Title - I Know Karate
Author: Packard, Mary
Publisher: Scholastic

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
A rhyming story about a boy who demonstrates his karate lessons. Entertain Concept
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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61 1.0 100 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 7 Total # of Words 62 # of Different Words 32
Ave Word/.Sent 3 Hi Freq occurs 28 45.2% # of Hi freq words 9 28.1%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 4 6.5% # of Low freq words 2 6.3%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Simple language
Sentences: Simple phrases
Text structure: Oral/Natural
Features
Rhyming
Topics
Puzzles
Sports
Actions
Me
Riddles
Low Frequency Words
karate stance