| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| "Soccer starts today!" said Kenny's dad. "Do you want to join the Little Kickers?" Kenny said no. He felt too big and fat to play soccer. Timid and nervous, and feeling out of place, the young badger agrees to try soccer. |
Entertain |
Realistic Fiction |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 178 |
1.8 |
280 |
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 |
18 |
Total # of Words |
380 |
# of Different Words |
151 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
5 |
Hi Freq occurs |
207 |
54.5% |
# of Hi freq words |
64 |
42.4% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0 |
Low Freq occurs |
2 |
0.5% |
# of Low freq words |
2 |
1.3% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Dialog: Multiple speakers |
| Dialog: Broken dialogue |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Simple language |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Blend of written/oral |
| Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social |
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| Topics |
| Sports |
| Trying to please |
| Games |
| Health |
| *Feelings, Behaviors |
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