| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Max Spaniel, a daffy hound dog, decides to go on a dinosaur dig in the back yard. But what Max thinks are dinosaur parts is just a lot of junk -- or is it? As Max pieces together his "fossils," readers will see random objects transform into a living dino! |
Entertain |
Concept |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 109 |
1.3 |
150 |
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 |
12 |
Total # of Words |
164 |
# of Different Words |
80 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
4 |
Hi Freq occurs |
83 |
50.6% |
# of Hi freq words |
25 |
31.3% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0 |
Low Freq occurs |
0 |
0% |
# of Low freq words |
0 |
0% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Vocabulary: Easy |
| Language: Simple language |
| Sentences: Simple phrases |
| Text structure: Oral/Natural |
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| Features |
| First Person |
| Present Tense |
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| Topics |
| Searching/Hunting |
| Dinosaurs |
| Imagination |
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