Title - Green Wilma
Author: Arnold, Tedd
Publisher: Scholastic

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
There's something decidedly odd about Wilma: at breakfast, her parents are startled by their offspring's request to "Pass the bugs". Most noticeably, however, Wilma's skin has turned a deep, froggy green. Entertain Fantasy
RDQ
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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 28 Total # of Words 252 # of Different Words 147
Ave Word/.Sent 14 Hi Freq occurs 128 50.8% # of Hi freq words 45 30.6%
% of Long Sentences 27.8 Low Freq occurs 3 1.2% # of Low freq words 3 2%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Dialog: Simple
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Simple language
Sentences: Multiple phrases
Text structure: Difficult
Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social
Features
Rhyming
Topics
*Feelings, Behaviors
Low Frequency Words
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