| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| When a tortoise named Shelley decides she wants to stay awake and see what winter is like instead of hibernating with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tortoise say, "Ridiculous!" |
Entertain |
Concept |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 243 |
2.1 |
500 |
Amazon
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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 |
28 |
Total # of Words |
602 |
# of Different Words |
210 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
6 |
Hi Freq occurs |
342 |
56.8% |
# of Hi freq words |
83 |
39.5% |
| % of Long Sentences |
2 |
Low Freq occurs |
20 |
3.3% |
# of Low freq words |
11 |
5.2% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Little support |
| Dialog: Two speakers |
| Dialog: Broken dialogue |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Blend of written/oral |
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| Topics |
| Turtles |
| *Weather |
| Winter |
| Seasons |
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flocked |
lumbered |
meowed |
miserable |
ridiculous |
tortoise |
tortoises |
towards |
trickled |
trudged |
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yawned |
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