| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| An easy-to-read beginner's story combines beautiful watercolor illustrations with consciousness-raising information, in an introduction to such endangered animals as pandas, gorillas, and blue whales. |
Inform |
Informational |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 350 |
2.3 |
580 |
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 |
281 |
# of Different Words |
141 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
11 |
Hi Freq occurs |
149 |
53% |
# of Hi freq words |
49 |
34.8% |
| % of Long Sentences |
20.8 |
Low Freq occurs |
20 |
7.1% |
# of Low freq words |
13 |
9.2% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Little support |
| Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Many descriptive words |
| Sentences: Some Long/Complex |
| Text structure: Formal |
| Inferences: Some implications |
| Complexity: Several ideas - closely related |
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| Topics |
| Environment |
| Nature |
| Endangerment |
| Animals: Endangered |
| Habitat |
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endangered |
extinct |
extinction |
factories |
grizzly |
homeland |
jungles |
macaws |
ourselves |
plains |
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quagga |
shared |
suits |
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