Systematic method for creating reading materials targeted to specific readability levels
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1. A method for creating reading materials having a target readability level, a target percentage of sight words, and a target phonic skill level comprising:
- in advance of authoring a written work, determining the target readability level, the target percentage of sight words and the target phonic skill level of the work;
after determining the target readability level, the target percentage of sight words and the target phonic skill level, authoring the work; and
after authoring the work, repeating the following steps until it is determined that (1) a readability level of the work is equal to the target readability level and (2) a percentage of sight words in the work is equal to the target percentage of sight words and (3) a phonic skill level of the work is equal to the target phonic skill level;
determining the readability level of the work, if the readability of the work is less than the target readability level, editing the work to increase the readability level, if the readability of the work is greater than the target readability level, editing the work to decrease the readability level, if the readability of the work is equal to the target readability level, determining the percentage of sight words included in the work, if the percentage of sight words is less than the target percentage of sight words, editing the work to increase the percentage of sight words, if the percentage of sight words is greater than the target percentage of sight words, editing the work to decrease the percentage of sight words, if the percentage of sight words is equal to the target percentage of sight words, determining the phonic skill level of the work, if the phonic skill level is less than the target phonic skill level, editing the work to increase the phonic skill level, and if the phonic skill level is greater than the target phonic skill level, editing the work to decrease the phonic skill level.
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In conjunction with authoring a written work, determining a target readability level, a target percentage of sight words, and a target phonic skill level of the work. The written work is edited until the readability level of the work is equal to the target readability level, the percentage of sight words in the work is equal to the target percentage of sight words, and the phonic skill level of the work is equal to the target phonic skill level.
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1. A method for creating reading materials having a target readability level, a target percentage of sight words, and a target phonic skill level comprising:
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in advance of authoring a written work, determining the target readability level, the target percentage of sight words and the target phonic skill level of the work;
after determining the target readability level, the target percentage of sight words and the target phonic skill level, authoring the work; and
after authoring the work, repeating the following steps until it is determined that (1) a readability level of the work is equal to the target readability level and (2) a percentage of sight words in the work is equal to the target percentage of sight words and (3) a phonic skill level of the work is equal to the target phonic skill level;
determining the readability level of the work, if the readability of the work is less than the target readability level, editing the work to increase the readability level, if the readability of the work is greater than the target readability level, editing the work to decrease the readability level, if the readability of the work is equal to the target readability level, determining the percentage of sight words included in the work, if the percentage of sight words is less than the target percentage of sight words, editing the work to increase the percentage of sight words, if the percentage of sight words is greater than the target percentage of sight words, editing the work to decrease the percentage of sight words, if the percentage of sight words is equal to the target percentage of sight words, determining the phonic skill level of the work, if the phonic skill level is less than the target phonic skill level, editing the work to increase the phonic skill level, and if the phonic skill level is greater than the target phonic skill level, editing the work to decrease the phonic skill level. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for creating reading materials having a target readability level, a target percentage of sight words, and a target phonic skill level comprising:
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authoring a written work;
determining the target readability level, the target percentage of sight words, and the target phonic skill level of the work;
editing the work to change the readability level to the target readability level;
editing the work to change the percentage of sight words to the target percent of sight words; and
editing the work to change the phonic skill level to the target phonic skill level. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system for creating reading materials having a target level, a target percentage of sight words, and a target phonic skill level comprising:
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a computer system operable to execute a word processor program for authoring a written work;
the computer system operable to execute a readability routine, the readability routine operable to determine a readability level of the written work, said readability routine further operable to edit the written work to change the readability level to the target readability level;
the computer system operable to execute a sight word calculator, the sight word calculator operable to determine a percentage of sight words in the written work, said sight word calculator further operable to edit the written work to change the percentage of sight words to the target percent of sight words; and
the computer system operable to execute a phonic skill calculator, the phonic skill calculator operable to determine a phonic skill level in the written work, said phonic skill calculator further operable to edit the written work to change the phonic skill level to the target phonic skill level.
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