| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Armadillo Ray asks the other desert dwellers about the moon. |
Entertain |
Folk Tales |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 576 |
2.9 |
650 |
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 |
25 |
Total # of Words |
953 |
# of Different Words |
337 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
8 |
Hi Freq occurs |
584 |
61.3% |
# of Hi freq words |
130 |
38.6% |
| % of Long Sentences |
4.5 |
Low Freq occurs |
46 |
4.8% |
# of Low freq words |
31 |
9.2% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Colorful, figurative |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Blend of written/oral |
| Inferences: Some implications |
| Concept: Fanciful |
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| Topics |
| Sky |
| Deserts |
| *Animals |
| Night |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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burrow |
contemplate |
convinced |
crescent |
crescents |
curled |
grouse |
hatched |
imaginative |
imitation |
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inquisitive |
opinion |
peer |
prairie |
reflected |
ruffling |
sage |
saguaro |
scamper |
scorpion |
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serpent |
sideways |
sliver |
snaky |
somersaults |
sought |
steamboats |
stinger |
tumbleweeds |
unbelievable |
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whipped |
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