| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| One morning Emma gets up early to watch television. But the TV won't work. No one can fix it -- not Mom, not Dad, not even the repairman. |
Entertain |
Realistic Fiction |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 156 |
1.7 |
200 |
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 |
14 |
Total # of Words |
171 |
# of Different Words |
81 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
5 |
Hi Freq occurs |
78 |
45.6% |
# of Hi freq words |
27 |
33.3% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0 |
Low Freq occurs |
1 |
0.6% |
# of Low freq words |
1 |
1.2% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| One line text |
| Dialog: Simple |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Simple language |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Blend of written/oral |
| Inferences: Some implications |
| Concept: Fanciful |
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| Topics |
| Mothers |
| Fathers |
| Repair/Repairing |
| Television |
| Family |
| *Feelings, Behaviors |
| Reading |
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