| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Farmer Duck cooks and cleans, tends the fields, and cares for the other animals on the farm. But when this kind and hardworking duck nearly collapses from overwork, the rest of the animals get together and chase the farmer out of town. |
Entertain |
Fantasy |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 246 |
2.1 |
510 |
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 |
53 |
Total # of Words |
395 |
# of Different Words |
132 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
5 |
Hi Freq occurs |
205 |
51.9% |
# of Hi freq words |
43 |
32.6% |
| % of Long Sentences |
3 |
Low Freq occurs |
6 |
1.5% |
# of Low freq words |
5 |
3.8% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Several repetitions of phrases or refrains |
| Dialog: Multiple speakers |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Some Long/Complex |
| Text structure: Story/Poem |
| Inferences: Some implications |
| Concept: Fanciful |
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| Features |
| Integral Setting |
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| Topics |
| Sharing |
| Work |
| Challenges |
| *Animals |
| Farms |
| Animals: Farm |
| Noises |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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fetched |
mooing |
waddled |
wearily |
wriggled |
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