Monster is sad because he has no friends. Varied line lengths, but many short lines encourage phrased reading. Narrative and dialogue, including several divided quotations, with said, shouted, asked. Asking word: who. Compound words: sandbox, [...]

Andy and Dad try to play ball with their dog, Bo, but Dad ends up pitching the ball to Andy. Varied text placement and line lengths, to encourage phrasing. Contractions: I’ll, don’t. Inflected words: hitter, [...]

Mom is late for work and can’t find her shoes. Lin has borrowed them for playing dress-up. Dialogue with some narrative. Mostly shorter lines of text for phrased reading. Compound subject. One longer compound sentence. [...]

Seth, who lives in the city, visits his friend Willy, who lives in the country. Narrative and dialogue. Many longer compound and complex sentences, with clauses separated by commas. Possessive: Willy’s. Contractions: don’t, it’s, there’s. [...]