| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Readers will learn factual text that provides information about crocodilians. It describes their physical characteristics, habitats, and eating habits, as well as the four main types of crocodilians. |
Inform |
Informational |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 509 |
2.7 |
640 |
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 |
16 |
Total # of Words |
604 |
# of Different Words |
280 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
8 |
Hi Freq occurs |
353 |
58.4% |
# of Hi freq words |
94 |
33.6% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0 |
Low Freq occurs |
31 |
5.1% |
# of Low freq words |
24 |
8.6% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Formal |
| Inferences: Some implications |
| Complexity: Several ideas - closely related |
| Captions |
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| Additional activities |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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crocodilian |
crocodilians |
endangered |
gharials |
hatched |
helpless |
hook's |
incubators |
lengths |
leopard |
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lungs |
narrower |
nature |
newly |
nostrils |
saltwater |
scaly |
shallow |
similar |
survive |
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swallow |
swamps |
wildlife |
windpipe |
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