| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| When the train arrived in Cottondale, the summer at Bigmama's house in Florida began. Donald Crews brilliantly evokes the sights, sounds, and emotions of a memorable childhood experience. |
Entertain |
Realistic Fiction |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 316 |
2.2 |
550 |
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 |
27 |
Total # of Words |
647 |
# of Different Words |
295 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
9 |
Hi Freq occurs |
409 |
63.2% |
# of Hi freq words |
111 |
37.6% |
| % of Long Sentences |
5.6 |
Low Freq occurs |
19 |
2.9% |
# of Low freq words |
17 |
5.8% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Dialog: Simple |
| Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Story/Poem |
| Inferences: Some implications |
| Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social |
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| Features |
| Integral Setting - Historical |
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| Topics |
| Trains |
| Vacations |
| Summer |
| Remembering |
| Family |
| Farms |
| Grandparents |
| *Feelings, Behaviors |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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biter |
conductor |
coop |
cousins |
kerosene |
maude |
outhouse |
pulp |
roebuck |
roosted |
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sears |
stable |
syrup |
toolshed |
turkeys |
washstand |
wigglers |
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