| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Harriet Higby dreams of many things. Places to go, people to meet, things she might be, like a ballerina, a lion tamer, or even a circus clown. |
Entertain |
Concept |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 214 |
2.0 |
470 |
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 |
267 |
# of Different Words |
134 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
11 |
Hi Freq occurs |
151 |
56.6% |
# of Hi freq words |
41 |
30.6% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0 |
Low Freq occurs |
10 |
3.7% |
# of Low freq words |
10 |
7.5% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Some phrases/refrains repeated |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Simple phrases |
| Text structure: Story/Poem |
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| Topics |
| Dreams |
| *Feelings, Behaviors |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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astronaut |
candies |
carnival |
detective |
gigantic |
imagination |
president |
thrones |
tuba |
uncover |
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