| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| After a boy watches his little sister paint, he decides to paint, too. |
Entertain |
Concept |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 77 |
1.1 |
110 |
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 |
9 |
Total # of Words |
115 |
# of Different Words |
58 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
4 |
Hi Freq occurs |
54 |
47% |
# of Hi freq words |
14 |
24.1% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0 |
Low Freq occurs |
0 |
0% |
# of Low freq words |
0 |
0% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Moderate support |
| Opening and closing text varies |
| 1 pattern excl open/close |
| 2-3 Word changes in a pattern |
| Dialog: Two speakers |
| Vocabulary: Easy |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Captions/Simple |
| Text structure: Oral/Natural |
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| Features |
| First Person |
| Present Tense |
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