| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Everyone wants to give their special friend Clifford a special birthday present. But the blow-up ball gets blown up, the pinata gets smashed, the sweater is too small, and the beauty parlor gift certificate just didn't seem exactly right. |
Entertain |
Fantasy |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 206 |
2.0 |
470 |
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 |
25 |
Total # of Words |
430 |
# of Different Words |
190 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
8 |
Hi Freq occurs |
258 |
60% |
# of Hi freq words |
74 |
38.9% |
| % of Long Sentences |
4.2 |
Low Freq occurs |
9 |
2.1% |
# of Low freq words |
3 |
1.6% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Simple phrases |
| Text structure: Oral/Natural |
| Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social |
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| Topics |
| Birthdays |
| Dogs |
| *Animals |
| Parties |
| *Family & Friends |
| *Holidays, Events, Cele |
| Pets |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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certificate |
parlor |
piñata |
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