| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Readers will read interesting facts about insects such as how a caterpillar turns into a butterfly and how many insects there are in the world. |
Inform |
Informational |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 367 |
2.4 |
590 |
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 |
16 |
Total # of Words |
605 |
# of Different Words |
247 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
9 |
Hi Freq occurs |
304 |
50.2% |
# of Hi freq words |
85 |
34.4% |
| % of Long Sentences |
1.5 |
Low Freq occurs |
35 |
5.8% |
# of Low freq words |
19 |
7.7% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Oral/Natural |
| Captions |
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| Table of Contents |
| Index |
| Headings |
| Additional activities |
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| Topics |
| Life Cycle |
| Insects |
| *Animal Life |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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cocoons |
cuckoo |
devour |
fascinating |
hatches |
larva |
larvae |
maggots |
mayfly |
metamorphosis |
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nymph |
nymphs |
pupa |
pupae |
series |
silkworm |
thread |
transforms |
underwater |
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