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People Stories (Extending
Literacy 3-6)

Danny’s New Glasses: A story about bullying, with a happy ending. (825 words)
(Zip Stage 4) (Flesch 2.5) (Lexile 140)

Jack Likes Jelly: Jack is the new baby, but nothing seems to stop him crying until they find out
by accident one day that Jack likes jelly. (698 words) (Zip Stage 4) (Flesch: 3.6) (Lexile: 450)

A Laugh a Day: Another bullying story, in which the factor that fixes things is laughter.
(838 words) (Zip Stage 5) (Flesch 2.1) (Lexile 320)

The Luckiest Catch: A sibling rivalry story, with a happy ending. (905 words)
(Zip Stage 6) (Flesch: 3.1) (Lexile: 430)

Crash: A sensitive and complex tale about a bus crash, and a little girl who saves
a man’s self esteem. (1200 words) (Zip Stage 6) (Flesch: 3.4) (Lexile: 490)

Jamie’s Secret: The secret is that Jamie can’t read, though he pretends to. Only a sensitive
teacher can solve the problem. (983 words) (Zip Stage 7) (Flesch: 4.2) (Lexile: 530)
The Big Sister: A story of sibling rivalry, until the despised sibling is in danger. (528 words)
(Zip Stage 7) (Flesch: 3.8) (Lexile: 530)

Don’t Mess With Jess: Jess and Lucy sit together in class, but they don’t get along.
That is until after messing up a class project on purpose they have to do detention together.
(820 words) (Zip Stage 7) (Flesch: 3.6) (Lexile: 560)

The New Girl: Jess has started at a new school while her Mom is recovering in hospital
from an accident. However, she’s being bullied by a group of girls. Then one of the bullies

is involved in an accident outside Jess’ house. She promises the bullying will stop.
(991 words) (Zip Stage 7) (Flesch: 3.6) (Lexile: 600)

Two Hours from Town: An outback family story, with a snake drama in the middle,
and a lovely warm ending. (791 words) (Zip Stage 8) (Flesch: 4.0) (Lexile: 690)

A Hug for Harriet: Harriet loves hugging people - though they don’t necessarily like
being hugged. A feel good story. (756 words) (Zip Stage 8) (Flesch: 5.7) (Lexile: 740)

Meg’s Mom Can’t Fly: Meg is embarrassed because her Mom doesn’t seem to have
any special talents, so she makes one up. That she can fly. (1351 words) (Zip Stage 8)
(Flesch: 3.3) (Lexile: 790)

At the end of every story are two interactive
comprehension tests, for immediate feedback.

Worksheets are available for every story.

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