Text Leveling System

Duck on a Bike

RDQ:	175	Max Word/Sent	35	Total Words	399		Diff Words	153
Lex	260	Ave Word/.Sent	5	Hi Freq occurs	205	51.4%	Hi freq	63	41.2%
AR	1.8	Long Sentences	2.9	Low Freq occurs	5	1.3%	Low freq	5	3.3%

One day down on the farm, duck got a wild idea. I bet I could ride a bike. He thought. He waddled over to where the boy parked his bike, climbed on, and began to ride. At first he rode very slowly and he wobbled a lot, but it was fun.]]
Duck rode passed out wave tracker. Hello, cap. Said duck. Moo said cow. But what she thought was, a duck on a bike? That's the silliest thing I've ever seen.]]
Then duck rode past sheep. Hello, sheep. Said duck. Baa said sheep. But what she thought was, he's going to hurt himself if he's not careful.]]
Duck was riding better now. He rode past dog. Hello Dog. Said duck. Woof. Said dog. But what he thought was, that is a mighty neat trick..]]
Then duck rode past cat. Hello, cat. Said duck. Meow. Said cat. But what she thought was, I wouldn't waste my time riding a bike.]]
Duck pedaled a little faster. He rode past horse. Hello, horse. Said duck neigh, said horse. But what he thought was, you're still not as fast as me, duck.]]
Duck rang his bell as he rode toward chicken. Hello chicken. Said duck. Cluck. Cluck. Said chicken. But what she thought was, watch where you're going, duck.]]
 Then duck rode past goat. Hello, goat. Said duck. Maa Said goat. But what he thought was, I'd like to eat that bike.]]
Duck stood on the seat and rode past pig and pig. Hello, pigs. Said duck. Oink. Said pig and pig. But what they thought was, duck is such a show off.]]
Then duck rode no hands past mouse. Hello, mouse. Said duck. Squeak, said mouse. But what he thought was, I wish I could ride a bike just like duck.]]
Suddenly, a whole bunch of kids came down the road on bikes. They were in such a hurry that they didn't see duck. They parked their bikes by the house and went inside.]]
Now all the animals had bikes. They rode around and around the barnyard. This is fun. They all said. Good idea duck.]]
Then they put the bikes back by the house. And no one knew that on an afternoon, there had been a cow, a sheep, a dog, a cat, a horse, a chicken, a goat, two pigs, a mouse, and a duck on a bike.]]
The end.]]

Subjective Criteria

Several repetitions of phrases or refrains

Vocabulary: Easy

Language: Few descriptive words

Sentences: Multiple phrases

Text structure: Blend of written/oral

Features

Topic

Actions

Bicycles

*Animals

Animals: Farm

Low Frequency Words

neigh

pedaled

silliest

waddled

wobbled