| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| designed for younger children to introduce them to reading together with their parents. |
Entertain |
Concept |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 141 |
1.6 |
180 |
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 |
8 |
Total # of Words |
130 |
# of Different Words |
87 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
5 |
Hi Freq occurs |
60 |
46.2% |
# of Hi freq words |
28 |
32.2% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0 |
Low Freq occurs |
14 |
10.8% |
# of Low freq words |
10 |
11.5% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Speech Bubbles |
| Dialog: Simple |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Simple phrases |
| Text structure: Oral/Natural |
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| Topics |
| Competition |
| Winning/Losing |
| Knights |
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| Low Frequency Words |
|
ache |
deserves |
jousting |
knight |
knights |
loans |
numb |
soars |
solemn |
wrists |
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