| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Arthur is having trouble seeing and learns he needs glasses. But when he wears them to school, everybody teases him. Arthur tries to go without his glasses but is met with some embarrassing situations - including walking into the girls' bathroom! Ultimately, with the help and support of his friends, Arthur realizes his glasses aren't so bad after all. |
Entertain |
Realistic Fiction |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 256 |
2.1 |
510 |
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 |
16 |
Total # of Words |
536 |
# of Different Words |
230 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
5 |
Hi Freq occurs |
314 |
58.6% |
# of Hi freq words |
98 |
42.6% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0 |
Low Freq occurs |
11 |
2.1% |
# of Low freq words |
8 |
3.5% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Dialog: Two speakers |
| Dialog: Broken dialogue |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Simple phrases |
| Text structure: Blend of written/oral |
| Inferences: Some implications |
| Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social |
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| Features |
| Character traits |
| Simple Plot |
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| Topics |
| Appearances |
| Differences |
| Eyes |
| *Human Body & Health |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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concentrate |
handsome |
headaches |
laundry |
lunchbox |
optometrist |
photographer |
purse |
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