| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| If you are lucky you know someone like the elderly lady in this book. Whenever she sees you -- coming home from school, trick-or-treating at Halloween, or walking with your dog in the wood -- she makes you feel special. She is someone you admire. She is someone you love. |
Entertain |
Explanation |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 225 |
2.0 |
480 |
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 |
28 |
Total # of Words |
219 |
# of Different Words |
116 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
16 |
Hi Freq occurs |
113 |
51.6% |
# of Hi freq words |
34 |
29.3% |
| % of Long Sentences |
30.8 |
Low Freq occurs |
6 |
2.7% |
# of Low freq words |
6 |
5.2% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Unconventional format |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Simple language |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Oral/Natural |
| Inferences: Some implications |
| Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social |
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| Topics |
| Age/Aging |
| *Feelings, Behaviors |
| Neighbors |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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chrysanthemums |
daffodils |
easter |
halloween |
meadow |
zinnias |
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