| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Readers will read famous stories about the first U.S. President, George Washington. Each story includes examples of how George Washington was an honest person, even as a child. |
Entertain |
Biographies/Auto |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 200 |
1.9 |
450 |
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 |
12 |
Total # of Words |
318 |
# of Different Words |
153 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
6 |
Hi Freq occurs |
176 |
55.3% |
# of Hi freq words |
68 |
44.4% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0 |
Low Freq occurs |
13 |
4.1% |
# of Low freq words |
9 |
5.9% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Dialog: Two speakers |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Simple phrases |
| Text structure: Oral/Natural |
| Additional activities |
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| Topics |
| Honesty |
| America/ns |
| American History |
| Presidents |
| *Feelings, Behaviors |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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courage |
harshly |
hatchet |
honest |
honesty |
limping |
president |
stable |
stableman |
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