Leveled Books
ML = Multilevel REV. = Revised
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Benchmark Passages
Benchmark Books
Realistic (fiction), 291 words
(nonfiction), 269 words
Level H Books Feature
- 15 words maximum per sentence; 8.5 words average
- 3–8 lines of text per page
- 180–270 words total
- Less repetition of high-frequency words
- Much less reliance on pattern
- Word order change from page to page
- Simple story that builds logically from one page to the next
- Controlled vocabulary with repeated use of story words
- Moderate picture support
- Table of contents, captions, index in nonfiction books
- Simple tables and charts
- Stories more complex
- Books have more challenging ideas
- More natural language usage
- Begin use of simple captions
- Glossaries introduced
- 16 pages
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