Title - A Dozen Dogs
Author: Ziefert, Harriet
Publisher: Random House

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
This is a read-and-count story featuring dogs of varying sizes, shapes, and colors who weave a story of canine adventure at the beach. Entertain Fantasy
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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140 1.5 180 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 10 Total # of Words 225 # of Different Words 76
Ave Word/.Sent 4 Hi Freq occurs 69 30.7% # of Hi freq words 20 26.3%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 2 0.9% # of Low freq words 2 2.6%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Vocabulary: Easy
Language: Simple language
Sentences: Simple phrases
Text structure: Oral/Natural
Features
Topics
Counting
Dogs
Fish
Swimming
Exercise
*Math
Numbers
Low Frequency Words
yak yakety