Title - Franklin and the Contest
Author: Jennings, Sharon
Publisher: Scholastic

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
Franklin wants to enter a contest. Trouble is, he has to find something he can do for five hours without stopping! Bear, Rabbit and Beaver have no trouble finding activities to occupy them, but Franklin's at a loss. Entertain Fantasy
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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273 2.1 520 Amazon
RDQ based on a maximum of 3000 words Levels are suggested levels based on RDQ, not official levels
Sentences Total Words Different Words
Max Word/Sent 17 Total # of Words 561 # of Different Words 200
Ave Word/.Sent 5 Hi Freq occurs 313 55.8% # of Hi freq words 81 40.5%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 13 2.3% # of Low freq words 4 2%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: No support
Dialog: Multiple speakers
Dialog: Broken dialogue
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Few descriptive words
Sentences: Simple phrases
Text structure: Blend of written/oral
Features
Simple Plot
Topics
Competition
Challenges
*Feelings, Behaviors
Low Frequency Words
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