| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| When Contrary Mary puts her shoes on the wrong feet and her hat on backward, it's just the beginning of a very contrary day. |
Entertain |
Concept |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 162 |
1.7 |
200 |
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 |
23 |
Total # of Words |
204 |
# of Different Words |
113 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
6 |
Hi Freq occurs |
101 |
49.5% |
# of Hi freq words |
46 |
40.7% |
| % of Long Sentences |
6.3 |
Low Freq occurs |
6 |
2.9% |
# of Low freq words |
2 |
1.8% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Dialog: Two speakers |
| Dialog: Broken dialogue |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Simple phrases |
| Text structure: Blend of written/oral |
| Inferences: Some implications |
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| Topics |
| Attitudes |
| Mothers |
| Actions |
| *Feelings, Behaviors |
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