| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| In this story, seven sweet children are transformed by an evil witch into specific types of food, and only their mother can break the spell. |
Entertain |
Fantasy |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 420 |
2.5 |
610 |
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 |
52 |
Total # of Words |
1015 |
# of Different Words |
299 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
8 |
Hi Freq occurs |
654 |
64.4% |
# of Hi freq words |
125 |
41.8% |
| % of Long Sentences |
7.3 |
Low Freq occurs |
6 |
0.6% |
# of Low freq words |
6 |
2% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Dialog: Two speakers |
| Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Many descriptive words |
| Sentences: Some Long/Complex |
| Text structure: Story/Poem |
| Inferences: Some implications |
| Concept: Fanciful |
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| Topics |
| Witches |
| Children |
| Magic |
| Tricking |
| Love |
| *Fictional Ideas/Charac |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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burnt |
despair |
hearth |
hobbled |
overjoyed |
windowsill |
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