Title - Look-Alike Animals
Author: Bernard, Robin
Publisher: Scholastic

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
Text and pictures in this non-fiction book help readers learn how to distinguish between such look-alike animals as leopards and cheetahs, hares and rabbits, alligators and crocodiles, and more! Inform Informational
RDQ
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151 1.6 190 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 10 Total # of Words 132 # of Different Words 76
Ave Word/.Sent 5 Hi Freq occurs 51 38.6% # of Hi freq words 19 25%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 4 3% # of Low freq words 4 5.3%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Some phrases/refrains repeated
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Many descriptive words
Sentences: Simple phrases
Text structure: Blend of written/oral
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*Animals
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Low Frequency Words
leopard rounded separate tortoises