| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| This is a brief biography of Helen Keller, the woman who overcame her handicaps of being both blind and deaf. |
Entertain |
Biographies/Auto |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
|
Find at |
| 534 |
2.8 |
640 |
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| RDQ based on a maximum of 3000 words |
Levels are suggested levels based on RDQ, not official levels |
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| Sentences |
Total Words |
Different Words |
| Max Word/Sent |
24 |
Total # of Words |
776 |
# of Different Words |
328 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
9 |
Hi Freq occurs |
425 |
54.8% |
# of Hi freq words |
114 |
34.8% |
| % of Long Sentences |
1.2 |
Low Freq occurs |
33 |
4.3% |
# of Low freq words |
29 |
8.8% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Formal |
| Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social |
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| Topics |
| Teacher/Teaching |
| Challenges |
| Overcoming |
| Cause/Effect |
| Eyes |
| Helping |
| Blindness |
| *Human Body & Health |
| *Schools & Education |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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college |
der |
despite |
excellent |
freedom |
governments |
graduated |
graham |
handicapped |
handicaps |
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honors |
hospitals |
illness |
injured |
inventor |
medal |
mischievous |
pantry |
president |
presidential |
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presidents |
radcliffe |
soul |
soul's |
ter |
throughout |
tuscumbia |
universities |
writers |
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