| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| A wise spider helps a despondent cricket realize that he is special in his own way, as the littlest cricket of Swampswallow Pond is convinced only by the Wise Old One that being special has nothing to do with physical metamorphosis, flashy colors, or shimmering wings. |
Entertain |
Fantasy |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 418 |
2.5 |
610 |
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 |
26 |
Total # of Words |
1235 |
# of Different Words |
334 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
9 |
Hi Freq occurs |
859 |
69.6% |
# of Hi freq words |
153 |
45.8% |
| % of Long Sentences |
3.6 |
Low Freq occurs |
27 |
2.2% |
# of Low freq words |
19 |
5.7% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Little support |
| Dialog: Two speakers |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Blend of written/oral |
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| Features |
| Character traits |
| Character development |
| Twist ending |
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| Topics |
| Butterflies |
| Spiders |
| Attitudes |
| Crickets |
| Appearances |
| Self Esteem |
| *Feelings, Behaviors |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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amused |
content |
defiantly |
envious |
gazed |
glistening |
groaning |
handsomest |
inspecting |
jewels |
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laughter |
magnificent |
mirrored |
reflection |
rippled |
swampswallow |
ugliest |
ugliness |
whispery |
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