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Record Number: W4N02

Level Five: Add Eight Additional Constructions

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      Words that remained  to be explained (and some for which a better explanation can now be provided) are in 18-point bold black, with their functions indicated after them. The font size of words aleady analyzed has been decreased. 

     My family has seven people {in it}. /  First my dad (Appositive

to "people") then my mom (Appositive to "people")

then my oldest sister (Appositive to "people") Cyndee 

(Appositive to "sister") and then me (Appositive to "people")

and Crystal (Appositive to "people"), Tara (Appositive 

to "people"), and Amanda (Appositive to "people")

they're my youngest sisters. / My dad is 30 years (NuA to "old") 

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 (NuA to "old") 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 (Appositive to "room"), kitchen (Appositive to

"room"), and bathroom (Appositive to "room"). / There are

four bedrooms. / I share a bedroom{with my sister} Cyndee 

(Appositive to "sister") . / 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 (NuA to "walk") {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 {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 (NuA to "made") / 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}.]] /
 


 
 
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
L5: + Eight Additional 20 100

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