Title - Addie's Bad Day
Author: Robins, Joan
Publisher: HarperCollins

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
Addie really wants to go to Max's birthday party, but it is a BAD day. Addie won't take her hat off. And she won't tell Max why. Can Max convince his best pal to throw off her cap and join the party? Entertain Realistic Fiction
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
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176 1.8 260 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 16 Total # of Words 604 # of Different Words 182
Ave Word/.Sent 5 Hi Freq occurs 316 52.3% # of Hi freq words 77 42.3%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 0 0% # of Low freq words 0 0%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Dialog: Multiple speakers
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Few descriptive words
Sentences: Multiple phrases
Text structure: Blend of written/oral
Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social
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Topics
Birthdays
Appearances
Friendship
Parties
*Feelings, Behaviors
Low Frequency Words