Reader R R/T 1:10 ,13 ;1;6;"READER" 14,0;" An educational utility program, that lets you assess a child's reading ability and the difficulty of their book." P#1;0,10 ;1;"PLEASE WAIT,";1,12 ;"LOADING" ($7:7:0,0 2"" READER tO\ vO0# # <@ǥǥpp8p ]\\]gIN]]VggO\p0`~![!PP!!88x# ͥ!S{"\ P 5:10 ,11 ;1; K SR P *6\$:[O [![[[K[>#xG= >8{O= :[O  "G G23675{\,0:23676|\,166:42445ͥ:42446Υ 5q=0:prog=23635S\+256*23636T\ 125} 1100L  140 z=513502 z=50260<  110n  300,  450 ( 150 0 14 2 600X 6 700 8 14 < 153 A 14 n:w$="Reading Check":b=1:e=2:w=1:x=10 :y=40(:200:80P,120x:546,0:144,120x:40(,0 p11 ,0;"Press L for words right (A)";13 ,7;"P for words wrong (Q)";9 ,29;"L/H";21,5;"{Press ENTER to start}" v0:8050r: }:12 ,7;" FINISHED ";19,11 ;1;"STOP TAPE";0;21,5;"{Press ENTER to go on}":0:8050r: w:b=2:e=2:x=12 :y=24:w=2:w$="Menu":200:96`,136:61=,0 7,2;"You can either"'''"1) Assess a child's reading score, or"''"2) Translate the last reading score into a reading age, or"''"3) Check the readability of their reading book.";21,7;"{Press 1,2 or 3}" I0:8050r:z=23560\:z<491z>513142:  :b=1:e=2:w$="Your reading score is":w=1:x=6:y=64@:200:w$=q:w=1:x=15:y=88X:200:15,8;:21,5;"{Press ENTER to go back}" <0:8050r:k=23560\:k13 151  z=o(q+1):z=256:10 ,5;1;"NO READING SCORE YET";0:21,0;" {Press ENTER to go on}":0: S:b=1:e=2:w$="The reading age is":x=7:y=64@:200 q<1w$="Below 5 years" !q>96`w$="Above 15 years" Cq=0q>96`x=9 :y=88X:200:170 1ye=(z/16):mo=z-((z/16)*16) .w$=ye:x=9 -w$:y=88X:200 /w$="years":x=10 :y=88X:200 /w$=mo:x=19-w$:y=88X:200 %w$="month":mo1w$="months" #x=20:y=88X:200 ,21,5;"{Press ENTER to go on}" 0:8050r :b=1:e=2:w$="Help Reading Progress":w=1:x=5:y=0:200:40(,160:168,0:w$="at this level by:":x=7:y=16:200:568,143:125},0 q<5356,0;" Encouraging the use of letter sounds,"''" Developing a sight vocabulary of common words,"''" Encouraging logical guesses from cues,"''" Making reading enjoyable.":195 q>88X6,0;" Encouraging specialist reading interests,"''" Training up higher level reading study skills,"''" Taking an interest in your child's interests.":195 ­6,0;" Matching the book to the child's ability,"''" Encouraging frequent, silent, fast reading,"''" Talking about the content of books just read." `q>502#1;0,4;"{Press [ENTER] to go on}":0:.05|L,8: V#1;0,0;"{Press [W] for common word list, [ENTER] to go on}" J0:.05|L,8:z=23560\:z13 zɯ"w"197 z=13 5000: 9900&: ,7t=0:c=0:r=0:f=0:q=0 6c=c+1:c=10 @1000+c:w$ J-t=((c-1)*11 )+1:400 T 500 ^r=1f=c:3106 h  \t<12 b=2:x=(32 -2*w$)/2:y=80P:w=2:4000 _t>11 t<34"b=1:x=(32 -w$)/2:y=80P:w=1:3000 1t>33!10 ,(32 -w$)/2;w$  #d=f-2:d<1d=0 $d=d+1:d=10 480 1000+d:w$:a=0 p=110 w$ 0t=(d-1)*11 +p:400:500 %r=1q=q+1:a=a+1 p a>1460 7d=f-2:d<1d=0:q=q+f+d*10 : q=q+f+d*10 : ,0:z=23560\:.05|L,8 %z=108lz=97ar=1: &z=112pz=113qr=0:  500 & X:b=1:e=2:w$="Readability Check":x=7:y=32 :w=1:200:568,128:86V,0:152,128:38&,0 ]H8,29;"L/H";10 ,0;"Press L for each letter (A)";12 ,7;"P after each word (Q)";14,7;"0 to delete a letter (1)";16,5;"ENTER to end a sentence";17,11 ;"and show readability";18,11 ;"so far.";21,6;"{Press ENTER to go on}" b0:8050r:n=821:n,0;" ":n:8,0;2;" READY ";0:21,2;"{Press E to end and go back}": }f=0:23561 \,10 :23562 \,10 :s=.1}L:y=8:x=22:l=0:w=.1}L:m(4) 0:z=23560\ z=101e8050r: z>70F760 "z>30860\:730 899:730 #z<110n830>:730 800 :730  *.02{# =,3:l=0f=0 "?y,x;2;"_";0:w=w+1:l>8l=8 $$x<22x=x+1:807' %$n=18:42512:n 'l<5810* (#m(l-4)=m(l-4)+1 * l=0: >-.02{# =,6: x=22l>20 CP y,x;2;"O";0:f=1:l=l+1:x<22x=x+1: H&n=18:42512:n: I \*.02{# =,1:l=0f=0 ] x=0 ^$l=l-1:x=x-1:y,x;" " ` !l>0800 :902 .02{# =,3  f=0:.02{# =,5 +.02{# =,5:s=s+1:f=0 F8,0;2;" READY ";0 8000@:14,16;" ";12 ,7;"Readability so far:";14,10 ;1;" ";r;" ";0;" years";:r=6" or less" r=15" or more" 118,0;w;" Word";:w>1.1 "s" 618,19;s;" Sentence";:s>1.1 "s"  @"the","at","in","to","me","am","had","card","two","yes","just" M"when","no","cut","hot","as","our","house","soon","flower","bird","sitting" Q"circus","shop","brick","hen","bad","left","rice","before","dish","now","fight" W"ear","fair","plant","think","heap","inside","dragon","twin","write","lunch","return" i"something","throwing","plate","known","pancake","change","plaster","beware","object","voice","weather" _"obtain","rescue","charge","worm","crayon","quite","serious","guest","always","series","barb" o"ruler","mortal","cylinder","telephone","luggage","bulletin","unusual","fringe","belief","tyre","translation" k"campaign","urge","subtle","universal","enigma","area","choir","siege","ultimate","fatigue","institution" r"opaque","coroner","eccentric","unique","sequel","nebulous","coalition","ascetic","haughty","nausea","contagion" L:w$="Reader" V9b=2:e=2:y=40(:x=10 :200 [^78N,118v:98b,0:0,20:-98b,0:0,-20 `M10 ,1;"An analysis of reading progress for school aged pupils." jJ14,1;"by M.Long, Norfolk Educational Psychologist, 1987." o(100d):6500d ]#1;0,0;"{Press [I] for Instructions and Information, [ENTER] to start}" 0:k=23560\ $k13 k105i1510 .05|L,8 k=13 :0,0;1;" READER ";0;"is two simple programs that let you test a child's word reading ability and assess a book's difficulty so that it can be matched to them." '" The first program presents yourchild with a series of words of graded difficulty. It automatically homes in on the level that needs to be tested and presents you with an overallanalysis of reading progress. " '" The second program enables you to rapidly assess the reading difficulty of any text from 5 to15 years, by simply tapping three keys." 20,0;"Press:"'"[T] for reading test info.":#1;0,0;"[R] for readability check info. [ENTER] to go on." R0:.05|L,8:k=23560\:kɯ"r"k13 kɯ"t"1562  k="r"1700:1550  k="t"1570":1550  k=13 ":" THE READING TEST starts off by telling you which keys to press when your child gets a word right (L/A) or wrong(P/Q). Sit your child directly in front of a well tuned and adjusted television (screen size is not critical, picture quality is)." #'" Only count words right when they are given the correct pronunciation and without a lot of tries. Working words out is allowed." $t'" After a run of falures, the program will stop and display a reading score - the total numberof words right." 'P#1;1,5;"{Press ENTER to go on}":0:.05|L,8 (:" THE READING AGE should not be shown to your child unless you are sure that they can cope wih it. If their reading age is low then they may get discouraged. If it is high then they may get intolerably big-headed!" )}'" The best thing generally is to look at the total words rightscore and to simply tell them that they're doing well." *'" A particular reading age means that your child is reading at the level of the average child of that age. No test can be completely accurate and there isquite a wide variation in development. A delay of up to two years is quite common." ,P#1;1,5;"{Press ENTER to go on}":0:.05|L,8 -:" HELP READING PROGRESS by using the ideas suggested. Bear in mind that reading is a complex, integrated skill and that the best way to improve reading is to do a lot of it." .z'" If you test too often, teach the test words or score too leniently, you will of course invalidate the score." /'" The word list is derived and ordered according to frequency and phonic complexity (how easy it is to sound out). The words used are not used in other, similar tests although scores onthis test will be very similar to those on others." hP#1;1,5;"{Press ENTER to go on}":0:.05|L,8 r :" READABILITY CHECK" ~''" Tap L/A for each letter, P/Q atthe end of each word and press ENTER at the end of each sentence - shown by .?:;" ''" You can ignore commas, quotation marks, hyphens e.t.c. The main idea is to use the sentence as a unit of continuousmeaning and the readability is calculated from word and sentence lengths." ;''" Treat numbers and abbreviationsas you would letters." P#1;1,5;"{Press ENTER to go on}":0:.05|L,8 :" WHEN TO STOP: As you're getting a running average of the readability, that's up to you. What you're looking for is a steady figure and this generally happens after3 or more sentences." ''" Readability cannot be a precisemeasurement and therefore the result is only given to the nearest year and covers the range half a year either side ofthe figure given." ''" Technical manuals, Maths books,Poetry, e.t.c. are special casesdue to their content and you cannot get a meaninful result very easily." P#1;1,5;"{Press ENTER to go on}":0:.05|L,8 x:" USE THIS PROGRAM to analyse reading materials so that they can be matched to achild's abilities." ''" You can also gauge a child's actual reading progress by checking a book they can just read well - the readability willthen be equivalent to their reading age." ''" It is also interesting to look at more general materials e.g. newspapers, cereal packets, e.t.c. The readability of this Instruction/Information text is more than 15 yrs. so if you've got this far then at least your reading is above this level!" P#1;1,5;"{Press ENTER to go on}":0:.05|L,8  n=1̱w$ Th=x+18495?H+n:i=(h/256):j=h-i*256:23296[,j:23297[,i mh=((w$(n))-97a)*16+42627:i=(h/256):j=h-i*256:23298[,j:23299[,i 42537) n  n=1̱w$ \h=x+18494>H+n*2:i=(h/256):j=h-i*256:23296[,j:23297[,i mh=((w$(n))-97a)*32 +43052,:i=(h/256):j=h-i*256:23298[,j:23299[,i 42572L n  :0,0;" COMMON WORD LIST"'''" 25 words make up just less thanone half of all the words experienced by early readers. In frequency order, these are:" ''"the and I a it"''"to is was in my"''"he we of on go"''"went with that have had"''"some at they when for" V#1;0,1;"{Press [C] to copy this page, [ENTER] to go on}" K0:.05|L,8:k=23560\:k13 kɯ"c"5012  k="c" 5:0,0;" Another 75 makes two thirds:"  5050:n=018 u=03 w$:n+2,u*7;w$ u:n V#1;0,1;"{Press [C] to copy this page, [ENTER] to go on}" K0:.05|L,8:k=23560\:k13 kɯ"c"5012  k="c"  "one","then","said","play","she","there","are","you","out","got","me","home","not","his","up","her","so","will","day","little","am","come" Ę"get","all","our","came","but","him","house","mother","this","man","saw","daddy","see","were","very","down","two","night","school","put","like","time" "back","be","has","girl","them","after","did","walk","last","do","boy","can","call","mummy","if","off","live","look","as","sister","big","made","into","would","too","from","us","work","once","dinner","an" " " o p+"READER"23552\,20340tO:1 d 7000X nn=199c x z:o(n)=z n: Xn256,80P,80P,80P,83S,85U,86V,87W,88X,89Y,90Z,91[ bp91[,96`,96`,97a,98b,98b,98b,99c,99c,100d,100d,101e ly101e,102f,103g,103g,104h,104h,105i,105i,106j,106j,106j,107k vy107k,107k,112p,112p,113q,113q,114r,114r,115s,115s,116t,116t y117u,117u,117u,118v,118v,118v,119w,119w,120x,120x,121y,121y y122z,123{,128,128,129,129,130,131,132,133,134,134 y135,137,138,139,144,146,148,150,151,152,153,154 y160,162,166,170,179,183,186,193,197,201,209,224 240,0,0 @|g=(m(1)+m(2)*1.5@+m(3)*2.5 +m(4)*4):g=g/w*100d:s1=s/w*100d:r=15 B 8030^ Ep=614:c J#s1>(g*c)-8r=p:p=14 Tp: ^[1.5@,.78G{,.39Gz,.27 =p,.22~aG,.19~B\),.17~.z,.15~,.14~\( r,.05|L,8:n=110 :n: &23296[,b &23297[,e &23299[,177-y &23298[,x*8 &v=1̱w$ &23300[,w$(v)-32 &(prog+34") &c23298[,((23298[)+8*23296[)*((23298[+8*23296[)<256) &v & F#zqro]6000p READER tO\ \tO# <# <#<# <# 23676|\,166<# <# <# <# <#<# <<# <# <#<# <# 23676|\,166<# <# <# <# <#<# <<# <# <#<# <# 23676|\,166<# <# <# <# <#<# <<# <# <#<# <# 23676|\,166:42445<# <# 23676|\,166:42445ͥ:4244<# <# <# <# <#<# <<# <# <#<# <# 23676|\,166:42445<# <# 23676|\,166:42445ͥ:42446Υ<# <# 23676|\,166:42445ͥ:42446Υ ͥ?prog ELC MMX%MWW W P P P M!P\Wq MQ ?v >*{\B*=\s#r*=\q#p>2:\*{\B}!H +$*[[[w$ w$*[[[w$#w$ w$#w$:fBBf:@@@@@\fBBf\