Title - Hucklebug
Author: Cosgrove, Stephen
Publisher: Addison-Wesley

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
Berry the Hucklebug doesn't want to do any chores-so he runs away! But after some pretty scary adventures, Berry learns that even when you've got to pitch in, home is still the best place to be. Entertain Fantasy
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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649 3.0 670 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 27 Total # of Words 1171 # of Different Words 431
Ave Word/.Sent 10 Hi Freq occurs 793 67.7% # of Hi freq words 177 41.1%
% of Long Sentences 6.9 Low Freq occurs 41 3.5% # of Low freq words 36 8.4%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Little support
Dialog: Two speakers
Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues
Language: Few descriptive words
Sentences: Multiple phrases
Text structure: Story/Poem
Inferences: Some implications
Concept: Fanciful
Features
Simple Plot
Topics
Learning
*Community
Mistakes
Bugs
Insects
Responsibility
Low Frequency Words
antenna antennas crawling exception fellow forgiven furry gathering gigantic giggling
gleefully happier hucklebug hucklebugs hucks joining kindness knitted laughingly mammoth
mischievious occasions ordinary playmates rummaged runaway scrambling sneered snickering spied
squashed sternly tearfully toadstool unbelieving warmers