| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Harry is a white dog with black spots who loves everything... except baths. So one day before bath time, Harry runs away. He plays outside all day long, digging and sliding in everything from garden soil to pavement tar. By the time he returns home, his family doesn't even recognize him! |
Entertain |
Realistic Fiction |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 307 |
2.2 |
550 |
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 |
463 |
# of Different Words |
224 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
11 |
Hi Freq occurs |
273 |
59% |
# of Hi freq words |
87 |
38.8% |
| % of Long Sentences |
12.2 |
Low Freq occurs |
9 |
1.9% |
# of Low freq words |
8 |
3.6% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Dialog: Multiple speakers |
| Dialog: Broken dialogue |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Some Long/Complex |
| Text structure: Story/Poem |
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| Topics |
| Water |
| Dogs |
| Likes/Dislikes |
| *Animals |
| Family |
| Pets |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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chute |
combed |
dirtier |
dirtiest |
furiously |
lovingly |
soapiest |
soundly |
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