| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Owl couldn't sleep -- not while the bees were buzzing, the crows croaking, the starlings chittering, and the jays creaming. Every time there seemed to be some peace and quite, someone else landed in the hollow tree and woke Owl up again. Would Owl ever get any rest? |
Entertain |
Fantasy |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 163 |
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 |
12 |
Total # of Words |
193 |
# of Different Words |
52 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
7 |
Hi Freq occurs |
55 |
28.5% |
# of Hi freq words |
6 |
11.5% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0 |
Low Freq occurs |
13 |
6.7% |
# of Low freq words |
6 |
11.5% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| 1 pattern excl open/close |
| Patterned but many changes |
| Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Blend of written/oral |
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| Features |
| Simple problem/solution |
| Twist ending |
| Onomatopoeia |
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| Topics |
| Sound/Sounds |
| *Animals |
| Bugs |
| Birds |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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cuckoo |
screech |
sparrow |
sparrows |
starlings |
woodpecker |
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