APPENDIX C11
GRADE LEVEL ANALYSIS OF TARGET VOCABULARY RANDOMLY SELECTED FROM PLANETARY
TAXI (Indirect-approach Group)
|
Target Word |
Dale List of 3,000 Familiar Words (Chall & Dale, 1995) |
Ginn Word Book for Teachers Grade Level (Johnson, Moe, & Baumann, 1983) |
Living Word Book Grade Level (Dale & O’Rourke, 1981) |
|
flight |
x |
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planet |
x |
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scale |
x |
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temperature |
x |
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energy |
2 |
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diameter |
3 |
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gravity |
3 |
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mission |
3 |
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|
model |
3 |
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|
orbit |
3 |
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Venus |
3 |
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volcano |
3 |
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basin |
4 |
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|
Jupiter |
4 |
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Pluto |
4 |
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rotate |
4 |
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Saturn |
4 |
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spacecraft |
4 |
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crater |
5 |
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survival |
5 |
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terrain |
5 |
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erupted |
6 (erupt) |
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magnified |
6 (magnify) |
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radiation |
6 |
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solar system |
6 |
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|
constellations |
8 (constellation) |
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dispatch |
8 |
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atmosphere |
12 |
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cirrus |
13 |
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|
ozone |
16 |
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Words not listed in sources cited above: Earth, flyby, Mars, Mercury, Neptune, and Uranus.