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Bonaparte Falls Apart

RDQ:	239	Max Word/Sent	26	Total Words	407		Diff Words	197
Lex	500	Ave Word/.Sent	8	Hi Freq occurs	218	53.6%	Hi freq	77	39.1%
AR	2.0	Long Sentences	6.5	Low Freq occurs	30	7.4%	Low freq	16	8.1%

Bonaparte was falling to pieces, and this really shook him up]]
Especially when he rode his bike, or played catch, or visited the doctor's office.]]
Sometimes his bones rolled away, and it took him forever to find them.]]
What will happen when school starts? Bonaparte asked his friends as his hand clacked to the sidewalk. I'm falling apart. Everyone will make fun of me.]]
I have an idea, said Franky Stein, clicking bonaparte's hand into place. Let's glue and screw your bones together.]]
So Franky stein's glued and screwed and screwed and glued]]
but when he finished]]
Bonaparte couldn't move. I can't walk. He said.]]
Franky Stein had to undo all his hard work.]]
I have another idea, said blacky widow. I'll spin and pin a web around you. So blacky widow spinned and pinned and pinned and spinned ]]
but when she finished ]]
Bonaparte was all tangled up. I'm a mess. He said.]]
Blacky widow had to undo all her hard work.]]
I have the best idea of all, said Mummicula. I'll wrap and strap your bones in place.]]
So Mummicula wrapped and strapped and strapped and wrapped, but when he was finished]]
Bonaparte couldn't see. Where is everybody? He asked in a muffled voice.]]
Mummicula Had to undo all his hard work.]]
Time passed, and Bonaparte was so worried about school that his head fell off.]]
Franky Stein picked it up and set it back in place . Before school starts, we will bone up on other ideas, he said. We will leave no bone unturned, said blacky widow. No bones about it. Said Mummicula.]]
But none of the ideas they came up with seemed just right.]]
Until]]
a dog ran by with a bone in his mouth. That bone lever would be perfect for Bonaparte. Said Mummicula.]]
So they ran after the dog]]
and brought him to Bonaparte. What a fetching dog. Bonaparte exclaimed. You can teach him to retrieve your bones, said Franky Stein. Bone Anza. Said Bonaparte. You are my bone a fide friends.]]
He named the dog mandible, and spent the next two weeks training him. When school started Bonaparte was still a little worried about what the other kids might think. But ]]
Bonaparte was a home running hit at recess]]
a jaw-dropping sensation at lunch ]]
and a rib tickling wonder in science class.]]
Bonaparte could hang loose without anyone making fun of him, and this made him very happy. Clickety clack.]]

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Little support

Dialog: Two speakers

Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues

Language: Few descriptive words

Sentences: Simple phrases

Text structure: Blend of written/oral

Features

Simple problem/solution

Difficult names

Topic

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Problem Solving

*Human Body & Health

Low Frequency Words

blacky	fetching	fide	glued	lever
mandible	muffled	mummicula	retrieve	science
sensation	stein	stein's	tangled	unturned
widow