| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Elizabeth Brown doesn't like to play with dolls, and she doesn't like to skate. What she does like to do is read books. Now that she's grown up, her collection is so big all the shelves are collapsing. Her front door has disappeared entirely. What in the world will she do? |
Entertain |
Poetry |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 386 |
2.4 |
600 |
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 |
444 |
# of Different Words |
220 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
12 |
Hi Freq occurs |
225 |
50.7% |
# of Hi freq words |
67 |
30.5% |
| % of Long Sentences |
10.8 |
Low Freq occurs |
17 |
3.8% |
# of Low freq words |
17 |
7.7% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Simple language |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Oral/Natural |
| Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social |
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| Topics |
| Books |
| Shopping |
| Libraries |
| *Feelings, Behaviors |
| Reading |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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adrift |
courthouse |
doodled |
goddesses |
groceries |
incredible |
manufactured |
nearsighted |
olympiad |
parlor |
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preferred |
promptly |
shelves |
tutoring |
vacuuming |
volumes |
whistling |
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