| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Readers will learn about many kinds of workers and jobs that are important to a community, such as policemen, firefighters, and construction workers. |
Entertain |
Concept |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 74 |
1.1 |
110 |
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 |
7 |
Total # of Words |
109 |
# of Different Words |
32 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
4 |
Hi Freq occurs |
51 |
46.8% |
# of Hi freq words |
9 |
28.1% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0 |
Low Freq occurs |
8 |
7.3% |
# of Low freq words |
4 |
12.5% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Opening and closing text varies |
| 1 pattern excl open/close |
| 2-3 Word changes in a pattern |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Simple language |
| Sentences: Simple phrases |
| Text structure: Oral/Natural |
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| Topics |
| People |
| *Community |
| *Careers |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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community |
construction |
firefighter |
service |
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