Title - Clifford Takes a Trip
Author: Bridwell, Norman
Publisher: Scholastic

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
Summer vacation means one thing--more time for Emily Elizabeth to play with Clifford! Until this summer, that is. Emily Elizabeth's family is going far away, so far that Clifford can't come. Or can he? Entertain Realistic Fiction
RDQ
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163 1.7 200 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 394 # of Different Words 192
Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 238 60.4% # of Hi freq words 88 45.8%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 3 0.8% # of Low freq words 3 1.6%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Simple language
Sentences: Simple phrases
Text structure: Oral/Natural
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Topics
Vacations
Summer
Dogs
Searching/Hunting
Mountains
*Feelings, Behaviors
Bears
Low Frequency Words
playmates toed toll