| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Many places can make a home -- a silent cave, a secret den, a silky web, even a sticky honeycomb. Each one is safe and snug and just right for the animal families who live there. |
Entertain |
Concept |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 165 |
1.7 |
210 |
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 |
9 |
Total # of Words |
129 |
# of Different Words |
78 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
5 |
Hi Freq occurs |
52 |
40.3% |
# of Hi freq words |
10 |
12.8% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0 |
Low Freq occurs |
9 |
7% |
# of Low freq words |
9 |
11.5% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Many descriptive words |
| Sentences: Simple phrases |
| Text structure: Oral/Natural |
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| Features |
| Rhyming |
| Unconventional punctuation |
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| Topics |
| *Habitats/Environments |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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aerie |
cocoon |
dune |
hollow |
honeycomb |
mound |
sloping |
tidal |
warren |
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