Appendix B: Written Language Samples from Two EPIC Children at Pre-Test, Post-Test, and at the End of the Third Year

APPENDIX B Written Language Samples from Two EPIC Children at Pre-Test, Post-Test, and at the End of the Third Year CHILD F Pre-Test The boy said "you not go with me. The dog not with him. The boy had two of ice cream. The dog push the boy. The ice cream is full. The boy ate c____ and the dog ate s____ ice cream. Developmental Sentence Score: 2.5 Post-Test The boy ride his bike to the ice cream store. The boy said "You can't go in the ice cream store. The boy has choclate and strewberry ice cream. The dog want the ice cream. The dog is sharing the ice cream. The dog jump on the boy and the ice cream fall on the sidewalk. The boy said "Oh no! my ice cream fall." The boy sat on the sidewalk and eat his ice cream. The boy said "You can have the strewberry ice cream. The dog sat on the sidewalk and eat the ice cream. Developmental Sentence Score: 4.8 Third Year Charlie went to the ice cream store with his dog, Poppy. When they got to the ice cream store, he said "Poppy, you can't go in the ice cream because dogs are not allow to go in and don't run away." When Charlie came out of the ice cream store, he had 2 scope of ice cream, one is strawberry, other is chocalate. Poppy was so excited about the ice cream because he was so hungry. Poppy jumped on Charlie and the strawberry fell off. Charie was surprised because he didn't know that Poppy jumped on him. Now he knew that Poppy want the ice cream. He said "Oh no" because his ice cream fell off the cone. Charlie said "Okay, Poppy, you may have the strawberry and I have the chocalate." So Poppy ate the strawberry and Charlie ate the chocalate. They were happy after all because they ate the ice cream. They went home to tell their family about the ice cream store. Developmental Sentence Score: 17.1 CHILD D Pre-Test The boy said "do not go ice cream store. The boy bought choclate and strawberry cream. The dogwant to eat some ice cream. The dog pushed the boy. his one ice cream fall off. The boy ate choclate ice cream and his dog ate strawberry ice cream. Post-Test Developmental Sentence Score: 6.7 Jerry said Stay here for a minute. He went to the Ice cream store. The dog sat down, He said Thanks! Jerry opened the door, he got strawberry and chocolate. The dog took its tongue out and he stand up. The dog jumped over him and his strawberry ice cream are fall off. The boy said Oh No!! The boy ate the chocolate ice cream, the dog ate the strawberry ice cream. The dog closed his eyes and his ears was floppy while he was eating. Developmental Sentence Score: 6.2 Third Year Tom told his dog, "Don't go into the store" because the sign said "No Pets." I'm going to get some chocolate and strawberry ice cream cone. The dog begged to him for eating strawberry ice cream cone because he is hungry and his favorite dessert was strawberry. Tom was pushed by the dog and his strawberry ice cream fell off the ice cream cone because the dog hitted his knee and stomach. Tom and the dog sat down and Tom ate the chocolate ice cream and his dpg ate the strawberry ice cream. Developmental Sentence Score: 18 A.A.D. I November 1981 971 GRAMMATICAL ANALYSIS OF WRITTEN LANGUAGE (GAWL) STIMULUS PICTURES Figure 33. A sequence of slides used to elicit written language samples for grammatical analysis with the Developmental Sentence Scoring system. 972A.A.D. I November 1981 ...