| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| The story centers on a young girl named Sal who dreams of joining a rock band featuring a grizzly bear on drums, but faces challenges such as lacking certain skills or not being able to sing well. |
Entertain |
Concept |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 129 |
1.5 |
170 |
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 |
16 |
Total # of Words |
162 |
# of Different Words |
83 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
7 |
Hi Freq occurs |
86 |
53.1% |
# of Hi freq words |
27 |
32.5% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0 |
Low Freq occurs |
6 |
3.7% |
# of Low freq words |
5 |
6% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Speech Bubbles |
| Dialog: Simple |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Simple phrases |
| Text structure: Blend of written/oral |
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| Topics |
| Talents |
| Singing |
| *Music |
| Performing |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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flourish |
grizzlies |
rhythm |
soul |
whimpers |
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