APPENDIX C13
GRADE LEVEL ANALYSIS OF TARGET VOCABULARY RANDOMLY SELECTED FROM THE WAY
THINGS WORK (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) |
|
drum |
x |
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|
envelope |
x |
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gas |
x |
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head drum |
x (each word) |
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heats |
x (heat) |
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hot-air balloon |
x (each word) |
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ringer |
x (ring) |
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telephone |
x |
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weight |
x |
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mass |
2 |
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burner |
4 |
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dense |
4 |
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lenses |
4 (lens) |
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loudspeaker |
4 |
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microphone |
4 |
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decent |
5 |
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cable |
6 |
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flash hook |
flash 6; hook 4 |
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mouthpiece |
6 |
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voltage |
6 |
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transistor |
8 |
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buoyant |
10 |
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frequency |
10 |
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video track |
video 10; track 4 |
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ascent |
12 |
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ballast |
12 |
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diode |
12 |
Words not listed in sources cited above: camcorder, charge-couple-device, earpiece, erase head, flash hook, keypad, photodiode, semiconductors, video drum head, and viewfinder.