| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| "Today's the day I'm going to sleep," says a lazy boy one morning, and despite a pail of icy water, television coverage, and the arrival of the Marines, he vows to stay in bed -- and he does! |
Entertain |
Narrative |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 262 |
2.1 |
520 |
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 |
17 |
Total # of Words |
507 |
# of Different Words |
190 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
6 |
Hi Freq occurs |
318 |
62.7% |
# of Hi freq words |
63 |
33.2% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0 |
Low Freq occurs |
19 |
3.7% |
# of Low freq words |
16 |
8.4% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Several repetitions of phrases or refrains |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Simple language |
| Sentences: Simple phrases |
| Text structure: Oral/Natural |
| Concept: Fanciful |
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| Features |
| Rhyming |
| Unconventional punctuation |
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| Topics |
| Attitudes |
| Cooperation |
| Challenges |
| Actions |
| Behaviors |
| Imagination |
| *Feelings, Behaviors |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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kindly |
marines |
marshmallow |
massachusetts |
memphis |
neighbors |
paris |
pineapple |
pour |
snoozing |
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snoozy |
switzerland |
tennessee |
woozy |
yelp |
yowl |
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