| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| In order not to scare anyone, the little bat who lived backstage at the Lyceum Theatre styaed out of sight until opening night of the new mystery play. |
Entertain |
Fantasy |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 620 |
3.0 |
660 |
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 |
30 |
Total # of Words |
975 |
# of Different Words |
418 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
11 |
Hi Freq occurs |
608 |
62.4% |
# of Hi freq words |
167 |
40% |
| % of Long Sentences |
11.5 |
Low Freq occurs |
62 |
6.4% |
# of Low freq words |
49 |
11.7% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Some Long/Complex |
| Text structure: Blend of written/oral |
| Concept: Fanciful |
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| Topics |
| Bats |
| Friendship |
| *Entertainment & Fun |
| Performing |
| Relationships |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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amazement |
audience |
auditorium |
bravo |
commotion |
curtain |
curtains |
delicious |
elegant |
enchanted |
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fashioned |
flown |
gigantic |
glorious |
hammering |
handled |
haunted |
hysterical |
ladies |
lyceum |
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mansion |
moonlight |
noontime |
perch |
perform |
presented |
rafters |
rehearsal |
rehearse |
rehearsed |
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scenery |
sensational |
seriously |
shaft |
shared |
soaring |
spotlight |
swerving |
terribly |
terrifying |
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theater |
theatre |
thereafter |
tidbits |
tidy |
uproar |
wheeled |
whispers |
yawn |
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