| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| A cumulative rhyme in which the spider, ghost, cat, and other inhabitants of a haunted house wake up and startle each other |
Entertain |
Concept |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 181 |
1.8 |
300 |
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 |
39 |
Total # of Words |
466 |
# of Different Words |
61 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
18 |
Hi Freq occurs |
216 |
46.4% |
# of Hi freq words |
10 |
16.4% |
| % of Long Sentences |
60 |
Low Freq occurs |
24 |
5.2% |
# of Low freq words |
6 |
9.8% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Moderate support |
| Repeated patterns in cumulative form |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Simple language |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Oral/Natural |
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| Topics |
| Monsters |
| Ghosts |
| Fears |
| *Holidays, Events, Cele |
| Halloween |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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haunted |
jolted |
mew |
rattling |
shriek |
startled |
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