| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| First-person riddles present information about various rocks and minerals, including sandstone, chalk, slate, and petrified wood. |
Inform |
Informational |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 252 |
2.1 |
510 |
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 |
12 |
Total # of Words |
269 |
# of Different Words |
121 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
5 |
Hi Freq occurs |
140 |
52% |
# of Hi freq words |
37 |
30.6% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0 |
Low Freq occurs |
14 |
5.2% |
# of Low freq words |
14 |
11.6% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Little support |
| Several repetitions of phrases or refrains |
| Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Many descriptive words |
| Sentences: Simple phrases |
| Text structure: Story/Poem |
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| Topics |
| Questions |
| Rocks/Minerals |
| Nature |
| *Earth Science |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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chalk |
diamond |
flint |
glassblowers |
granite |
jewel |
jewelry |
minerals |
petrified |
pilgrims |
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plymouth |
sandstone |
slate |
talc |
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