Title - Long Ago And Today
Author: Silverberg, Bea and Nehemiah Stark
Publisher: Reading A-Z

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Adam asks his great grandma what it was like for her when she was his age. Many things were different for her, like no TV, airplanes, or video games, but one thing was the same: they were both lucky enough to be well loved. Entertain Concept
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(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
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117 1.4 160 Amazon
RDQ based on a maximum of 3000 words Levels are suggested levels based on RDQ, not official levels
Sentences Total Words Different Words
Max Word/Sent 12 Total # of Words 210 # of Different Words 52
Ave Word/.Sent 10 Hi Freq occurs 107 51% # of Hi freq words 19 36.5%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 0 0% # of Low freq words 0 0%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Several repetitions of phrases or refrains
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Simple language
Sentences: Multiple phrases
Text structure: Oral/Natural
Inferences: Some implications
Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social
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