| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Amelia Bedelia takes everything literally, and that leads to all kinds of silly misunderstandings. The bestselling and beloved housekeeper has been making readers laugh for more than fifty years. Amelia Bedelia has a warm and positive attitude, and she has fun with language, vocabulary, and idioms. |
Entertain |
Realistic Fiction |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 893 |
3.4 |
720 |
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 |
3028 |
# of Different Words |
816 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
8 |
Hi Freq occurs |
2205 |
72.8% |
# of Hi freq words |
366 |
44.9% |
| % of Long Sentences |
3.7 |
Low Freq occurs |
77 |
2.5% |
# of Low freq words |
62 |
7.6% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Little support |
| Simple graphics, not necessary to text |
| Dialog: Multiple speakers |
| Dialog: Broken dialogue |
| Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker |
| Sentences: Simple phrases |
| Text structure: Blend of written/oral |
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| Features |
| Simple Plot |
| Unusual use of vocabulary |
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| Topics |
| Travel/Traveling |
| Vacations |
| Maps |
| *Family & Friends |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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accompanied |
announcement |
bedelia's |
blurted |
bonus |
checkmarks |
congratulations |
cousins |
cure |
cymbal |
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cymbals |
dangled |
dashboard |
destination |
diary |
disappointed |
disappointment |
electrical |
gage |
gasping |
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gazed |
geography |
giggling |
hollered |
homecoming |
housebroken |
interstate |
joining |
journal |
kennel |
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knelt |
knowing |
ledge |
luggage |
measures |
ometer |
passengers |
pastries |
population |
prove |
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rearview |
repack |
roamin |
roaming |
roman |
route |
salads |
shrugged |
sideways |
soundtrack |
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speedometer |
squealed |
squiggle |
squiggly |
static |
sweetheart |
sweetie |
symbol |
thermometer |
unfolded |
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waggled |
yonder |
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