Appendix 5.

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Comparing Vocab
Looking at two articles from on the same sub ect at different reading le!els" please compare !ocabular# and word choice. $o onto http:%%www.newsela.com and find an article of #our choice. &ou will need to cop# and paste the text from News'la into Lex(utor )http:%%www.lextutor.ca%text_lex_compare% *. +sing the text comparison tool" cop# and paste the same article at different reading le!els ),th grade !s 11th grade*. Looking at the following compare and contrast the texts. -lease write the line in which this occurs for accurac#" this wa# if #ou ha!e to search again #ou will know where to find #our research. Title of your article and reading levels: .all it -re/rex: (op predator dinosaur disco!ered in North America ),th and 11th grade reading le!els* Types 1. 0hat s#non#ms can #ou locate between the text1 11. backbone !s 23. !ertebrae 45. bones !s 35. fossil 25. top !s 14. apex 4. Are there an# words that should be shared between the texts1 0h#1 13. allosauroid and 13. allosauroids same word one is ust plural 15. call and 2,. announce the# are s#non#ms but announce could be understood at lowed reading le!el 5. Are there an# words that should be excluded from the lower reading le!el1 0h#1 45. exca!ations and 13. allosauroid readers at a lower reading le!el ma# not know what these words are without explanation 2. Are there an# words that should be excluded from the ad!anced reading le!el1 1. paper , 45. mountain " 21. !olunteer 36. find all are words that should be understood at an ,th grade reading le!el 5. Looking at these lists do #ou find that #ou would be ale to comprehend the ad!anced reading le!el with the same clarit#1 0h#1 No because the 11th grade reading le!el has more complex terms and !ocabular# that would lead to a deeper meaning of the sub ect" while the ,th grade reading le!el onl# has enough information to gi!e an understanding at the surface. Phrases 1. 0rite down the two top occurring phrases for each le!el of writing 1. found two other 4 4. pre#ed on rex 4

Appendix 5.1 4. bones on a 4 1. at the field 4 4. List an# s#non#mous phrases1 ,. a meat eating !s 45. a predator# behemoth 73. bones were found !s ,34. !ertebrae to determine 5. Are there an# phrases that do not carr# o!er from one text to the other1 0h# do #ou think this1 46. a significant precursor 152. comparable fossil remains (he 11th grade text has more content specific phrases that a #ounger reader ma# not understand. 2. 0hat can #ou sa# is a ma or difference between the phrase lists1 Are there more or less1 Does one ha!e more complex phrases1 Does one phrase list offer more context than the other1

(he 11th grade text has a lot more phrases" ,78 compared to 215. (his ma# be because of the !ocabular# chosen for the 11th grade text which allows for more specific examples" creating more complex phrases and more phrases in general. Also the 11th grade text is a lot more dense and has more words which makes it understandable that there is nearl# double the amount of phrases.