| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| "A House for a Mouse" is a bright, fun way for younger children to learn about friendship, kindness and generosity.
When a young boy hears a noise under his bed, he fears there may be a monster about to appear. |
Entertain |
Fantasy |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
|
Find at |
| 472 |
2.6 |
630 |
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 |
40 |
Total # of Words |
791 |
# of Different Words |
324 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
10 |
Hi Freq occurs |
541 |
68.4% |
# of Hi freq words |
136 |
42% |
| % of Long Sentences |
4.1 |
Low Freq occurs |
23 |
2.9% |
# of Low freq words |
23 |
7.1% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Dialog: Two speakers |
| Dialog: Broken dialogue |
| Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker |
| Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Many descriptive words |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Blend of written/oral |
| Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social |
| Sequence of Events: Several shifts in time |
|
| Features |
| Simple problem/solution |
| First Person |
| Rhyming |
|
| Topics |
| *Family & Friends |
| Pets |
|
| Low Frequency Words |
|
comfy |
cowering |
drawers |
dread |
firelight |
frolic |
grey |
grizzly |
host |
muesli |
|
|
ounces |
pleeeeeaaase |
pounces |
racket |
scuttling |
slumbered |
stern |
stirred |
storeroom |
thawed |
|
|
vile |
whiskers |
yogurt |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
