Title - A Seed Grows
Author: Unknown
Publisher: Reading A-Z

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
Readers will read about the life cycle of a plant, from a seed falling on the ground to the production of roots and leaves, and finally to the production of a new seed. Inform Informational
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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112 1.4 150
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 14 Total # of Words 133 # of Different Words 52
Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 54 40.6% # of Hi freq words 13 25%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 0 0% # of Low freq words 0 0%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Few descriptive words
Sentences: Multiple phrases
Text structure: Oral/Natural
Inferences: Some implications
Additional activities
Features
Present Tense
Topics
*Plants
Low Frequency Words