Text Leveling System

The Magic Ring

RDQ:	167	Max Word/Sent	14	Total Words	251		Diff Words	128
Lex	210	Ave Word/.Sent	6	Hi Freq occurs	132	52.6%	Hi freq	44	34.4%
AR	1.7	Long Sentences	0	Low Freq occurs	2	0.8%	Low freq	2	1.6%

Josh and Kip are on the shore. They watch the tide come in. They’re stranded on an island.]]
Josh is sad and he is thin.]]
There's something lying in the sand. Josh calls out to his pup.]]
Is that a big fish, Kip? Be quick then, dig it up.]]
They hope it will be good to eat. Kip gives his tail a wag.]]
No such luck. It is a ring. Let's rub it with this bag.]]
Josh sighs, it's very pretty. But I wish I had a fish.]]
A flash of light, a cloud of stars. A big fish on a dish.]]
Hooray, this ring is magic. Josh cheers and grins at Kip.]]
Chin up, Kip. I am in luck. I wish I had a ship.]]
Now Josh and Kip are sailing home, but soon the wind grows shrill. 
I wish I had a coat, says Josh. I will get a chill.]]
Then comes the most enormous crash. It gives them such a shock. They slip and slide along the deck.]]
The ship has hit a rock.]]
The magic ring goes flying, and josh falls into the sea. No.]]
Hop in quick, Kip. Get it back for me.]]
The ring is lost. The ship has sunk. How gloomy can things get? Then just in time, they hear a cry.]]
Hang on to this net.]]
Now Josh and Kip are safe on board, and there's a funny thing.]]
A fish is in the net as well and in the fish the ring.]]

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Some support

Dialog: Simple

Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues

Language: Few descriptive words

Sentences: Multiple phrases

Text structure: Oral/Natural

Features

Rhyming

Topic

Magic

Fish

Saving

Islands

*Habitats/Environments

Low Frequency Words

shrill

stranded