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Record Number: W4N02

Level Four: Add Verbals

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     Verbals are in 18-point bold, usually blue, with their functions indicated after them. (I can't easily draw boxes, ovals, and arrows on web documents.)  Other words counted in relation to them (such as conjunctions, complements, etc.) are also in 18-point bold. The font size of words aleady analyzed has been decreased. Words which remain to be analyzed are still in 14-point black

     My family has seven people {in it}. /  First my dad then my mom 

then my oldest sister Cyndee and then me and Crystal, Tara, and 

Amanda / they're my youngest sisters. / My dad is 30 years old and

is a chef. / My mom is 28 and doesn't work. / My oldest sister is 12 /

she's {in 7th grade} / she's a brat. / I'm 9 / and I'm {in the 4th grade}. /

My young sister is 7 and {in 2nd grade} / My other young sister is 2. /

And the other is 3 months old. / Eddie, my dad, Tara, Mom Crystal, 

and amanda have brown hair. / Me and Cyndee have blond hair. /

My, Cyndee, Crystal, and mom have brown eyes. / Eddi, Tara, and 

Amanda have blue eyes.

     I live {in a brick hous} {on fox Dr.} / There are three rooms 

living room, kitchen, and bathroom. / There are four bedrooms. / I

share a bedroom{with my sister} Cyndee. / I have a basement {with 

a workshop laundry room and famly room}. / I have a back yard {with a

hammock and clothes line and an ugly evergreen bush}. / And {in my front

yard} I have some flowers and bushes. / My house has 13 windows

and 3 doors. / Only one bathroom (DO?) / and that's bad! /

     The worst day{in my life }was [when I was tired] and [we had to 

walk all day {at the zoo}]. We saw the Monkeys, Zebras, prarie dogs,

lions, tigers, reptiles, birds, and seals. / Then we ate pizza / and I

saw a elephant, giraffe. / I was eight / and I didn't like going Note #1 

{to the zoo}. / and I got to see the baby hippos / and I don't like

im. / We also got to ride the metro /and it really went fast. / It made a

stop every 12 secounds / and more and more and more and more 

people got on / and I kept on falling down, [Because I had to stand 

[because there was too many people {on the metro}.]] /
 

Notes

1. Students will already have been able to recognize "going" as the direct object of "did like." At Level Four they will see that it is a gerund.
 
 

Progress:
Total Words = 322 Words %
L1: In Prep Phrases  57  18
L1A: + Adj. & Averbs 71 40
L2: + S / V / C 158 89
L3: + Clauses 16 94
L4: + Verbals 0 94

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