| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| The sweet bond between an African-American boy and his Big Mama is explored as he plays cards, visits, and talks with her. His apprehensions at meeting his visiting Grandma Ghana, who has come to visit from Africa, disappear as he finds that all grandmothers have some important things in common. |
Entertain |
Realistic Fiction |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 183 |
1.8 |
320 |
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 |
15 |
Total # of Words |
377 |
# of Different Words |
155 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
7 |
Hi Freq occurs |
194 |
51.5% |
# of Hi freq words |
57 |
36.8% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0 |
Low Freq occurs |
1 |
0.3% |
# of Low freq words |
1 |
0.6% |
| 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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| Features |
| Simple Plot |
| First Person |
| Present Tense |
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| Topics |
| Africa/ns |
| African Americans |
| Grandparents |
| *Family & Friends |
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