| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Everybody needs a rock -- at least that's the way this particular rock hound feels about it in presenting her own highly individualistic rules for finding just the right rock for you. |
Entertain |
Narrative |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 278 |
2.1 |
530 |
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 |
33 |
Total # of Words |
702 |
# of Different Words |
270 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
10 |
Hi Freq occurs |
449 |
64% |
# of Hi freq words |
109 |
40.4% |
| % of Long Sentences |
7.8 |
Low Freq occurs |
6 |
0.9% |
# of Low freq words |
6 |
2.2% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: No support |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Oral/Natural |
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| Topics |
| Rocks/Minerals |
| Collections/Collecting |
| *Feelings, Behaviors |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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engines |
otherwise |
playhouses |
roundish |
silvery |
squint |
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