This is how you figure out the reading level using the Fresch-Kincaid formula. Rudolf Flesch admitted that it isn't really too accurate below Grade 4 or 5 level, because so much of a primary book story is told through the pictures. Learning to "read" pictures is another reading skill.
You do this with three different passages from somewhere past the beginning, somewhere in the middle, and somewhere near the end. The very first and last paragraphs may be exposition, which is always at a higher level of difficulty than narrative. For this example, I chose one of my own paragraphs.
You do this with three different passages from somewhere past the beginning, somewhere in the middle, and somewhere near the end. The very first and last paragraphs may be exposition, which is always at a higher level of difficulty than narrative. For this example, I chose one of my own paragraphs.
If you find that the reading level is too high for what you want, you have to reduce the number of syllables per word if you can or shorten the sentences.
If you are good with Excel spreadsheets, you can make up your own little program to do those calculations for you. Or you can get Word to do it for you. That's for another blog entry.
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