| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| This adventure sees a pet macaw (so domesticated that he can't even fly) named Blu travel from snowy Minnesota to Brazil's Rio de Janeiro 15 years after being captured and smuggled to the US. |
Entertain |
Fantasy |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 547 |
2.8 |
650 |
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 |
1330 |
# of Different Words |
461 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
10 |
Hi Freq occurs |
888 |
66.8% |
# of Hi freq words |
197 |
42.7% |
| % of Long Sentences |
6.1 |
Low Freq occurs |
90 |
6.8% |
# of Low freq words |
50 |
10.8% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Dialog: Two speakers |
| Dialog: Broken dialogue |
| Sentences: Simple phrases |
| Text structure: Blend of written/oral |
| Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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adjust |
announced |
aviary |
awe |
bia |
blu |
breathless |
carnaval |
cathedral |
challenges |
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coasted |
convinced |
coordinates |
customers |
eduardo |
excitedly |
expedition |
hopeful |
impress |
jewel |
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macaw |
macaws |
minnesota |
nurtured |
ouro |
overwhelmed |
perched |
portion |
preto |
rafael |
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recently |
reunion |
rio |
riverboat |
ruffle |
sanctuary |
situation |
soundly |
specialty |
spix's |
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studied |
swept |
tia |
tiago |
tulio |
tulio's |
verdant |
weary |
whipped |
wid |
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