| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| One day Emma bought paints and brushes and painted her village just the way she remembered it. This was the beginning of a whole new life for her. |
Entertain |
Narrative |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 228 |
2.0 |
490 |
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 |
22 |
Total # of Words |
566 |
# of Different Words |
223 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
8 |
Hi Freq occurs |
338 |
59.7% |
# of Hi freq words |
91 |
40.8% |
| % of Long Sentences |
3.1 |
Low Freq occurs |
8 |
1.4% |
# of Low freq words |
6 |
2.7% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Dialog: Simple |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Simple phrases |
| Text structure: Blend of written/oral |
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| Topics |
| Painting |
| Age/Aging |
| *Arts & Crafts |
| *Family & Friends |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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curled |
curling |
easel |
seventy |
surrounded |
woodpecker |
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