Title - I Love Spiders
Author: Parker, John
Publisher: Scholastic

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
Younger readers will love this series of first fact books, learning about the various characteristics of spiders. Entertain Fantasy
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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125 1.5 160 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 33 Total # of Words 85 # of Different Words 54
Ave Word/.Sent 17 Hi Freq occurs 18 21.2% # of Hi freq words 12 22.2%
% of Long Sentences 120 Low Freq occurs 1 1.2% # of Low freq words 1 1.9%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Several repetitions of phrases or refrains
Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues
Language: Many descriptive words
Sentences: Simple phrases
Text structure: Blend of written/oral
Features
Topics
Spiders
*Animals
Arachnids
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