Title - Clown Cars
Author: Charlesworth, Liza
Publisher: Scholastic

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
The clowns come in different colored cars as a surprise. Entertain Concept
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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44 0.8 80
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 12 Total # of Words 77 # of Different Words 28
Ave Word/.Sent 5 Hi Freq occurs 25 32.5% # of Hi freq words 10 35.7%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 0 0% # of Low freq words 0 0%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: High support
Several repetitions of phrases or refrains
Vocabulary: Easy
Language: Simple language
Sentences: Captions/Simple
Text structure: Oral/Natural
Features
Topics
Colors
Clowns
Low Frequency Words