| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Giraffes Can't Dance is a touching tale of Gerald the giraffe, who wants nothing more than to dance. With crooked knees and thin legs, it's harder for a giraffe than you would think. |
Entertain |
Fantasy |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 393 |
2.4 |
600 |
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 |
24 |
Total # of Words |
483 |
# of Different Words |
253 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
10 |
Hi Freq occurs |
265 |
54.9% |
# of Hi freq words |
86 |
34% |
| % of Long Sentences |
8.3 |
Low Freq occurs |
22 |
4.6% |
# of Low freq words |
21 |
8.3% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Dialog: Two speakers |
| Dialog: Broken dialogue |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
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| Features |
| Character development |
| Rhyming |
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| Topics |
| Challenges |
| Dance/Dancing |
| *Animals |
| Animals: Jungle |
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elegant |
gerard |
hooves |
latin |
leapt |
miracle |
munching |
reel |
scottish |
shuffling |
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sideways |
sneered |
somersault |
splendid |
swallowed |
tango |
teamed |
violin |
waltzing |
warthogs |
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weird |
who'd |
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