Title - Mac and Cheese
Author: Weeks, Sarah
Publisher: Scholastic

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
Mac loves to run and play, but Cheese likes lazy lounging. When Mac's hat blows away, will Cheese sit there like a lump or spring into action to save it? Entertain Fantasy
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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161 1.7 200 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 15 Total # of Words 214 # of Different Words 100
Ave Word/.Sent 5 Hi Freq occurs 91 42.5% # of Hi freq words 32 32%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 10 4.7% # of Low freq words 6 6%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Moderate support
Dialog: Two speakers
Dialog: Broken dialogue
Vocabulary: Easy
Language: Simple language
Sentences: Simple phrases
Text structure: Blend of written/oral
Features
Topics
Likes/Dislikes
Cats
*Feelings, Behaviors
Low Frequency Words
chasing delish icky macaroni pounce pouncing