| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| This delightful Indian fable tells of the far-off days when elephants had wings, and the gods would go for rides on their backs. However, flying elephants prove a terrible liability, yelling and crowing and crash- landing on trees and houses. |
Entertain |
Fables |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
|
Find at |
| 134 |
1.5 |
170 |
Amazon
|
| RDQ based on a maximum of 3000 words |
Levels are suggested levels based on RDQ, not official levels |
|
| Sentences |
Total Words |
Different Words |
| Max Word/Sent |
14 |
Total # of Words |
161 |
# of Different Words |
85 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
7 |
Hi Freq occurs |
80 |
49.7% |
# of Hi freq words |
27 |
31.8% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0 |
Low Freq occurs |
4 |
2.5% |
# of Low freq words |
3 |
3.5% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Dialog: Simple |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Simple phrases |
| Text structure: Blend of written/oral |
|
| Features |
| Clear cause/effect |
|
| Topics |
| Changes |
| Flight/Flying |
| Elephants |
| *Animals |
|
|
|
|
|
|
