| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| In an old farmhouse, bathed in the light of a full moon, a young boy creeps to his bedroom window and looks outside. Was that a voice he just heard, or the hooting of an owl? |
Entertain |
Concept |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 358 |
2.3 |
580 |
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 |
81 |
Total # of Words |
371 |
# of Different Words |
192 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
15 |
Hi Freq occurs |
199 |
53.6% |
# of Hi freq words |
58 |
30.2% |
| % of Long Sentences |
16.7 |
Low Freq occurs |
37 |
10% |
# of Low freq words |
33 |
17.2% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Many descriptive words |
| Sentences: Some Long/Complex |
| Text structure: Story/Poem |
| Concept: Fanciful |
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| Features |
| Rhyming |
| Unconventional punctuation |
| Dialect/Accents |
| Metaphors |
| Unusual use of vocabulary |
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| Topics |
| Dance/Dancing |
| Farms |
| Barns |
| Night |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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aroun |
biddin |
comin |
cottonwood |
curtsey |
dancin |
dreamin |
ever'body |
hoedown |
holdin |
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honeyed |
houn |
hummin |
kin |
list'nin |
partner |
plink |
plinkin |
pushin |
rockin |
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scarecrow |
shinin |
sockin |
stirrin |
stockin' |
tickin |
tockin |
violin |
whinin |
whirled |
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whisper |
wonderment |
wonders |
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