489	60.5%	Hi freq	126	36.7%
AR	2.7	Long Sentences	19.4	Low Freq occurs	54	6.7%	Low freq	40	11.7%

This is the story of Rosie Revere, who dreamed of becoming a great engineer. In Lila greer's classroom at blue river Creek, young Rosie sat shyly, not daring to speak.]]
But when no one saw her, she peeked in the trash for treasures to add to her engineer's stash. And late, late at night, Rosie rolled up her sleeves and built in her hideaway under the eaves.]]
Alone in her attic, the moon high above, dear Rosie made gadgets and gizmos she loved.]]
And when she grew sleepy, she hid her machines far under the bed, where they'd never be seen.]]
When Rosie was young, she had not been so shy. She worked with her hair swooping over one eye and made fine inventions for uncles and aunts: a hot dog dispenser and helium pants.]]
The uncle she loved most was zookeeper Fred. She made him a hat to keep snakes off his head from parts of a fan and some cheddar cheese spray which everyone knows keeps the pythons away.]]
And when it was finished, young Rosie was proud, but Fred slapped his knee and he chuckled out loud. He laughed till he wheezed and his eyes filled with tears, all to the horror of Rosie Revere, Who stood there embarrassed, perplexed, and dismayed. She looked at the cheese hat and then looked away. I love it, Fred hooted. Oh, truly I do. But Rosie Revere knew that could not be true. She stuck the cheese hat in the back of her shelf and after that day kept her dreams to herself.]]
And that's how it went until  one autumn day. Her oldest relation showed up for a stay. Her great great aunt rose was a true Dynamo who had worked building airplanes a long time ago. She told Rosie tales of the things she had done and goals she had checked off her list one by one. She gave a sad smile as she looked to the sky: the only thrill left in my list is to fly. But time never lingers as long as it seems. I'll chalk that one up to an old lady's dreams.]]
That night, as Rosie lay wide eyed in bed, a daring idea crept into her head. Could she build a gizmo to help her aunt fly? She looked at the cheese hat and said, no, not I.]]
But questions are tricky, and some hold on tight, and this one kept Rosie awake through the night. So when Dawn approached and the red streaks lit the sky, Young Rosie knew just how to make her Aunt fly.]]
She worked and she worked till the day was half gone, then hauled her cheese copter out onto the lawn to give her invention a test just to see the ridiculous flop it might turn out to be.]]
To the cockpit, she flipped on the switch. The heli o cheese copter sputtered and twitched.]]
It floated the moment and whirled round and round, then froze for a heartbeat and crashed to the ground.]]
Then Rosie heard laughter and turned round to see the old woman laughing and slapping her knee. She laughed till she wheezed and her eyes filled with tears all to the horror of Rosie Revere, who thought, ohh no. Never. Not ever again will I try to build something to sputter or spin or build with a lever, a switch or a gear. And never will I be a great engineer.]]
She turned round to leave, but then great great aunt rose I grabbed hold of young Rosie and pulled her in close and hugged her and kissed her and started to cry. You did it. Hooray. It's the perfect first try. This great plop is over. It's time for the next period young Rosie was baffled, embarrassed, perplexed. I failed, said dear Rosie. It's just made of trash. Didn't you see it? The cheese copter crashed. Yes said her great aunt. It crashed. that is true. But first it did just what it needed to do. Before it crashed, Rosie, before that it flew.]]
You're brilliant first flop was a raging success. Come on, let's get busy and on to the next. She handed a notebook to rosie revere, who smiled at her aunt as it all became clear. Life might have its failures but this was not it. The only true failure can come if you quit.]]
They worked till the sun sneaked away to its bed. Aunt rose tied the headscarf around rosie's head and sent her to sleep with a smile here to ear to dream the bold dreams of a great engineer. ]]
At blue river Creek all the kids in grade 2 bill gizmos and gadgets and doohickeys too.]]
With each perfect failure, they all stand and cheer, but none quite as proudly as Rosie Revere.

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Little support

Dialog: Two speakers

Dialog: Broken dialogue

Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues

Language: Few descriptive words

Sentences: Multiple phrases

Text structure: Blend of written/oral

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*Science

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Low Frequency Words

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lever	lingers	ohh	perplexed	pythons
raging	relation	revere	ridiculous	sputter
truly	twitched	wheezed	whirled	zookeeper