Title - A Bad, Bad Day
Author: Hall, Kirsten
Publisher: Scholastic

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
A boy starts out having a very bad day. He starts by hitting his head on a lamp. Then he's sad because it's raining outside. The boy spills toothpaste on his shirt and hurries to finish his breakfast which also spills! Entertain Concept
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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57 1.0 90 Amazon
RDQ based on a maximum of 3000 words Levels are suggested levels based on RDQ, not official levels
Sentences Total Words Different Words
Max Word/Sent 6 Total # of Words 62 # of Different Words 32
Ave Word/.Sent 2 Hi Freq occurs 23 37.1% # of Hi freq words 7 21.9%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 0 0% # of Low freq words 0 0%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Moderate support
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Simple language
Sentences: Simple phrases
Text structure: Oral/Natural
Features
Topics
Time
Preparation
Feelings/Emotions
Attitudes
*Feelings, Behaviors
School
Low Frequency Words