Title - Carrot Seed
Author: Krauss, Ruth
Publisher: HarperCollins

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
A little boy plants and tends a carrot seed in spite of the pessimism of his family, who do not believe that the carrot will grow. Entertain Concept
RDQ
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137 1.5 180 Amazon
RDQ based on a maximum of 3000 words Levels are suggested levels based on RDQ, not official levels
Sentences Total Words Different Words
Max Word/Sent 18 Total # of Words 101 # of Different Words 45
Ave Word/.Sent 10 Hi Freq occurs 45 44.6% # of Hi freq words 14 31.1%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 0 0% # of Low freq words 0 0%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Little support
Dialog: Simple
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Simple language
Sentences: Some Long/Complex
Text structure: Oral/Natural
Features
Topics
Seeds
*Plants
Attitudes
Determination
Family
Gardens/Gardening
Responsibility
Low Frequency Words