| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Broody Hen's six eggs are about to hatch. Little Chick is worried that Duckling won't play with him anymore when the new chicks arrive. But nothing can take the place of a true pal. |
Entertain |
Fantasy |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 224 |
2.0 |
480 |
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 |
24 |
Total # of Words |
582 |
# of Different Words |
153 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
6 |
Hi Freq occurs |
328 |
56.4% |
# of Hi freq words |
65 |
42.5% |
| % of Long Sentences |
1 |
Low Freq occurs |
9 |
1.5% |
# of Low freq words |
4 |
2.6% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Dialog: Multiple speakers |
| Dialog: Broken dialogue |
| Vocabulary: Easy |
| Language: Simple language |
| Sentences: Simple phrases |
| Text structure: Blend of written/oral |
| Concept: Fanciful |
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| Topics |
| Winter |
| Fears |
| Farms |
| Friendship |
| Birds |
| Relationships |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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broody |
hooves |
stall |
swished |
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