| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Readers will learn about the many challenges firefighters face and the kinds of equipment they use to do their job. Firefighters work to keep people and property safe. |
Inform |
Informational |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 236 |
2.0 |
500 |
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 |
213 |
# of Different Words |
112 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
6 |
Hi Freq occurs |
64 |
30% |
# of Hi freq words |
25 |
22.3% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0 |
Low Freq occurs |
11 |
5.2% |
# of Low freq words |
7 |
6.3% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Oral/Natural |
| Captions |
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| Table of Contents |
| Index |
| Headings |
| Additional activities |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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extinguishers |
factories |
fireboats |
firefighter |
firefighting |
introduction |
summary |
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