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The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe

RDQ:	177	Max Word/Sent	19	Total Words	237		Diff Words	132
Lex	270	Ave Word/.Sent	9	Hi Freq occurs	140	59.1%	Hi freq	53	40.2%
AR	1.8	Long Sentences	0	Low Freq occurs	6	2.5%	Low freq	6	4.5%

There was an old woman who lived in a shoe.]]
She had so many children she didn't know what to do.]]
There was Hannah and Harry and Sara and Sam.]]
There was Aisha and Abdul and Daisy and Dan.]]
There was Gwen who was greedy and Stan who was small.]]
There was Sean who was short and Tom who was tall.]]
There was Jasmine and Jeremy, sandeep and grace boys and girls all over the place.]]
Ying and Yasmin, Jacob and Joe squeezed in together, with no room to grow.]]
This shoe is too full, said the woman one day.]]
We must get another. I'll look right away.]]
With a list of the shoe stores she went to them all.]]
But the boots were too tiny and the shoes were too small.]]
She was on her way home by the side of a river,]]
when she met a huge giant. He gave a sad shiver.]]
Please help, sobbed the giant. There's a crab in my shoe.]]
The old woman took hold and pulled it off just like so.]]
Thanks. Said the giant period now, can I help you?]]
Well, said the woman, I would like your shoe.]]
Of course, said the giant and he gave her his shoe.]]
And for being so helpful, take the other one too.]]
Now all the children have space to have fun.]]
 And the little old woman can knit in the sun.]]

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Some support

Dialog: Two speakers

Dialog: Broken dialogue

Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues

Language: Few descriptive words

Sentences: Simple phrases

Text structure: Blend of written/oral

Features

Parody

Difficult names

Rhyming

Topic

Giants

Children

Helping

*Life Styles

Low Frequency Words

aisha	jeremy	knit	sandeep	sean
yasmin