ORT 4 (36 Books)

• The ORT 4 stage is where you can comprehend the beginning of the events, the thoughts, feelings, and motives of the characters. It allows the reader to foresee the next story and persuades them to express their opinions.

• It consists of about 367 words and 985 sentences.

Big Cat 4 (43 Books)

• Variation in sentence patterns and content. Literary language with natural language.

• Repeated language patterns are longer, or act as refrains.

• Up to six or eight lines of text on a page and more similar-looking words appearing.

• Stories have more events. Non-fiction has abstract terms/impersonal sentence structures.

• Pictures support storyline rather than convey precise meaning so closely.

• Approximate word count 90–170