| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Arthur decides to make Mother and Father special Christmas cookies as a present. But when the cookies are finally finished, they are hard as rocks! Can Arthur think of a way to turn this disaster into the best Christmas present ever? |
Entertain |
Realistic Fiction |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 395 |
2.4 |
610 |
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 |
20 |
Total # of Words |
1529 |
# of Different Words |
370 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
7 |
Hi Freq occurs |
969 |
63.4% |
# of Hi freq words |
161 |
43.5% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0 |
Low Freq occurs |
21 |
1.4% |
# of Low freq words |
12 |
3.2% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Dialog: Multiple speakers |
| Dialog: Broken dialogue |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Simple phrases |
| Text structure: Blend of written/oral |
| Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social |
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| Topics |
| Innovation |
| Cooking |
| Holidays |
| Gifts |
| Family |
| Food |
| Friendship |
| Helping |
| *Feelings, Behaviors |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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finola |
marshmallow |
marshmallows |
measuring |
oatmeal |
ornaments |
paperweight |
raisins |
reindeer |
saucers |
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sawed |
whipped |
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